Thor knew Camus couldn't possibly be the master of the Black Tide. He had only used an exaggerated claim to goad Camus into revealing a sliver of the truth.
But he hadn't expected the truth Camus revealed to be so... difficult to accept.
The Anchor Point was a skeleton in a lifeless world.
And there were tens of thousands of skeletons like it in this lifeless world. The human bones in front of Thor were among the smallest of them.
[You see?]
Camus's voice continued to echo in Thor's mind.
[The Black Tide's Anchor Points, which strike terror into the hearts of the Wizard World, are everywhere. As soon as the Eye of the Abyss fully opens its passage to the Wizard World, the Black Tide can corrupt the entire Wizard World in an instant. Not even a Tier 4 Wizard could withstand it. And the Eye of the Abyss opening is inevitable.]
"If that's what you believe, why tell me? Or do you think I can stop it?"
[You can't stop it. But you're wasting time. There's no need, Thor. Truly, there's no need. The destruction and birth of worlds are fundamental laws of nature. Stand in their way, and those laws will crush you to pieces.]
Thor found it ridiculous. "You say the birth and destruction of worlds are natural laws. But isn't human resistance part of those laws too? Wanting to survive is human instinct. You can't keep reminding me of natural laws and expect me to forget my instincts."
[But your resistance is doomed to fail.]
Thor no longer wanted to listen to Camus lecture him. There was no point in arguing.
"Is there anything else you want to say? Like where we are?"
When Thor asked the real question, Camus fell silent instead.
Thor realized