After Dalgil handed Chi-Woo Mamiya’s token, Chi-Woo fell into deep thought. Dalgil had asked Chi-Woo if he remembered the time when they first went to Narsha Haram. Of course he remembered, and it was going to be the same as that time. After they went to the place of Mamiya’s choice, they needed to set up an altar. The location wasn’t close to the Shalyh City or within the Cassiubia League’s territory, but in the Demon Empire. Fortunately, it was on the outskirts rather than right at its center.

“That’s still hundreds of thousands of times better than going to the Sernitas though. It’s much closer too,” Yunael said, and Chi-Woo agreed. The fact that they now needed to go to the Demon Empire instead of the Sernitas significantly lowered the task’s difficulty. And though they had to go in the completely opposite directions from Ru Amuh’s team before, their travel paths overlapped with theirs now; furthermore, the distance they needed to travel decreased dramatically. As a result, they could consider getting extra support from the other team—of course, on the condition that one side finished their work first.

“I hope that we will be able to pay the price the god demands,” Chi-Woo said.

Thus, their routes were decided.

***

“This is too much,” Ru Hiana said after the first team’s meeting ended, and everyone had already left their seats.

Ru Amuh asked, “What is?”

“I’m talking about Senior.”

Ru Amuh stopped what he was doing and looked...