"My Lord, if I may," Lyra began cautiously. "I have a few suggestions that might alleviate the issue, but I wanted to hear your thoughts first before I acted on my own."
"Hold that thought. Let me deal with Teriam first. If this mineral deposit is as valuable as he claims, it might solve more than one problem at once."
Lyra bowed her head.
"As you wish, my Lord."
Kai rose from the throne and transported himself away from the vicinity.
Lucifer fell into step behind him without a word, her dark wings folded neatly against her back as she kept pace, her form disappearing as well.
It was her unspoken rule that wherever Kai went, she followed, unless he specifically told her otherwise.
As they walked through the city that had been built within the cavern of the First Floor, the monsters they passed all dropped to their knees in immediate reverence.
