Noor sighed. "And no doubt what I see before me now is their enslavement of the people of this planet, forcing them into hard labor to collect Palladium so they can restore their economy and their financial and military strength, in order to try to unite the Zurix again and complete the dream of the previous Emperor."
"Maybe," Tulkas said. "And maybe not. No one knows the intentions of the new Emperor, but his plans so far are different from the previous Emperor. So, given the location your friend marked for you on the map, are we close?"
Noor was shocked that Tulkas knew about the map and his conversation with Sairi. He knew that he had been spying on him for a long time and that a lie would not mislead him, but he did not know how to get rid of him until he reached Sairi. He had to mislead him away from Sairi so that he would not take from him what they had come in search of. He swallowed and said as he looked at his map, "A few kilometers and we'll be there."
