The Unforgivable Price

At this moment, after hearing Colin's words, the "Fourth Face" gave a simple reply:

"Honored sir, haven't you already made a guess?"

I already had a guess?

Colin's expression immediately turned grave. He had guessed that the figure was the Mother of Suffering and Thorns.

And now—

He had not expected it to really be her!

If the Mother of Suffering and Thorns intervened directly during the fusion of the Sin Blade, things would become exceptionally difficult.

Colin was certain that, in terms of strength, she had already surpassed the limits of the fifth stage.

This was a god in the truest sense. What could they possibly use to fight her?

Although this artificial god seemed to be in an out-of-control state at present, like some kind of "failed product"—

Her rank was there for all to see.

Colin reckoned that merely struggling to survive before something like that would be impressive enough, let alone confronting it head-on.

However, he was not completely despairing, because—

There was still a "big treasure" being cultivated in Witch's Forest.

It was unclear whether the "remnant of the Great Old Ones" could defeat that so-called "unclean existence," but it should not collapse immediately.

"And if worse comes to worst, there are still reinforcements we can seek out."

After some thought, Colin considered the Enlightener and another slumbering god, both of whom could potentially be drawn to his side.

He did not know what was going on with that Sleeper, but there was a fairly high chance of cooperating with the Enlightener.

After all, their cooperation had been quite pleasant so far. Barring any surprises, they could continue working together.

So they could still fight. The only question was whether they could win while fighting on enemy territory.

When fighting on its home ground, the