Sima Yi seemed to sense the change in Dylan's thoughts.
He shook his head almost imperceptibly.
"Every hunter has their own task."
The Xiangqi Hunting Team's Diviner gave Mr. Vampire Werewolf a meaningful look. "I once heard an elder in my family say that, on the hunting grounds, the greatest help a hunter can sometimes give the team is not assuming their teammates will make mistakes and taking it upon themselves to help them, but completing their own task with quality and efficiency... Everyone doing their own job is the bottom line for ensuring safety."
Dylan understood at once.
The Diviner did not advise him to abandon Poseidon and risk heading to the site where the earthquake had begun.
That struck him as somewhat amusing—the reason for his earlier hesitation had been whether leaving Poseidon with Sephrano, this "old rival," would be unsafe. Yet from Xiangqi's reaction, it seemed they were equally unwilling to take over the task of watching Poseidon.
Still, it was hardly surprising.
After all, she was the child of a Legend.
If anything happened to her, Sephrano would not be able to explain themselves even if they had mouths all over their bodies. They had already had some friction with Youzui, and their days in The Alliance had been difficult. They could only stay away from the Alliance's core and develop the small and medium-sized worlds at the edge of the universe. Of course, on the surface, Sephrano had a perfectly sound reason: the benefits in the Alliance's core regions had long since been divided among the various powers. If unruly people like them wanted to change the existing order, they could only work from the outside in, from far to near.
This time, Sephrano had accepted Youzui's commission not only because the reward was generous,