Chapter 784 - 469 Mission Start_2
"Try to familiarize yourself as much as possible with the process of constructing the Transmission Array Pillars; I’ll come back to inform you before the mission starts," Mill advised them one last time, then turned and hurriedly left the basement.
The basement once again fell silent.
Yeats glanced at Lance a few times, seemingly with something to say, but after weighing the matter for a moment, he ultimately kept his silence.
It was the usually reticent Jacqueline who suddenly spoke, "Excuse my straightforwardness, Lord Lance, but I must ask what your relation is to the Wizard from your School who had once sided with the Divine?"
Lance stiffened slightly, his face showing a complex expression. He looked at Jacqueline and sighed, "I do indeed know that Wizard; after all, we are from the same School, but it’s true that I’m not well-acquainted with him."
After taking a breath, Lance continued in a somber tone, "I understand your concerns, but I am indeed not that kind of person. Death is certainly frightening, but living in this world, there are always things that are more terrifying than death, always some deeds that I would not do, even in the face of death!"
Jacqueline looked at him seriously, then suddenly placed a hand over her chest and bowed, "My apologies."
"Those are nice words; I hope that when the time comes, what you do will indeed match what you say!"
Yet it was Yeats who suddenly spoke with a cold voice.
Even someone as mild-mannered as Lance now felt some anger. His eyes turned sharp as he raised his voice, "When the time comes, it will indeed be so!"
Yeats snorted but did not continue the conversation, only saying to himself,