Vanessa gave it some serious thought.
"Lillian can't be trusted. She has no loyalty to the Lord at all and only submitted because she had no choice before the Lord's power. Although she's thoroughly terrified now, we still can't let our guard down."
"But she's very willing to cooperate now, and I've obtained quite a bit of important information. We'll gather the members for a meeting later."
"Victoria can be trusted. She holds our Lord in great awe and is grateful for the materials the Lord bestowed on her."
"She'll willingly help us. She also stepped in to protect the Abode during the earlier battle. We all saw it ourselves."
"She's a trustworthy friend, but unless the Lord makes a move, don't approach her on your own."
At this point, Vanessa suddenly frowned. "Right, what's going on with that dog? Why did you let him approach Victoria?"
Dorothea spread her hands. "I couldn't catch him, and neither could the other believers. Elsa, the only one who could catch him, had died, and you weren't around. There was absolutely no one left who could keep him in line."
Vanessa rubbed her temples with a headache. She had nearly forgotten about this. Although that dog had never shown any intention of attacking, he wasn't easy to deal with either.
"Forget it. He's already gone to Victoria, so let's leave it at that. He was her dog to begin with. He might even help discover something unusual."
Dorothea nodded. "I understand. What did you and Lillian talk about? Can she get us out?"
But Vanessa rubbed her hands together excitedly. "No rush. We can talk about that later. Getting out won't happen anytime soon. Let's go make a sacrifice first!"
"A sacrifice?" Dorothea froze, then caught on. "You mean those monsters' corpses?"
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