"We need to stop him from reaching Godhood," Amun said, his voice carrying the firmness of someone who had already accepted the scale of the task ahead.
"If Theras succeeds, there will be no second chance for us. A God who has achieved complete resonance with Fate and established his own Path would stand beyond the limits we currently understand.
Whatever defenses we build, whatever armies we gather, none of it may be enough to stop him once he reaches that level. We cannot allow him to take that final step."
"Then our first objective should be to keep the fourth fragment out of his hands," I replied. "You said it can nullify his connections to those bound to him, which means it is not merely a missing component of the System. It is also one of the few things capable of interfering directly with the foundation of his plan. As long as we retain it, he cannot complete the harvest with the certainty he wants."
Amun gave a slow nod, acknowledging the logic behind my suggestion.
