(Miluno)
Earth Crystal's blessing upon Ceruno made the "Black Pool" sense a threat.
It slowed its pursuit of us and turned toward the azure bubble. For a moment, it stopped moving, yet the air remained charged with impending action.
If the "Black Pool" was the Great Will's agent, then Ceruno was the agent chosen by Earth's Will.
At this very moment,
the wills of two worlds were clashing.
"So they really do instinctively reject each other, huh~"
Mono added, "I hate that Earth's Will called Terra too! But my rationality lets me suppress that instinct, so I wouldn't recklessly rush in and start fighting like that thing would~"
Instinct aside, I hated her too.
And it was only natural to hate her. After all, she was the one who wanted to devour Ceruno while pretending to stand on the side of justice...
No matter how I looked at it, she was an enemy.
The Black Pool's enormous body climbed onto the protective barrier. Mud-like darkness covered the azure bubble and continued creeping upward.
Its objective was easy to guess. It wanted to use its own body to block Terra's power flowing through the wormhole. However, the long-range artillery had fallen silent as a result. Clearly, the Supreme Council knew what that blob was. They were not about to fire on their own "mother."
"If Earth Crystal's blessing is lost, not only will Ceruno be covered by the Black Pool, but this thing will also flood into the underground passageways through the Central District's gates. When that happens, everyone will be finished."
That was what Mono said, but she did not know what to do either. Just as she had said before, we lacked any effective countermeasures against the colossal thing before us.
It was huge, highly resistant to damage, impossible