After leaving the warehouse, the two of them boarded an aircraft.
Ilis said, "We've gotten to the bottom of it."
"But this isn't the time to confront Lald directly."
"And like those people said, we really are short-handed right now."
Thanks to Mata's controlling ways, Ilis had never had many people to begin with.
Rick's elite subordinates had been wiped out in the Godslayer War.
Even Rick wouldn't have survived with ordinary healing Boons alone. Without Mota's Life Boon, there would have been no saving him.
Healing wounds and granting life were two different things.
Rick drove the hovercar steadily. "Horus has plenty of people in the Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf."
Ilis shook her head. "No. They're a Level Three partner now. Their position is sensitive."
"Getting them involved would hurt the Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf's future prospects."
Rick paused. He glanced at Ilis through the rearview mirror and smiled fondly.
"What is it?" Ilis asked.
Rick smiled. "You seem to have changed a little, Miss."
"You never used to care about the future prospects of these tools."
Ilis froze, then fell silent for a moment before saying, "That was because those people couldn't be relied on."
"But the Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf is different. They're Su Yi's property."
"And Su Yi is my property!"
Her phone rang. The call was from John Lard of L30.
Ilis answered, and Lald's angry voice came through.
"Miss Barrett, do you care about your reputation at all?"
"Did you think coming to L32 wiped out the promises you made before?"
"If you act like this, who would dare form an alliance with you? Who would dare work for you?"
"What happened?" Ilis asked.
Old Lald replied coldly, "That Wild Dog of yours who doesn't know his place!"
Young Lald's voice sounded in the background. He recounted