The taxi driver, watching the taxi drive away, stood there cursing loudly.

...

"So I'm going to Totna now; he should have found the information I mentioned."

The taxi stopped in front of a building, and Hera opened the door, leading Aikalen inside as she spoke.

"Oh... so we'll be going to steal the Terra Tree soon, won't we..."

Ekalen followed Hera into the stairwell and whispered to herself.

"Yes, that's right."

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Ekaren stood quietly beside Hera with her head down, saying nothing.

"Boss..."

After an unknown amount of time, Aikaren suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"Hmm, what's up?" Hera turned to him. It was quite rare for Aikalen to strike up a conversation with her.

Aikalen kept her eyes downcast. "How could I possibly know about the Light God Society's plans? What exactly are they trying to do..."

"Destroy all of humanity."

Hera answered without hesitation.

Aikalen's eyes trembled almost imperceptibly.

"Then... will I die too?"

“No, that won’t happen.” Hera shook her head firmly. “I won’t kill my underlings, and if you don’t want anyone to die, you can tell me.”

"Does that mean everyone else will die?"

Hera blinked. "Members of the Light God Society and those who don't want to die won't die, but everyone else will."

"Oh, I see. Thanks, boss..."

"Um."

Ding~

As the crisp announcement sounded, the elevator finally stopped at the thirteenth floor.