As he began his long aerial journey across the world, he remained unaware that every move he made was being relayed live to the big meeting hall of the Hescos Elder Council.
"Wow! That lad is even better than what I hoped for!" The Grand Elder was the first to break the heavy and suffocating silence that had gripped the hall.
When word had first spread that Hye was entering their homeland, the various elders had started a betting game. It was a tradition; they bet on how many minutes he would survive in their world before his ship was crushed or his soul was extinguished by the environment.
Only a rare few had bet that he would survive even the initial encounter. Moth was among them, and so was the Grand Elder.
"And yet," an elder cleared his throat, trying to regain some dignity after the immense financial and reputational loss he just suffered thanks to Hye's performance, "do we have any clue about what method he used to control those insects?"
