The old man's expression was calm, with little emotion to be heard in his voice.
No one in the Main Control Room responded. Klaus opened his mouth, but in the end, said nothing.
The Guardian closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his clouded gaze passed over everyone and looked toward somewhere deeper and farther beyond the Main Control Room.
"But I can still see outside."
Leaning against the Copper Wall, the weight that had been pressing on Lu Yuan's heart loosened slightly. He understood what the Guardian meant.
The Guardian himself was locked inside the Tower of Erudition, but he was bound to the tower's entire inscription system. Wherever that system extended, so did his perception.
The tower was connected to the city walls and the underground Copper Pillars, to every inscription node in the city that was still operating. Through that system, his eyes covered more than half of Bronze City.
Thinking back on the Guardian's previous attacks—
On the night of the fungal hyphae crisis in the North Textile District, Bronze City had suffered widespread Eerie attacks. The Guardian had released his power once above the inner city, suppressing the entire city. At that same moment, most of the Ghouls on the ground had been indiscriminately harvested.
From the beginning, the Guardian's power had followed the path of long-range coverage across the entire city. The price of acting might have been too high before, but now that he was locked in the tower, this ability might not be useless after all. And because he was in the inner city, its deterrent effect might even be stronger.
Klaus's shoulders relaxed slightly. Compared to facing the Guardian as an out-of-control Eerie being, merely being unable to leave the Tower of Erudition was hardly a price worth mentioning. This