Zich and Lyla came out of the ruins and returned to the city. Hans, Snoc, and Elena stayed at the lodging place they had used before they headed to the tomb.

“You are back, sir?” Hans nodded to the two he hadn’t seen for long. Only he was there, and it appeared that Snoc and Elena had gone out.

“Yeah. Did nothing much happen?”

“Yes, sir. We kept surveilling the city, but nothing much happened.”

It hurt Lyla’s conscience to hear Han’s words; they had only told Hans and the other disciples to survey the city to trick Marilyn. In other words, their actions had been completely meaningless. However, unlike Lyla, Zich’s expression didn’t change since he was completely shameless.

“Good job.” 

Hans bowed at Zich’s compliment. Then, seeing that the party’s newest member was missing, he asked, “I don’t see Ms. Frill with you. Did she go somewhere?” 

Lyla’s face darkened, but Zich was calm again as he said, “She betrayed us, so we killed her.”

“….!”

“…!”

Lyla was also surprised. She hadn’t expected Zich to say it so outright. Hans was also incredibly surprised, but it didn’t last long.

“I see,” Hans said...