"It sucks for you, as your chance of winning has decreased. You still want to fight?"
"…You are an arrogant man."
Her voice seemed to be full of anger.
[Leader, we should just defeat him now.]
The 2nd rank of Divine Lady whispered to Ryung. She didn't like this whole thing from the beginning.
[He can't win against the three of us.]
[Calm down.]
Ryung shook her head.
[We are not here to fight him.]
[Yes, but…]
Jaehwan, who overheard what they were saying by using [Suspicion], became intrigued.
'Not here to fight? Then what is your purpose?'
Ryung then sent whispers to the woman who beat Kanghwang. It seemed they knew each other from before.
[Hyeyoung, what will you do?]
[I will have to see further.]
The woman, who was called Hyeyoung, answered.
[What made the Lord of Steel send you anyway? Who's behind Golden Sky?]
[As I said, I cannot tell you that. You shouldn't interfere too deeply with this matter.]
Ryung's pride seemed to be hurt but nodded as she answered.
[…Sure. So, what do you want me to do?]
[I need to know his character.]
[You want to know if he will be useful as your pawn.]
Heyoung did not answer right away but soon replied.
[The Lord of Steel will not forget your help.]
[What if the Master of Gorgon doesn't fit your standard?]
Another moment of silence. Hyeyoung thought for a while and then answered.
[Then we will find a new individual. I trust your wisdom will do the job.]
Ryung answered satisfyingly.
[Understood.]
As their whispers ended, the three women turned to Jaehwan and Jaehwan at them.
"Master of Gorgon, we have no intention of fighting you."
"Are you surrendering?"
"Surrender? That would be the wrong word. It's different."
"What do you mean?"
"You said before that those who lost in a one-on-one battle with you must join the [Depth Expedition Team]."
It was a familiar question. Jaehwan replied, "Are you trying to play word games like that Meng?"
"No, I do not intend to do that."
"Then what?"
He could feel Ryung smiling behind the veil over her face.
"We will not lose to you."
"…What?"
She was clearly speaking of a future that had not happened yet. She continued, "We are telling you that we will join the [Depth Expedition Team] voluntarily."
At the same time, a blue messenger bird arrived at the office of the inner Gorgon fortress. As no one was there to receive the message, the bird let out a screech. Chancellor Euren quickly came into the room to check on the message.
"Who is it? I'm kind of busy right now… wait."
Euren froze. The blue bird was only used to send messages in times of emergency.
[Master of Dryad Fortress. Aisa Lindcroft]
It was from the southern fortress. Why did she send such a message?
"…Impossible."
Euren paled as he read the contents of the message. He turned to look out the window, towards the southern sky of Gorgon. It was dark. It was still very far away, but something was surely coming toward the fortress.
It was the Army of Despair that was moving toward Gorgon Fortress.
Chapter end
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