The carriages raced to their destination at full speed.

The speed of Horuses trained for military use far surpassed the speed of normal Horuses that pulled ordinary carriages.

Of course, having run day and night, they tottered from fatigue by the time they passed Haramark. However, the speed of the expedition team did not slow down thanks to King Prihi preparing them a new set of carriages.

The team immediately got on the new carriages and set off toward Delphinion Duchy.

The atmosphere inside the carriages had been silent ever since they left Scheherazade.

“Yes, father. Yes. I’ll be fine. Don’t worry….”

Only Teresa’s voice could be heard as she quietly whispered to her communication crystal.

Prihi had not come out to see them off. Knowing the importance of this operation, he must not have wanted to delay the team by talking with Teresa or lower the morale with a tear-jerking show.

Teresa also knew this and called her father herself.

Seol Jihu watched Teresa as she cracked a smile every now and then while talking with her father.

His parents did not even know about Paradise’s existence, but that didn’t mean he didn’t have a father figure in Paradise.

Seol Jihu pulled out his own communication crystal and infused his mana into it after much thought.

—Representative?

“Hey, Kim Hannah, can you put Master Jang on the line?”

—Yes, hold on.

Kim Hannah disappeared from the communication crystal, and soon, a familiar face appeared in it.

A heavy silence flowed between the two of them. Seol Jihu stayed silent despite asking Kim Hannah to call Jang Maldong, and Jang Maldong also waited silently.

It was because they had a tacit understanding between them.

Looking back, Seol Jihu never had a comfortable fight against the Parasites.

Perhaps this wasn’t so surprising given the vast difference in...