After thinking for a long time, Abner suddenly recalled the relationship between Vera and the Uncertain Mist. He felt that a "third" option was not impossible, but it would require the High-Dimensional Overseer's cooperation.
"Simply put, the High-Dimensional Overseer needs to use a method similar to Ordination to grant, in advance, the Authority over the Sefirah corresponding to Them to a certain 'person' under my—or another Pillar's—control.
"That way, even if the High-Dimensional Overseer is eaten by Liu Bo, They will still have a way out, just like the current Uncertain Mist...
"Of course, that is based on the premise that Liu Bo cannot rapidly digest the consciousness of a top-tier Great Old One.
"Even the Uncertain Mist, whose consciousness had not existed for very long, could resist Liu Bo for thousands of years. There was no reason the High-Dimensional Overseer could not."
At that thought, Abner instinctively glanced at the battle for the mountain-sized throne, only to discover unexpectedly that everyone's movements had become incomparably slow. Even his companions above the clouds were no exception.
Clearly, in order to give Abner ample time to think, the High-Dimensional Overseer had adjusted the flow of time in this divine kingdom, which was in a state of Dimensional Interference.
Have They been waiting for my answer all along? Abner suddenly understood, yet he still hesitated over how to decide.
The so-called "third" option seemed to leave a fallback route while agreeing to let the High-Dimensional Overseer join the struggle, but it carried hidden dangers as well.
Leaving aside whether Liu Bo's speed of devouring Great Old Ones to complete Himself would increase after awakening, there was another possibility that Abner had never considered... What if the High-Dimensional Overseer truly succeeded in replacing Liu Bo and became the new Pillar? His fate would