(Miluno)
Light and darkness had finally reached equilibrium.
I didn't know how long I had worked in this hellhole. Countless traces of darkness had been purified and become part of me, but my mission was over. All that remained was to await the arrival of the New World.
"Terra, I want to see Ceruno."
Terra (True) instead asked, "You aren't planning to keep converting darkness?"
"...Yeah. At this stage, balance between light and darkness is the best outcome."
I could answer her question calmly.
"That was your goal from the beginning."
"Calling it a 'goal' sounds a little malicious, doesn't it? I didn't do this to become your enemy. The Earth Crystal needed to reconcile with the Great Will. That would be best for everyone... Don't forget, you were certain to lose at the start."
If the Earth Crystal gained the upper hand and acquired the power to strike back at the Great Will, Ceruno would also be pulled down from her still-warm CEO seat by the Earth Crystal's Hive Consciousness.
Therefore, even for her sake, I had to hit the brakes when it was time to stop.
"The Great Will's Genesis is about to begin."
Terra (True) suddenly said that.
"Remember, this is the New World you chose. I hope you won't regret it. Reality has no save function. Once this Old World is destroyed, there will be no turning back."
She was putting pressure on me.
Things had indeed gone unusually smoothly along the way. Mi Xue's cooperative attitude in particular made it hard not to suspect that she still had some undisclosed plan...
"...We have no room to choose."
"No, you had choices! More than once! You just kept ignoring them!"
Having nearly shouted those words, Terra (True) rolled away and disappeared into the Consciousness Ocean, returning