They clearly knew that cooperating with the necromancer could bring unprecedented opportunities to the fight against Honkai, yet in order to preserve their own power and status and suppress rising talents like Dr. Mei, they still chose the most shortsighted and selfish path.
Dr. Mei saw all of this with perfect clarity.
However, after carefully considering Moth to Fire's overall interests and future development, she decided to adopt a more prudent strategy and take a step back.
After receiving Dr. Mei's explicit promise that she would not contact the necromancer, Councillor Eugene and Councillor Wang wisely reined in their aggression and did not continue applying pressure.
There was no helping it. The current situation was truly unfavorable for politicians who relied on collective strength.
The conventional troops originally tasked with encircling the Ninth Herrscher: Herrscher of Rock were now being encircled by that powerful Herrscher instead.
And the Flame-Chaser Warriors loyal to those esteemed councillors, whom they regarded as their trump cards, were not nearly as powerful as they had imagined.
Councillor Eugene and Councillor Wang understood clearly that, before this Great Collapse ended, pushing Dr. Mei—who held command over a large number of Flame-Chaser Warriors—into opposition could very well bring about disastrous consequences beyond prediction.
Therefore, after achieving their initial objective, Councillor Eugene and Councillor Wang chose restraint and voluntarily stopped any further action rather than using this opportunity to seize the power in Dr. Mei's hands.
Time moved forward.
At the very instant Moros's spell ended the life of that enormous whale-shaped Judgment-class Honkai Beast, the Herrscher of Rock, who wielded the authority of gravity granted by God, suddenly stopped destroying Moth to Fire's conventional forces.
"Even you... are leaving me too...?"
The murmured words carried an irrepressible grief. Tears slid gently down Her flawless face like severed