At that moment, inside an underground storage room within the Great Fire Cathedral, the light of the Teleportation Array faded, revealing the four members of the Suoloma team.
One of them looked calm, while the other three wore expressions of surprise.
"What's going on?" Amanda looked around at the dim surroundings. "Why were we teleported here? Where are the people from the other teams?!"
Peter was equally stunned, with no idea what was happening.
Key of the Moon frowned and looked toward their captain, Adam. Adam did not seem surprised that they had not been teleported together with the other teams. He had clearly expected this outcome.
Adam's wife, Amanda, noticed it too and asked uncertainly, "Adam, what exactly..."
"Our teleportation destination was inside the cathedral," Adam said. "That's because the task the King assigned us differs from that of the other teams."
"What do you mean?" Peter immediately asked.
"The entire Action Team's mission is to assassinate the Fire Thief Cult's upper ranks. Our mission is... to capture the Pope alive."
"Capture him alive?!"
"This..."
None of the other three had expected the Suoloma team to have a separate mission! Worse still, aside from their captain Adam, the other three teammates had not even been informed.
"This will destroy trust between us," Key of the Moon said.
Amanda also said, "That's right, Adam! When the other teams find out we're gone, they'll definitely think we betrayed them...!"
Adam's gaze shifted slightly. "Perhaps. But we are merely acting separately. We haven't betrayed or sold them out."
Peter lowered his head beside them, concealing the unnatural expression on his face.
"Since we teleported directly inside the cathedral, we have a time advantage over them," Adam said. "We need to use that gap to complete our mission. Let's move immediately."
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