"Damn it!"
"How did it turn out like this? Why did the great war that was supposed to happen suddenly stop?"
"Who knows why? Even if we knew, what use would that be? The problem now is that Mythical Realm has begun purging traitors. If this keeps up, sooner or later they'll dig us all out."
"Bastard, still no response from those above?"
"A response, at a time like this? Hahaha, are you joking? They're probably thinking of ways to save themselves right now. They can't cut off contact fast enough—how could they possibly take the initiative to respond to us?"
"Damn it, damn it all!"
"If I'd known, I never should have agreed to this. Now look at us."
"How about we run?"
"Run? Where to? Heavenly Court is outside. At our level, even if we really escaped, we'd probably be found soon enough. Not to mention that Heavenly Court itself is incredibly dangerous. Do you even know what lies beneath the sea of clouds?"
"Then what do we do? Sit here and wait to die? A month ago, my neighbor was arrested. Right in front of me, that guy was beaten half to death, his arms and legs chopped off, then thrown onto a transport ship.
There were over a hundred people like him on that ship. And there were a full hundred such ships. The blood was overflowing."
As he spoke, as though he had recalled something horrifying, the speaker went pale and clutched his head.
"We shouldn't have betrayed them. We never should have betrayed them!"
"Damn it! Bastard! Damn it all!"
As if it were contagious, everyone present went deathly pale, as though they had seen their own futures.
"All of you, calm down."
Just as their emotions were on the verge of complete collapse,