"Not at all."
Westheid clipped Shadow-Born back to his waist and said with open hands,
"I'm simply considering a worst-case scenario. It doesn't mean it will actually happen. Perhaps after we Purity People are completely wiped out, the Pure Holy Spirit will merely degenerate into an ordinary [Dirt World Desolate God]—or maybe even something far weaker than a Desolate God, with a negligible impact on the Ring of Clear Skies."
Hecate finally understood.
'Westheid's meaning, to put it bluntly, is that if one of us falls, the other is exposed!'
'If we Purity People are finished, the entire Borderland will suffer the consequences!'
Miss Witch wanted to refuse with a cold laugh, but reality forced her into a long silence. She then said faintly,
"You're blackmailing us..."
Westheid was right. The Ring of Clear Skies couldn't gamble on any possibility that might create a Source God, because every single Chaos Source God was capable of unleashing an earth-shattering catastrophe.
