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Apparently, the other Rainlords thought similarly. It took a little while longer of debate, but soon enough, an agreement was reached between the two sides, and the crowd of listeners finally began to disperse from the Grand Hall.

The heads, wanting to continue discussing the details in private, moved to the conference room higher up in the Tower of Night. Hector sat in on that meeting as well, curious to know who they might choose for this mission to Sair.

The two teams that they had dispatched on treasure hunts had each consisted of three lesser known servants and one reaper for guidance. However, the reason they hadn't dispatched one more team to find a third treasure was because some of the heads hadn't been fully confident in the remaining candidates' suitability.

The heads' collective standards appeared to be quite high, and there had been various concerns that kept getting brought up, ranging from the candidates' levels of fame to their levels of maturity. Even the trio that they'd sent to Vantalay had almost not made the cut.

Which reminded Hector of an earlier thought he'd had.

"Ah--excuse me for interrupting," he said, standing up from his chair at the end of the long conference table.

The heads and their reapers all looked at him, perhaps a bit surprised since he'd been quiet this whole time.

"I was thinking that maybe we should recall the team we sent to Ridgemark in Vantalay," said Hector.

There was a brief silence.

"That was the team of Blackburn triplets, was it not?" said Salvador Delaguna, eyeing the family's representatives seated across from him.

"Yes," said Horatio Blackburn. His cousin, Nere, sat next to him, and his reaper, Yovess, hovered behind him along with Sentsia.

'The decision ultimately falls to you, then,' said Mevox, Salvador's reaper. 'Personally, I'm inclined to agree with our Lord Darksteel here. The risk in Vantalay has obviously been compounded to a greater degree than we could have anticipated, and if we bring them back now, we could instead dispatch them to Sair. Or elsewhere, if we prefer.'