After the Last Dragon left, Chi-Woo returned to his office and sat down, pondering the whole night. He needed to revive Asha Dubulola, and in order to do that, he needed to go back to the past. There was a way to do this: by using the World’s Milestone. He had gone through a similar experience in the past. Thanks to rolling the die and going to the future, he was able to prevent Shalyh’s destruction. However, that destruction had only been delayed at the time and was about to arrive again—many times more threatening than before.

Their current situation differed from that time in two ways. First, he needed to go back to the past, not the future. Second, the scale of the mission was different. If the work he had done was like playing with fire, now he needed to burn down an entire mountain. Nevertheless, his heart was already leaning toward using the die. Since he wasn’t certain, though, he found it hard to loosen his grip to let the die go. There wasn’t a guarantee that rolling the die would allow him to go back to the past, and it would be a disaster if he rolled 1 to 3, since the resulting unfavorable conditions could also affect his brother. Having to take on at least 43 percent of the risk was tantamount to gambling.

His brother had also told him to not carelessly use the World’s Milestone, and if he really wanted...