After Kalstein left, the Dimensional Mercenary and the Lord of Dawn shared a heavy conversation before eventually letting out deep sighs.

“There’s no way to avoid it now.”
“…What could possibly stop that monster?”
“Sigh… How did things even come to this?”

Their despair was palpable. The old man, who had been lying down and staring at the sky, suddenly let out a chuckle.

“Well, it’s not all bad. You both know this, don’t you? Not all guardians are the same.”
“...”
“Didn’t I tell you earlier? Siding with the Galactic Empire and plotting something was …