In the sixth month of Hilbert's seclusion, the chaos in Black Mystery Tower was completely swept away by the joint return of its three tower masters.
Hill, deep underground, also settled down completely... If things were truly as he thought, then one—or perhaps more than one—of those three might have a very close connection to the world.
Perhaps the Hainalson Family's eventual entry into Black Mystery Tower's sphere of influence had truly been the World Will's final effort.
There was nothing surprising about that.
If the world was ultimately saved by Mages, then whether a World Child had participated... even if that World Child's role had not been significant... made a great difference to the world itself.
The World Will was, in essence, merely feedback from a kind of collective consciousness. Unless there was a World Lord almost completely fused with that will, it did not care if it fell dormant for a time or even vanished. So long as the world remained, it would always reappear.
Even if the world ultimately fell under the River Styx's control, it would not matter.
Whether it was Gilbert or Russell, so long as they existed with the fortune belonging to this world, the world's will would eventually gather again... The River Styx was not Hell. It controlled only deviations in the laws; it would not interfere with a world's natural operation.
Nor would the World Will care whether its nature changed. After all, even if laws leaning toward death gained the upper hand, that did not mean the world would no longer have new life.
The River Styx also needed a complete cycle of reincarnation.
Hell was different.
Whether it was the Abyss or Hell, any world that fell into their hands would either be utterly destroyed or directly transformed into part