They did not even know what the other side intended to do, yet they had already agreed to cooperate.
Yuan Shikai asked, "My lord, are you activating the Tower at the World's End to deal with the source of the monsters here?"
"That's right," Logres said. "Ritsuka Fujimaru told me that you encountered him in the fairy world as well-Cernunnos."
"He is the source of the monster tide. Every monster here was born from a fairy afflicted by Cernunnos's curse."
"Because of the unique nature of fairies, when one fairy dies, the next is generally born through inheritance."
"The instant a Mors is killed, its fairy successor is born. And the instant that fairy is born, it is cursed by Cernunnos."
"That is why the number of monsters hasn't decreased at all, despite how many we've killed. Unless we eliminate the source of it all, our efforts are futile."
Logres glanced at her Excalibur, then at the Holy Lance in Yuan Shikai's hand.
"We also went to subjugate Cernunnos. Although we won the battle, we ultimately failed, because we could not kill him."
"This Excalibur Excelsus in my hand is a Divine Construct forged in the Inner Sea of the Planet. It shares the same origin as Cernunnos."
"This sword alone cannot kill Cernunnos once and for all. Eventually, young Fujimaru arrived, and we learned about your adventures from him."
Yuan Shikai asked, "You want to use the power of the Holy Lance Rhongomyniad to kill Cernunnos?"
"The power of a single Holy Lance is nowhere near enough," Merlin said. "To kill Cernunnos, we need much greater firepower."
"Do you remember last night's Light Barrier? That was power overflowing from the Tower at the World's End. I merely made crude use of a fraction of it, and it was enough