The Primordial Record novel Chapter 864

?Aeris's statement was met with silence before the Watcher frowned before standing to her full height, her appearance was of an older woman with white hair, but at this moment there was nothing frail about her, she appeared to have made up her mind and she began speaking unhurriedly,

"We have been looking at this whole thing through the wrong lenses all this time. This universe was never ours or the Demon's. We were meant to believe that it was. It is clear that someone else had acquired a Nemesis Plate long before now and created deep channels in this universe that are now coming to fruition, and sadly we have all been playing catch up. I am sure the demons would be coming to the same conclusion soon, and so we have limited time to act before the full gaze of the Abyss falls on this place."

Silas Black blinked, "Surely you cannot mean…"

The Watcher nodded, "I do, look around you, remember how strange this universe was from the start. It had too much essence, so much I likened it to the mythical Super universe," she gestured around, "These portals most likely lead to an unknown Supreme World. I don't believe anyone can simply set up such a passage inside a Third Dimension, it would require many Eras of work and a knowledge of the Third Dimension that trumps any I have ever known."

She began to count on her fingers, "The death of the Universe, the appearance and collection of its Will by hidden forces, that energy surge from that cursed planet, this unknown enemy with the ability to break through the barrier of our Magus World's Will and forcefully merge the souls of our Archmages to their bodies. We are in over our heads, and we should call for the Supreme one. I should have taken this matter to Endirius billions of years ago when we detected how strange this universe was. This calamity could have been avoided."

"Hold on Watcher, you forget that the call to the Supreme world is a decision that was always mine to make," Silas Black retorted, "All of us have enjoyed the bounties from this universe, especially you. Don't think I don't know of the vast amounts of Primordial Aether you have harvested from its Isle of Rest. Disregarding that fact, this is a pivotal juncture and at this time, it is still contained, any word from you could shatter the opportunity we have here."

Aeris joined Silas and spoke out, "I have to agree with Silas. The battle has barely begun, and bringing this matter to Endirius would strip us of any ability to profit from this disaster, and it is a disaster, the death of these Mages would raise a lot of eyebrows in the Supreme World and your ability as a Watcher would be called into question on how such a threat was allowed to grow inside this universe unchecked."

Her eyes shone with greed and excitement, "But there is also a great opportunity to be found here. Don't forget the second source of energy we feel inside this universe, the key to becoming Supreme is here Watcher, don't you also crave it? Even if you don't, fleeing to the Supreme Magus without more information would only lead to punishment. Think about it Watcher, we have access to more armies far beyond what is present here that are not Mages, we can control and slow down any ongoing operation here and when we meet Endirius with this news, we will also have results in hand, don't allow a moment of panic strip you of the gains we have made inside this universe for the last six billion years, and a monumental surprise that could be found here in the future."

Aeris grasped a portion of reality and showed it to the Watcher, "From my calculations, this universe can still hold on for another decade. We still have time to take appropriate actions and deal with this new threat."

The eyes of the Watcher gleamed, as she addressed ignored Aeris and addressed Silas,

"Before now the only thing you wanted to do was run, but now you crave this power? Putting that aside for the moment, if I remember correctly I paid for my watch over the Isle of Rest to you and Aeris with a vast amount of elemental resources and the multiple keys to the Labyrinth Space. I have not taken more than I should have and I have no problem with greed, a trait I see that you lack. Your ambitions are self-destructive at best."