Billos wildly nodded his head at Cale�s short response.

�Yes, it was very cruel. The corpses of those mages who were torn to shreds while they were still alive are hanging outside all of the castles.�

However, Billos did not say that that was bad.

�Well, I�m sure even that is not enough in the Whipper citizens� perspectives.�

Billos understood how they were feeling. Furthermore, as someone who was making money off of the Civil War, he was not in the position to say either side was good or bad.

�But, young master-nim.�

�What is it?�

Billos started to smile as he asked Cale a question. Cale�s response felt cold, but Billos did not budge.

�Where are we headed to now?�

Billos was very curious about their destination, as well as what the treasure was. He could see Cale, who had been quietly listening to everything he had to say, start to smile.

This smile filled Billos with anticipation. Cale then started to speak.

�To meet Toonka.�

��Excuse me? Who?�

Billos thought that he had heard wrong. The fact that he had not been able to sleep properly for a while may have affected his hearing.

Cale continued to speak while looking at the confused expression that he had seen for the first time appear on Billos�s face.

�We are going to the Magic Tower.�

�What?�

There were many reasons Cale had selected this very small port. It was the closest port to the Magic Tower, one out of the battle areas, and one where many of the citizens still lived.

Cale leisurely continued to speak to Billos, who had a blank expression on his face but seemed to be thinking about a lot of things right now.

�Just trust me.�

Billos opened and closed his mouth a few times before jumping up and heading over to the cabinet in order to take out a bottle of alcohol. He then started to chug it and only stopped after emptying about half of the bottle into his mouth.

�I will trust my instincts.�

�And what do your instincts say?�

Billos took out a new bottle and handed it to Cale. JrNovels.com