Bernie said coldly,
"If we don't use it now, we'll die. If we're defeated, the artifact will fall into the enemy's hands. I believe the leader of Gainey would agree with the decision I'm making."
The other two Children of Nightmare remained silent; or rather, one of them, Gould, had not responded at all.
Seeing that his two companions raised no objections, Bernie took a deep breath and said,
"In that case, let's temporarily withdraw our troops. I'll go activate the treasure!"
Isaiah responded,
"I'm also withdrawing."
After waiting for a while and still receiving no response from Gould, the two Children of Nightmare tried to communicate with him but discovered that his presence was extremely unstable, almost as if he were on the brink of collapse.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield, the Nightmare Legion under Gould began to show signs of agitation.
