In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

"what happened?"

Kal'tsit looked at Maria's behavior and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"she left."

"she left?"

Kal'tsit was stunned for a moment, then she realized what Maria was saying. Her face suddenly changed. She opened her mouth and murmured something, but a lot of thoughts were stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.

His lips, which had suddenly turned pale, kept opening and closing as he murmured.

"She's gone... gone..."

"This is what she left for you."

Seeing Kal'tsit like this, Maria sighed softly.

After all, even though she already possessed extraordinary powers, Maria still did not possess the ability to completely lose her emotions and look at everything with contempt... She still regarded human life as the most supreme thing and still expressed her awe for it.

What the woman has to do has far exceeded the level of her own life... This is a collision between civilizations, and only the one who survives is qualified to continue to challenge the existence called Godan.

At this point, even she was unable to tell who was right and who was wrong.

All she could do was not help either of them...

"thing……"

Kal'tsit was still a little speechless. After seeing the note Maria handed over, she took it and opened it in a daze.

As the words poured in, her gaze gradually focused, like a distracted doll regaining its spring, gradually brightening up.

After carefully reading the contents for a few seconds, she took a deep breath.

"I see……"

She should understand why she found the wrong person.

"What are you going to do next?"

Judging from Kal'tsit's behavior just now, she should be able to guess why the woman left.

In this situation, how can she face women?

Should they send someone to hunt her down? Or should they capture her and keep her under house arrest? Or should they just ignore her completely?

But no matter what, Maria didn't want to care.

She couldn't decide which civilization would live and which would die; all she could do was clear the obstacles for them in advance.

"Let's go find His Highness first."

Kal'tsit hesitated for a long time, put the note back into her pocket, and gave the answer.

Maria did not deny it, but just nodded and left with the other party.

Not long after, the two returned to Kazdel's castle.

Theresa seemed to have just finished a meeting. She looked a little listless and not in a very good mood.

But when she saw the two people coming back, she still forced a smile.

"Welcome back."

She squinted her eyes and spoke with a smile.

Kal'tsit on the side also nodded, without any intention of talking about other things, and went straight to the point.

"I need some funding and a group of reliable people. We have to go over there and do another excavation."

"Dig again?"

Theresa was stunned for a few seconds, seemingly unable to react to what Kal'tsit was saying.

But after seeing Kal'tsit's serious and determined eyes, she also became serious.

"Is it important?"

"Very important! If there's anyone in this world who can rival her, it's her."

Kal'tsit bit her lip, her tone a little dazed.

And Theresa also noticed Kal'tsit's abnormality.

This made her a little surprised.

After all, Kal'tsit has always appeared in front of everyone with a calm and mysterious demeanor, and it is rare to see her like this now.

but……

"I believe you."

Theresa nodded without hesitation.

Although the funds she can mobilize now are not particularly large, she is still willing to trust Kal'tsit.

Of course, such trust cannot be truly unconditional.

No matter how emotional Theresa was, she had to consider the interests of the entire Babel Group. She agreed simply because as long as they could dig out another warship of the same level or even a smaller size than the current one, they would be able to form a good combat capability.

She supported Kal'tsit with the idea that even if she couldn't find anyone, it would be good to find a ship of the same type.

Kal'tsit didn't waste any words. After nodding, she immediately took the appointment letter signed by Theresa and began to look for the members she needed.

Maria sat here and witnessed everything, then looked at the girl in white who sighed.

"Are you ok?"

"Eh?"

Theresa didn't expect Maria to say such words, and she smiled with her eyes narrowed.

"I'm fine...what's wrong?"

"Your Originium disease seems to be getting a bit serious."

Maria blinked, her tone calm.

Theresa was stunned for a long time before she slowly realized what Maria was talking about.

"Really... I can't hide anything from you."

She said this, smiled bitterly, and reached out to touch her right shoulder.

When the white skirt is pressed against the skin, there will be some strange bulges, and the crystalline appearance has revealed its identity.

“When did you get infected?”

Maria blinked and continued to ask questions.

Theresa thought for a few moments and then shook her head slightly.

"I don't know exactly when this thing appeared in my body. I just felt that it suddenly entered my body one day..."

As a Sarkaz, dying of old age is actually a luxury... Even if a Sarkaz is lucky enough to escape all wars, their natural susceptibility to Originium infection will still cause them to be infected in some daily life without them even noticing.

Finally, he ended his life in pain.

Theresa was also well prepared.

But this is obviously not the real reason why the girl was infected with Originium disease.

Maria could sense that the other party was hiding something from her.

But Maria didn't point it out. Instead, she turned her head and continued speaking.

"Will it feel uncomfortable?"

"It's nothing. Although it's grown on my body, it's not serious... Apart from some soreness after long hours of desk work, it doesn't affect my life... I'm still quite lucky."

Theresa remained optimistic.

Maria just shook her head slightly.

To be honest, after such a long time, Maria's views on the Originium infection have become more and more subtle.

This was the life-saving ark of the previous civilization, but it was also the Black Death of the Terra civilization.

It is obviously the same thing, but its meaning to the two civilizations is completely different.

This made Maria feel mixed emotions.

But fortunately, she quickly restrained her unnecessary emotions and looked at Theresa again.

"What do you think about what I said before?"

"how?"

Theresa was stunned by Maria's jumping words, but after a moment, she came to her senses.

What Maria mentioned was probably how her Tower of Babel would deal with Tracys's Kazdel Military Council.

To be honest, faced with this problem, Theresa really didn't know what to do.

But after communicating with Maria, she did figure out some things.

"I really shouldn't run away..."

Theresa took a deep breath, put down the pen, and leaned back slightly in the high-back chair.

Her delicate figure formed a sharp contrast with the black high-back chair cut out from a straight line, giving an odd feeling of pushing a child onto a throne.

But compared to the weak girl Maria had seen before, Theresa's eyes were bright at this moment.

“This is my royal city, this is my territory… I am the Demon King of Kazdel, I am the leader here!”

She said, her eyes sharp.

"I am the real master here!"

“…I’m glad you listened to what I said.”

Seeing the other person's appearance, Maria felt a little relieved.

But this sharpness did not last long. Theresa soon couldn't hold back her serious face anymore and laughed helplessly.

"But we still have to get out of here."

"Ok?"

"It's because of Tracy."

Theresa took a deep breath and spoke calmly.

"My brother and I have reached the end of our road... From now on, the only way forward is hostility."

"I only wanted to prolong this period of coexistence, which led to concessions again and again... We have missed the best opportunity to defeat them."

"Right now, the Kazdel Military Committee has assembled the most advanced forces in all of Kazdel. A head-on battle with them is impossible at this moment... Given my reputation in Kazdel, my brothers and the others can't force their way out of my hands."

After giving up her fantasy, Theresa's eyes became much clearer, and when she spoke, her words became clear and organized.

"If he wants to inherit the Demon King's power from me, there are only two ways..."

"First, strike at my reputation. Strike at my lowest point, and smoothly allow the Demon King to inherit my power."

"Second, to imprison me, and finally to rule as regent, as I gave him."

Theresa's eyes flickered, and what she said was obviously different from before.

They are brother and sister, but also two idealists with different ideals.

Even though their ideal was to save Kazdel, their directions were completely different.

In this situation, whoever can be ruthless will win the final victory!

"I have to admit, his method is indeed effective... My reputation among the people, besides infrastructure construction, comes more from those charitable facilities."

Theresa supported her chin, her eyes flickered a few times, and then she nodded.

"So we need to retreat..."

"Now that we have our own ship... I don't know exactly what it can do, but according to what Kal'tsit said, with it, we don't have to worry about the threat from the Kazdel Military Council for the time being—if we can't defeat them, we can always run away."

"If we leave Kazdel temporarily, then only Tracy and his group will remain in Kazdel. If problems arise in those charitable communities, it will be attributed to Tracy's poor governance... This will cause resentment among ordinary Sarkaz people."

Theresa paused as she spoke here.

She said she was going to be serious, but it was obvious that the girl still couldn't completely ignore the civilians.