"…We don't have anywhere else to go."

cannot win. Everyone had realized this already.

"Maybe if we accept the Palace's offer…"

There was an offer from Palace of Reincarnation. It was thrown at them when their forces arrived in front of Gorgon two days ago.

-Hand over your Master and the 'Tower' you are using. If you hand them over, we will not seek punishment for all your atrocities.

However, there were some who did not give up.

"We cannot do that."

It was Cayman.

"We will not give up our Master," he declared.

"We will find a way. Don't think your 'Eye' is all-powerful. Even if you can't see it, there will be a way. Do not trust your skill too much, Aisa."

"…But we have no chance. You know this very well."

Aisa then turned to Euren.

"How about we ask for help from another Lord?"

"…'Another Lord'? Who are you talking about, exactly?"

"The Lord of Steel… for example."

The ruler of the 5th region, Huhyou, the Lord of Steel.

"As far as I know, all those Generals are from the Darkness. They're all from the 9th region."

Euren then realized what she was trying to talk about.

"As most people know, the 5th and 9th regions are longtime enemies."

"You want them to fight over us."

"Yes. Besides, we have a messenger from the Lord of Steel himself."

A messenger… Euren frowned.

"She-… is being held a prisoner in our Gorgon Keep. If you have forgotten…"

"I know. If we free her and try to talk to her…"

"It will not end that easily."

"Huhyou is not the type of Lord to retaliate for that."

"Master of Dryad. Let me remind you of the most important fact that you are forgetting."

Euren glanced over at Cayman and continued, "We have killed the Pearl General, his messenger."

"No. We did not kill him. The ones that are brought into by [Narrow Door] just return to their bodies when they die in ."

"But it doesn't change anything. The Steel won't be happy that the Pearl General was defeated."

"Even then…"

"And even if the Lord of Steel has the intention to help us, we cannot ask a Lord to help us." Euren declared, " can only be liberated when we do it ourselves."

The people turned silent. They all had thought up of one man that gave them that very idea. Cayman spoke.

"The Master… is he not back yet?"

In the Healer room of Gorgon Keep, there were three people.

"You! Wake him up if you made him go to sleep!"

"…."

"What kind of hallucination makes him sleep for 10 days?!"

"…Ugh, can you stop the lecturing? Aren't you a doctor? Why don't YOU try waking him up then." Sirwen replied angrily as she watched Jaehwan.

Chunghuh then shouted back. "I would have done it if I could already! You worthless-"

"Worthless? Wasn't I the one who saved your a.s.s back there?"

Chunghuh couldn't object. When the building was about to be destroyed by the Greater General's skill, Sirwen, who woke up justin time, used Warp to teleport all of them out.

'Ugh… I mean it was a dangerous situation for sure.'

It really was Sirwen who saved their lives, but Chunghuh did not want to agree to that.

"NO WAY! It is I who saved YOU!"

"….WHAT?"

"Did you forget who protected you when you fainted?"

Sirwen flinched. She certainly did faint when the skill was broken. It would have damaged her spirit if it wasn't for Chunghuh who protected her.

"…Well, I guess that makes us even then."

Sirwen agreed, and Chunghuh became awkward. He then glanced back at Jaehwan and asked, "But why did you save us? Didn't you have ties to Darkness?"