"Glug, glug," the water cup on the table in front of Margaret suddenly began to swirl violently, and within a few seconds, an octopus eye with horizontal pupils appeared inside.
"Why did it fail? Everything was prepared so well!"
Margaret furrowed her eyebrows and, enduring the pain all over her body, she got up from the ground.
"Someone alerted the nearby Exploration Ships, and they assembled a rescue for Charles. There is a traitor among your people."
"Don't make excuses! My people are fervently devout to the Futan God! They would never betray! You know for this plan, I lost most of my undercover network at the Giant Pit Fortress! And Charles is still alive!"
"Charles is no fool, what could I have done in that situation? If I had stayed any longer, his reinforcements would only have increased, and I would have surely died!"
