Because no one understood the power of those Outer Gods better than she did.
As a New God, even without an Authority of her own, she was already unmatched throughout the world. If an Outer God who had once brought endless calamity upon the world in ancient times descended, how could that world withstand her invasion?
Lin En raised his head and rested the back of it against the black wall.
"I didn't want this either."
"But plans can't account for everything. I learned too much too late. If I'd known from the start that her soul was also connected to the King of the Red Moon, I would certainly have found a better way. But there aren't that many what-ifs in this world. Her mother didn't just deceive us. She deceived the Lord of Crimson too."
"She really was an exceptional schemer."
But at that moment, Shinsen Saya rushed up to him, seized him, and slammed him against the wall in front of her. Her teeth were clenched, and the raging flames nearly set the entire room ablaze.
"Then go back!!"
"You said she hasn't completely merged with the Red Moon yet, so hurry up and stop her! If you can't, then release the restraints on me! What are you still doing here?! Don't you have other vessels? Descend already!"
But Lin En merely looked at her.
Only after a long while did he speak.
"There are no other vessels."
Shinsen Saya stared blankly at him.
"What do you mean...?"
Lin En took a deep breath. After a long silence, he said calmly,
"I mean I was lying to you before. I only had that one vessel capable of accommodating my descent. In other words, once this body of mine stops functioning, I'll lose my connection to the Lower