Morta was breaking the World Rules. Seeing this, Merlin and Orumba did not doubt it in the slightest. After all, they were a Liberator and a Controller, and they understood a Dimensional World extremely well.
"Merlin, what do we do now?"
Orumba was beginning to panic as well. Even if this mission failed, it would not mean much to them, but they had spent more than a thousand years in the Blue Water World. Letting Na Ya succeed for nothing was truly hard to accept.
Merlin's expression darkened. He glanced at Mino on the ground, then finally gritted his teeth. "What else can we do? We can only stake everything on one throw. We absolutely cannot let Na Ya have it so easy. Wake Mino up, quickly!"
Merlin and Orumba joined forces and directly slapped Mino awake. The phantom shadow of the Illusory World around Mino completely vanished as well. When he saw the upheaval in the sky, a terrifying thought flashed through his mind, and his expression changed drastically.
"Could Morta be about to become a Liberator?"
Seeing Merlin and Orumba both nod, Mino's heart grew even heavier. He was no longer ignorant of everything. He knew very well what it meant for Morta to begin breaking free of the rules and become a Liberator. It meant that he would never be able to become a Controller. Worse still, once Morta broke the rules, his source of power—the entire world as a Power Seed—would completely lose its strength, turning him into an ordinary person.
To Mino, who had sworn to avenge his hatred, this was practically a devastating blow. Yet Mino also understood the gap between himself and Morta. He was still far from being capable of becoming a Controller.
Even if he tried to devour the World Will