"Just like that?"
After hearing what Li Wei was asking of him, Blade and the fellow Silver Dragons listening in were all left dumbfounded. Only the Arcanists wore thoughtful expressions.
"Just like that," Li Wei said with a smile.
"Can that really be done?" Blade asked, not entirely sure.
"I already said it was only an attempt, didn't I?
"If it fails, you won't lose anything. But if it succeeds, you'll gain another option—a way out.
"Every desperate last stand comes only because, at that moment, there is no room left for any other choice."
The Arcanists, who had long heard Karsus's story from Li Wei, fell silent, deeply agreeing with him.
Li Wei's smile gradually faded as he said:
"Dragon God Ao has at least proven one thing through his own experiences.
"That is, in this world, no sacred and great existence is eternal or indestructible."
Hearing Li Wei pass such an unceremonious judgment upon their ancestor, the Silver Dragons' gazes toward him became somewhat uncomfortable. Yet when they heard what came next, they sank back into thought.
"Nor has any hero ever been able to stand against the entire world alone.
"This absurd and despairing world is cruel enough already. Those beings who remain ignorant and numb ultimately need a little hope.
"Rather than placing that hope in one god, or a dozen gods, they might as well imagine that a few miracles could be born.
"At least in a world where the boundary between spirit and matter is so blurred, there is still soil capable of nurturing such miracles.
"But regrettably, in the 'world' where I exist, we do not have much time left.
"You, however, are different. If you can truly return to before Netheril's destruction—
"Stop Karsus's ascension to godhood, save Mithriel, the first Goddess