Bab 412: Small Measure

Nerion's laughter continued to peel through the skies, carrying a chilling cold that felt even worse than the howling winds.

Sylas slowly calmed, watching the man laugh as though he had completely lost his mind.

Did it matter to him if this was the Seventh or the Ninth Summoning?

Yes… but only a small measure.

There was a small chance of surviving even if the Seventh Summoning failed. The fact that there were power structures and governments that survived the "Sixth Summoning," or rather, what was likely the Eighth Summoning, proved this.

However, if the Ninth Summoning failed, Earth was all but finished.

From his understanding, a world that failed nine attempts was doomed to be subordinated to another world. A world incapable of crossing the Summoning of their own would have to piggyback the laws of another.