When the Observer spoke, Angel finally understood why the Observer suddenly appeared.
Usually, the Observer cannot intervene in the world’s processes, except when executing his duties.
The Observer’s duty is to monitor various domains for the Orderly Guild and seek out disruptive items.
The reason the Orderly Guild can instantly know about disruptive items in various regions and dispatch Mystic Hunters to solve them is largely due to the Observer.
Now, a mysterious object is on the verge of becoming disruptive, so according to the rules, the Observer can naturally make some interference.
"So it’s a mysterious object..." Behind him, Nis and Ferro’s eyes flashed with comprehension. No wonder the attraction surpassed their understanding, even affecting the Shadow Avatar without desire.
If it’s a mysterious object, it makes sense. Angel’s Dream Conch, which can pull stones into dreams, something that completely overturns cognition, can only be a mysterious object.
"Sir, is the effect of that mysterious object attraction?" Angel asked curiously.
The Observer shook his head: "It has just appeared, so I cannot make an accurate judgment. Perhaps attraction is indeed its effect, but it might also be that attraction is merely its pre-disruptive effect. Its effect might change after it matures."
"Maturity refers to its continuous absorption of sea beast blood until the fruit undergoes a qualitative change?"
Observer: "That should be the case."
Hearing the Observer’s words, Nis murmured lowly: "So it must be prevented from maturing before it becomes completely disruptive."
The Observer glanced at Nis and said indifferently: "If you can prevent it, you may go ahead and do so."
Nis paused: "Isn’t the Observer here to prevent the fruit from maturing?"
The Observer shook his head: "Prevent? No. It hasn’t gone completely disruptive yet; all I can do now is observe and assess. Only after disruption can I take action."
Nis: "What if after disruption, you cannot handle it, Sir?"
The Observer: "Then notify the Orderly Guild, and let professionals handle the containment."
Back then, it was the Observer who notified the Orderly Guild, and they sent Belos to the Southern Domain to assist in the containment of disruptive items.
The Observer’s straightforwardness caused Nis’s brows to furrow slightly. In his view, the risk of disruption is very high; if the problem can be solved before disruption, why take a bigger risk? The Observer’s actions are too rigid.
Although Nis said nothing more, the Observer understood Nis’s thoughts well.
Surviving in the Origin World requires adhering to rules, even colossal entities like the Orderly Guild face restrictions.
Imagine if the Orderly Guild allowed the Observer to see a mysterious object and snatch it indiscriminately, would other organizations be pleased to see the Observer permanently stationed in the Pan-Dimensional Plane?
Only disruptive items, which are difficult to control and possibly cause significant negative impacts, give the Orderly Guild a way to contain them without crossing the vast majority’s mental limits.
Besides adhering to rules, an important point is that researching disruptive items has been a challenging topic the Orderly Guild wishes to tackle. Moreover, most disruptive items are exceptionally powerful. Containing such items also strengthens the Orderly Guild’s foundation; however, there’s a risk of backlash from disruptive items, which has happened to the Orderly Guild multiple times, causing countless deaths of Mystic Hunters. This accumulation of powerful transcendent lives barely allowed other witcher organizations to acknowledge the Observer’s existence.
This can only be attributed to the differences in perspective, causing Nis to only consider within his own limited view.
The Observer didn’t bother to explain to Nis, as for him, Nis is no different from an ant. Who would care about the thoughts of ants?
The only person present deserving of the Observer’s regard is Angel. Not only because of Frost, but also... the Domain Field.
The Observer said plainly: "If you have the ability to obstruct and obtain the immature fruit, then it’s yours. I can spare some effort and avoid notifying the Orderly Guild."
The Observer glanced at Nis: "But do you possess such capability?"
Nis looked embarrassed; let alone obstruct it, he would be attracted by the fruit once he goes out, likely ending up like his spirit attendant.
After finishing, the Observer looked at Angel: "Speaking of which, you’re relatively lucky, as Angel’s... Abnormal Power Domain Field can weaken the mysterious object’s attraction. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have had as much luck as the True Knowledge Wizard above, and would soon become nourishment for the fruit."
Angel’s eyes lit up: "Do you mean the True Knowledge Wizard above wasn’t affected by the fruit’s attraction?"
Observer: "If he wasn’t affected, he’d have returned already. However, his mastery of ’Nightfall’ has partly concealed the fruit, reducing its attraction—though not as much as your Domain Field. It gives him slight cognitive ability, but this merely prevents him from becoming mindless, and allows him some combat instinct to maintain a stalemate with the fruit’s controller."
"Yet he still lacks clear cognition. He has only a degree of combat ability, and the combat goal is merely seizing the fruit. As the fruit matures, its effect intensifies, and his Nightfall can no longer conceal. Ultimately, he’ll become nourishment for the fruit."
That is to say, despite Kanter currently stalemating with Number 03, he’s already lost judgment capability, possessing only combat ability. Once his final bit of rationale is lost, he’ll become like the former spirit attendant and shadow avatar, mindlessly approaching the fruit to be devoured.
"Sir, is there a way to save him?" Angel looked at the Observer.
The Observer gave Angel a deep look: "You should understand the Observer’s rules. My appearance in front of you and conversation is currently my limit."
Angel understood the Observer’s implication.
The fruit is currently in a half-disruptive state, so the Observer cannot intervene directly. All he can do is converse and offer suggestions.
"What to do now?" Ferro asked through the Mind Ribbon.
Previously, they thought perhaps they could request external aid, as the Night Lord might not die easily. But after hearing the Observer’s explanation, they realized seeking external aid wasn’t reliable—not only is time a constraint, but even if there’s time, it’s uncertain whether the half-disruptive item’s problem can be resolved.
Angel was silent for a moment, then said: "Currently, there are only two solutions: either accelerate the fruit’s maturity or prevent it from maturing."
Accelerating the fruit’s maturity means letting it become a fully disruptive item, so the Observer can act.
However, this poses great flaws; no one knows if Kanter can persist until it becomes disruptive. He might falter halfway through the fruit’s maturation.
Moreover, the strength of a disruptive item’s effects is unknown to anyone, and whether the Observer can handle it is uncertain.
Most importantly, is the Observer willing to save Kanter?
The Observer has no obligation to save lives impacted by disruptive items, and they’re meeting the Observer for the first time today, so why assume the Observer will surely save Kanter?
Thus, the option to accelerate the fruit’s maturity has significant drawbacks, and neither Nis nor Ferro feels it’s a wise choice.
As for choosing to prevent the fruit’s maturity, it also has drawbacks.
Preventing the fruit can delay Kanter’s decline into a mindless state, but even with delay, a solution to save Kanter isn’t guaranteed.