She conveyed her weariness non-verbally and Lee Shen asked Cryo to take her away from the ship.
The miasma flowing out of the ship's deck gained density with each passing moment. This created an area of influence around the ship which forced them to retreat.
[Lee, I assume that the artefact has a sliver of Death law in it. I can feel its presence now.]
When the condensation was over a limit, D began to notice the manifestation of pure Death energy inside the ship. Most importantly, it was faint and weak.
When all were silent and trying to find a solution in the face of ever-growing threat, Ruella raised her voice and told Lee to release the Fallen Tubian outside, into the miasma.
[Are you crazy? The miasma and the Fallen are of the same energy.]
[Exactly. They could fuse together and become a bigger threat.]
When D and Hudson scolded Ruella for her opinion, she replied without losing her cool.
"Yes. Both the Fallen and the artefact of ship and pendant share the same energy of Death.
But I came to this conclusion after a lot of pondering.
The Fallen Tubian has shed its physical shell to avoid deportation. This was an irreversible deed and the Fallen had become one with its affinity.
So essentially, the Fallen is now a pseudo-law fragment.
The artefact has a faint amount of law of Death energy in it. When it accumulates enough miasma, it could produce the effect of a significant fraction of the total law fragment.
But the reason I asked you to release the Fallen Tubian is that both the artefact and the amorphous entity seems to hold a tiny bit on consciousness.
Due to the peculiarities of the element and affinity, the Death energy does not allow them to combine but urges to defeat and take over the other.
Coincidentally, if you are to release the Tubian now, then their focus would naturally shift towards the resonating sources of similar energy.
I have foreseen two possible conclusions. 99.9% says that both of them would get destroyed in the process. But the remaining negligible fraction concludes that the Death energies from both sources could be united."
The explanation of the True Druid was thorough and elaborate that Hudson felt himself to be a toddler in comparison with Ruella's insight. He applauded her reasoning capability that transcends present and foresees future, even if it was only a fraction.
Lee did not dare a second thought and quickly took out the glass prison. He threw it into the water and commanded it to break.
The glass cube fell into the water and disappeared.
A couple of seconds later, the Chief Raider, now completely immersed in the law of Death, turned in the direction where the Fallen had fallen.
A sense of confusion and anger coupled with great cautiousness could be seen on the face that had its skin partially melted away.
When the miasma began to pool around the ship on a grand scale, Hudson commented-
[ it is beginning.]
A sudden turbulence followed the preceding moments of tranquillity. The Fallen Tubian's figure could be seen climbing up the ship.
"It grew!"
When released from its confinement, the Fallen began to exhibit its true extent of powers. Its powers were unleashed and it quickly sensed the presence of Death energy in the vicinity.
While expanding like a Vampire Squid, the Fallen slowly engulfed the entire ship. Its glossy black surface fended off the ship's apparitions and a tug-of-war for dominance could be seen.
Soon, the Fallen enveloped the ship completely. Now all that left in the sea was a giant glossy-black object.
Suddenly, the ship began to shrink at a tremendous rate. It was so quick that Lee suddenly assumed that a black hole had originated inside it.
"Retreat!!"
Ruella shouted and Lee repeated these words. The Draconic Wyverns quickly moved away from the spot and a second later, they experienced an enormous pull.
Even after dashing away from the ship, the beasts felt the pull's magnitude on them. Thus the beasts attributed the respective element on them and the boost proved useful.
The cloud formation began to show immense instabilities as lightning and clear sky dynamically covered the air. The veil of darkness around them intensified and weakened alternatively.
[The Death law fragment is forming.]
Hudson conveyed that the Fallen Tubian's affinity and the artefacts' energy are fusing, with a surprise brimming in his voice. When he glanced at Ruella, he saw her frowning and scratching her head.
Then D asked uncertainly.
[Ruella, what was the negligible conclusion again?]
"Why?"
[Because that is happening.]
Not only Ruella's probabilities were wrong but it was also inaccurate as D added that despite the formation of the Death law fragment, both the contender were alive and kicking each other.
"If that is the case, then they have attained my third conclusion."
[Wait, there was a third conclusion?]
Ruella nodded at Hudson and continued-
"But its probability was too negligible to consider."
Lee Shen sounded his curiosity to know that third possibility and Ruella replied-
"The third possibility is equilibrium. The Fallen and the artefacts with their advantages and disadvantages would fight to conquer each other. This would give birth to a stable condition where the cycle is perpetual until one of then concedes.
But neither of them would give away their chance to be the one above other.
The equilibrium would be delicate, yet powerful. Any external intervention would be eradicated by the sheer pressure they emit."
Ruella paused and sensed the silence. No one responded as they all fell into thoughts.
[Ruella, what would happen if the equilibrium is disturbed?]
"There would be two possibilities.
One, the opponents in the tug-of-war would shatter the stability and would use every last bit of their powers to remove the other from existence.
Two, the Fallen and the ship would disintegrate out of existence leaving behind their affinity and element to merge and form the fragment.
The possibility of swinging between these two entirely depends upon the catalyst."