Maxi was stunned by the news of the Winged God. He knew the Illuminati would stop at nothing to find it.
But that meant the organization was playing both sides. Feis and Carmen had chosen a side and launched an attack of their own. They were gambling with everyone's lives.
If this came to light, everyone aboard this ship would die. That was the best-case scenario. The Illuminati itself might be wiped out.
After learning that the apocalypse would come in 2045, Maxi did not think following the Nature Disruptor offered a way to survive. He thought the places offered by "6" had become even more precious.
He had spent half his life building what he had, and he prided himself on his excellent relationship with Dis. How could he simply turn his back on all that?
It was like asking someone who had devoted decades to a career and become an authority in the field to betray it and choose a new patron. Such things happened, but a few grand promises from someone else would not be enough to sway him.
The Nature Disruptor's arrival was like a lover barging into their relationship with their master.
Some people could not resist flirting with the newcomer. Others chose to remain faithful to their original partner.
Feis and Carmen thought staying with that partner might end badly. Maxi wondered whether the newcomer would be any better.
It might be worse. The Illuminati had ties to their original patron stretching back thousands of years. Even if it had achieved little, it had served faithfully. Maxi felt that its fate could not be all that bad. With the end finally in sight, he refused to throw away his reputation by letting greed and ambition lead him astray.
A loyal servant did not serve