An accidental ally

Faced with Sheyan's questioning, Mogensha swiftly answered.

"Nothing left. Only 3 Sunken Colonies ahead. I suggest we first deal with the one at the west. That one isn't covered by the other two. Apart from that, no sighting of flaming beetles. Those things should be concentrated at the other Redliner bases."

The following events could only be described as breaking a dried twig. More crucially, Reef finally felt a preliminary benefit of working with Sheyan. That was his risk exposure was not greatly reduced. More precisely putting, originally he faced 100% of upfront risk, but now it was shared between two parties into a 50% each pie. This factor would later on be experienced vividly when assaulting the two Sunken Colonies.