But if it was only me, even if my body recovered, I still wouldn't regain the ability to reinforce the seal."
"Was it a lack of energy?
A lack of control?
Or an insufficient output limit?"
Since it concerned whether he could return in time and prevent tragedies that could have been avoided, Gwen no longer stood on ceremony and asked directly.
"...A bit of all of them."
After meeting Gwen's gaze for a moment, Phylannor revealed a helpless expression.
"And my body's weakness is also a fatal factor."
"Sigh..."
Seeing the helplessness and sorrow on Hila's face, which had become identical to Phylannor's face on the bed after Phylannor possessed her, through some combination of light effects and an unknown mechanism Gwen did not understand, Gwen could only sigh and temporarily set the thought aside.
"However..."
Before Gwen could ask whether there was a way to leave without opening the defenses here, Phylannor continued.
"Perhaps...
Gwen, you can give it a try."
"Me?"
Meeting Phylannor's watery eyes, Gwen immediately waved his hand.
"Although I share a name with that Sun King, I don't possess any Lord Soul power.
The lightning I used before was neither a miracle nor something derived from a Lord Soul, and I don't know any restorative miracles either—
The power I used to heal my companions before was something else."
The essence of light was time. The essence of Repair Light Powder was actually restoring equipment to its undamaged state.
By that logic, if a restorative miracle's output was great enough, it could theoretically restore the damaged seal to its original state.
Although Gwen also wanted to resolve the matter here as soon as possible in hopes of meeting the still-unknown requirements for the Main God's return, he simply could not do what he could