The woman looked at Kallen, and Kallen calmly met her gaze.
The tomb-robbing expedition Captain Neo had initiated had long since veered an unknown distance off its original course.
They had effectively lost control of how events unfolded. The only consolation was that Kallen could still try to grasp a few things and keep the situation from collapsing completely.
All he could say was that the missions the captain took on really did bear a father-and-son resemblance.
"Do you know what you're saying?" The woman's fingertips gently stroked Kallen's neck. "You're profaning an Order Follower's loyalty to the God of Order."
"Our loyalty is to Order, not the God of Order."
The woman tilted her head back slightly and asked:
"It seems that to stay alive, to secure a chance of survival for your subordinates, you really will disregard everything and spout any nonsense."
"Please believe me. At least at this moment, I'm being honest with you, madam."
"Heh, I'm not that easy to fool, and I can't afford to be deceived again. Most importantly, even if you aren't lying to me, what difference does it make?
"Even if there really is someone who's an apostate like me, should I spare you just because we're both apostates?
"I don't think that's necessary.
"In fact, I would consider leaving this place for an apostate to live in a gift from Order."
"Madam, do you think you can really leave safely? Aren't you curious how we learned about this place? We're only bait. Someone behind us wants to use us to catch a fish.
"Believe me, even if you trap me here, kill half my subordinates, and drive the rest insane, when you leave while 'lodging' inside someone, what awaits you won't be the freedom you imagine, but a net cast over