"Don't you get it? The distress signal the shelter received came from the 'great will.' This is its trap! It wanted to lure you out!"
Everything had gone smoothly before we entered this city. Who would have thought that the "great will" would resort to baiting a trap...
"Aldebaran said it had lost control, but she never said it was this intelligent."
"She" still refused to rule out the possibility that there were living people in the city.
"The 'great will' is nothing more than the biggest dark aggregate there is now, and dark aggregates evolve fast! Turn back. I'll clear a path for you!"
At this point, even if we wanted to turn around and retreat, our way was blocked. The "great will" had summoned so many witches to hunt us down. Getting away wouldn't be that easy.
But "she" said, "If it's really like you say, running back won't help. The great will has been in an unconscious state of chaos ever since it descended. If it's suddenly acting of its own accord now, it'll come after us even if we escape back to the shelter!"
"No! If it really could do that, it wouldn't need to go to all this trouble setting a trap here. It could just go straight to the shelter! The only reason it hasn't is that it can't leave this city!"
It couldn't move freely, so it had to lure "her" here.
I didn't know why, but the "great will" was bound to this city.
And something capable of binding a god...
Could probably only be another god.
"Is Earth's will still alive?"
As I asked that, "she" chimed in:
"Then we have even less reason to turn back or run away! There's still hope for humanity. Take me to the earth crystal.