Returning once more beneath the cool moonlight, He Xi felt the night breeze clear his head.
Remembering the question that had been bothering him, He Xi asked, "Captain, you didn't know Zander was a follower of the Goddess of Night?"
Hulk nodded.
"Then why bring him here directly? If we're just talking about healing, aren't priests of the Holy Sun God more famous for that?"
Hulk stopped and sighed softly. "Yes, the healing light of the Holy Sun Temple might be stronger. But they might not be willing to let their light shine on an orc of unknown origins."
He Xi paused, then understood.
Lucis, the Holy Sun God who ruled over the sun, order, law, contracts, and justice, often based his justice on strict order.
For a foreigner who wasn't one of his followers, the doors of a church of the Holy Sun might be far harder to knock on than the half-open wooden door of the Goddess of Night.
Captain Hulk had considered this, which was why he'd brought Zander here.
He just hadn't expected Zander to be a follower of the Goddess of Night, too.
"Galen, are you free tomorrow?" Hulk's steady voice brought He Xi out of his thoughts.
He Xi had planned to look for the female halfling, but figured he could take care of that in the morning. "I'm free in the afternoon."
"Good. I'll submit the commission to the guild in the morning. In the afternoon, come with me to deal with the materials we collected this time."
The experienced captain was especially careful and savvy when it came to dividing the spoils.
Even though he knew the team trusted him, he never skipped the step of selling everything together.
Belt and Laila usually handled this. Laila must have been feeling unwell, and