Sources Of Confidence.

The first sage thought to himself, "It is too fast. At this rate, I and all three of them will be able to subdue a Cosmic source before the void universe ends. Something isn't right with this."

He doesn't know why it is so fast. What's more, the rate at which the Cosmic source was weakening was only speeding up. 

There were also unexplained irregular jumps in the power of the Apocalypse weapon. It was as if the Apocalypse was getting a boost of power from an unknown source. It was disconcerting to say the least.

As someone who likes to stay in control of everything, these unexpected events that he couldn't explain the origins of were rubbing him the wrong way. 

He tried to rationalize it, "The data I got from Monarch High didn't say anything about this. Then again, it was a prototype, and this is the first time I am using it. So it is normal that expected things will happen."