Grisha Adam nodded, a sigh in his voice. "The Outer Deities beyond Earth have already joined forces, starting from the moment you advanced to Sequence 1... They intend to invade Earth ahead of time."
"!!!"
Edward's heart skipped a beat. He said in astonishment, "But wasn't that barrier supposed to hold for another ten years or more?"
"But someone opened a crack from the inside."
"Who?"
The question had barely left his mouth when Edward thought of someone. "Cheek?"
Cheek had cooperated with the Mother Goddess of Depravity before. Not only had she used the Mother Goddess of Depravity's corrupting power against Lilith, but she had also given the Mother Goddess of Depravity an opportunity to have an avatar born on Earth.
"Yes."
Edward said in shock, "Has Cheek gone mad?"
Grisha Adam said evenly, "However mad Cheek might be, she wouldn't go so far as to open the barrier. But the problem is... after her last attempt to kill Lilith failed, she made a wrong decision."
"She went into the depths of the Mirror World and fused with the Oldest One in the Mirror."
"..."
Edward said in astonishment, "Why didn't Lilith know anything about this? Didn't she take Cheek's authority over the Mirror World? By rights, Lilith should have been the first to discover something like this. And how did Cheek get into the depths of the Mirror World?"
"Cheek couldn't have done it alone, of course, but things would be different with the Oldest One in the Mirror actively cooperating. No matter what, the Oldest One in the Mirror is the Mirror World's true master. Otherwise, Lilith wouldn't have been utterly helpless against them."
"Cheek originally intended to use the Mirrored Original Creator's power to forcibly accommodate the City of Calamity and become stronger. But she didn't