"Uncle, are you still going to cling to your delusions? Do you have to watch him destroy our entire civilization before you finally understand?"
Extinction's eyes flickered constantly, countless glowing numbers dancing within them.
"What are you trying to say-"
He asked in a low voice.
Silver Fantasy looked up and said, "Join us in fighting Ether. Even if we must complete the Atomic Revolution, we absolutely cannot surrender control of our civilization to him."
A brief silence fell over their surroundings.
Her gaze met Extinction's from afar, the last of the Seven Gods.
The Ascenders of the Machine Intelligence Civilization were all alike. Whatever ideals or political views they held, there was one thing they all agreed on.
The survival of their civilization was their ultimate bottom line.
Because if their civilization ceased to exist, nothing else would matter.
They faced each other in silence.
Finally.
After an unknown length of time.
Extinction's gaze flickered as he said:
"But what difference would it make if I joined you-your strength-is nowhere near enough to match Ether-I can already roughly guess his current scale-do you think you stand any chance against him?"
Silver Fantasy looked up and said:
"Even if we don't, I won't stand by and watch our people become his food. We made such enormous sacrifices during the War of Vengeance, but when did we ever surrender?"
Extinction wavered.
His gaze fell on Lynn and Azephala before finally returning to Silver Fantasy.
"Have them release me-"
Silver Fantasy said quietly:
"You're agreeing?"
Extinction said in a low voice:
"You need my power badly right now, don't you-otherwise-you wouldn't have come to negotiate with me-I can agree-but I must verify your claims for myself-I don't believe the general could be controlled by him so easily-"
Silver Fantasy turned to confirm