The conversation that night continued until late.
When everyone dispersed, Bundak also walked out of the restaurant with Abel side by side.
Standing outside the restaurant door, Abel asked Bandak: "Commander Bandak, don't you hate Raphael?"
"Hate." Bandak said, "But people cannot be resurrected after death. We are all controlled by fate. Seeing his painful appearance, I believe he will help us find the leader of the dark forces."
Abel nodded to Bandak, and said, "Indeed, the most important thing is to expose the conspiracy of the dark forces now."
"It's getting late, go back and rest early. We have to start early tomorrow." Bandak said to Abel.
"Yes." After saluting, Abel turned his back and walked towards his tent.
When passing by Raphael's camp, he stood at the door and hesitated for a while, then opened the curtain and walked in.
When he saw that Raphael was lying on the bed and fell asleep, Abel blew out the candlestick on the table and retreated lightly.
In the darkness, Raphael opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the door: but only captured Abel's back.
The next morning, before Kant woke up. Bandak and Abel led some soldiers and set off.
From the camp to the boat company by the sea, you need to go through most of the coast.
The soldiers traveled extremely fast, and as they ran, they checked the grass by the side of the road for traps or signs of someone squatting.
When the Calradian soldiers were flying dust on the ground, the elf soldiers were flying in the air, jumping back and forth between the branches from time to time, scaring the birds on the trees away from the forest.
"Everywhere has been checked, and there is no ambush," Abel reported to Bundake.
Abel glanced back behind him, and said, "Then retreat, His Majesty Kant is probably already preparing to wash up."
"Yeah." Abel nodded and said, "Close the team!"
When the group returned to the barracks, Kant had already arranged his clothes and stood with a group of soldiers in the open space of the camp, waiting for them.
"Back?" Kant said to the two leaders.
"Well, Your Majesty." Bandak and Abel squatted down to salute and said: "We have reviewed the path of this advance, and found no problems. We can confirm that it is safe."
"Okay, let's go." Kant nodded.
The elf soldiers stayed behind and were responsible for guarding the barracks. And Abel was in charge of leading all Calradia soldiers to escort Kant to the shipyard.
At noon, a group of people arrived at 'Qianze Shipping'.
The ship society sent many people to greet him at the door, and some even stepped forward to lay a wreath for Kant: only Bundak stopped him.
"Where's President Clough?" Abel asked.
"The president is waiting for you in the office upstairs." A siren came out and introduced to the guests: "However, the conference hall upstairs is not that big. Could you invite the soldiers to rest in the VIP room for a while?"
"Yes." Kant nodded and agreed: "Bundak and Abel followed me up to meet the president, and the rest of the soldiers followed the waiters to the lounge and waited."
"Thank you for your cooperation." The sea monster bowed and nodded: "My lords, please follow me."
The siren stood at the forefront and led the way, followed by Abel, behind him was Kant, and behind Kant was Bundak. The two surrounded Kant to ensure his safety.
"Boom, boom, boom." After the sea monster walked up the stairs, it stopped in front of a door. He raised his hand and gently knocked on the door, saying, "Master Clough, the guests from Calradia have arrived."
"Come in." Clough's voice came through the door.
The sea monster turned the lock on the door, pushed the door open, and bowed to Kant and the others as a gesture of invitation.
Abel strode in. He had met President Clough before, and he was no stranger to the environment of this office.
Kant noticed Clough's identity as soon as he entered the door—he was also a siren: fish scales appeared on his light blue skin, his figure was rather bloated, but his eyes were unexpectedly bright. The attire exudes the air of a businessman.
Clough stepped forward to hug Kant with a smile, and greeted, "His Majesty Kant of Calradia, it's the first time we meet, please take care of me."
"Hello." Kant nodded and responded briefly.
After Bundak and Abel shook hands with Clough, Clough returned to his seat and motioned for the three to take their seats.
"A large part of the responsibility for this accident lies with the crew of our shipping company. For this, I would like to express my sincere apologies to His Majesty Kant." The conversation officially began. Clough pursed his dry lips and spoke first.
"This incident is the result of the employee's own moral problems, and is affected by many unexpected external factors. President, you don't have to apologize to us." Kant waved his hand and responded.
"I heard that the ship company salvaged some of the crew's remains from the bottom of the sea." Abel said.
"Yes." The president's expression became serious, and he nodded: "We have detected the drug ingredients from some of the sacrificed crew members, presumably they were poisoned after refusing to bribe."
"I see." Kant lowered his head and mourned for the sacrificed crew.
"The crew members are all orphans adopted by me, and there are no relatives on the island." The president stated: "I didn't expect that some of them would watch the siblings who grew up with them being hurt, but they were always indifferent."
"Since the crew has been controlled under surveillance. President, what are your plans?" Bundak asked.
"I'm sorry." The president sighed and said, "I just want to get rid of them now. Our ship society won't reserve positions for such crew members."
"Well," Kant nodded and said, "Thank you, President Clough, for your assistance over the past few days, and leave the next thing to us."
"What are you going to do?" asked the captain nervously.
"Since Captain, you have already planned to withdraw from this matter, our plan will naturally not be disclosed to you." Abel stood up and explained.
"You're right." Clough was stunned for a second, and said, "The life and death of the crew has nothing to do with me."
Having stayed on the island for so many years, President Clough is not sensitive to actions like 'execution'.
"Well." Kant nodded to Clough's attitude, stood up and said, "I have read the compensation form handed over by the ship company. As I said at the beginning, you are not responsible for this accident. Compensation and the like will be waived."
(end of this chapter)