After receiving approval and instructions from Quasardastan, the transport ship Rex Ventorum headed straight for the Temple, where it landed. In addition to Leticia, three more people arrived with Hector – two special forces soldiers and, in fact, the pilot. This trio remained to guard the aircraft, while the head of the VSRV and his assistant went to the negotiations (after surrendering their weapons, if such a requirement existed). Hector was a rather tall and well-built man; gray hair was visible among his dark blue-black hair; his eyes were the color of a winter sky, his nose was straight and long, and his face was stern with a determined chin. The girl accompanying him was also tall and had a well-trained body, as befits a soldier. The only unusual thing about her for a person in her profession was perhaps her beautiful, neat face and long, golden hair, tied back in a ponytail (in the army of Rex Ventorum, all soldiers, both men and women, are required to have a buzz cut). Hector is waiting for an audience with the ruler, following the instructions of the local authorities.