Chapter 319 (1/2)
Chapter 319
Sent by Nangnang, the ant At the end of it was a nae and rested his chin on his clasped fingers He was organizing his thoughts when he heard a knock on the door Soon, the door opened, and Eval walked in
“Boss Just now—”
“Is it a guest?”
Eval looked taken aback by Chi-Woo’s response
“What? Did you already know one was coe” Chi-Woo showed Eval the e he received “Ho Lactea requested help”
Eval quickly scanned the e, and his eyes narrowed
“See in the end”
“By ‘troubleht it was strange that Ho Lactea was going on an ione on a separate expedition with their own party”
As expected of Eval, he knew everything that was going on Eval continued, “Anyways, a guest came as you said, but they aren’t from Ho Lactea She was one of the members ent on a separate expedition with Yunael”
“…What?” Chi-Woo thought he heard wrong Did Eval say their guest was a member of Yunael’s expedition teao on another expedition before?” Chi-Woo asked
“No I think the most recent expedition is their first official one It happened around seven or eight days ago,” Eval answered
Chi-Woo looked even uest used to be a ht now There were three possible reasons this guest was now co to talk to him alone: first, it could be that the rest of the expedition team had died, and she was the only survivor Second, she could’ve escaped in secret Lastly, she could’ve gotten separated from the team in the middle of the expedition for soood news
“Why don’t you ested, and Chi-Woo got up fro room Chi-Woo opened the door and went inside He flinched when he saw the woman with hair curled into drills tied into twintails The wolanced back toward the door And seeing her sharp demeanor, Chi-Woo became more certain of who she was Chi-Woo tilted his head and furrowed his brows slightly
“Ms Dulia…froood lanced around the well-decorated surroundings and said in a low voice, “As the head of Seven Stars, an organization co for ranks with Ho Lactea, with a subordinate like Ru Aet about a nobody like htly prickly, Chi-Woo responded aether ent to save the eighth recruits Ah, you otten up froain Eventually, she crossed her legs and arrateful that you remembered me and didn’t reprimandIt’s true”
It appeared that rather than having ill feelings for Chi-Woo, Dulia was in a very tense and sensitive state It was easy to tell this just by the condition she was in: even though she had tidied up her hair a bit, her shoes and leather clothes were torn all over Furthermore, there were still reddish-black marks and dirt on her face and other areas where her skin showed
“It looks like it hasn’t been long since you returned from the expedition,” Chi-Woo remarked
“Yes, it probably hasn’t even been thirty minutes”
“Thata rest”
“It’s nothing Whatever happened, I came to at least do my part—not because of that bastard I simply don’t want to be left with any sense of discomfort in my heart,” Dulia said and continued, “So I came to at least tell Ho Lactea what happened, but there was no one there That hy I sent Nangnang a e And he told me to come to this place,” Dulia explained
“Then, may I ask you to explain what happened?” Chi-Woo asked
“First of all, I was the expedition team’s head”
“What? You were the head?” Chi-Woo said in surprise Then Yunael’s expedition team currently had no head This indicated that even if the team hadn’t been wiped out, there was a 90 chance they had died already That was how important the role of a head was
“I should tell you before I go further that I didn’t run away, nor did I call it quits,” Dulia see formed in the roo they wanted reat and holy teaed Dulia, and Dulia gritted her teeth and growled
Chi-Woo quickly cal out further After she calan to explain This was how the story went:
Dulia got swayed by Yunael’s words and joined their expedition team As part of the fifth recruits, Dulia was a veteran of sorts, who had gone through all sorts of hardshi+ps on Liber and participated in ht of Dulia’s experience highly and placed her as the head of the team Dulia was happy up to this point, but the problems came later—specifically when they arrived near the vicinity of their destination
Though Dulia had sensed sos took a full turn when they arrived there To put it sihteous attitude was the problem An expedition team’s head had authority comparable to the team’s captain; thus, many problems would arise when the team’s head and captain didn’t see eye-to-eye One of the s to a successful expedition was for the captain to respect the head, or be one themselves
“But they didn’t even show a shi+t-worth of respect!” Bam! Dulia struck the table with both hands and shouted “They didn’t listen to anything I said and only blabbered all they wanted!”
“Calafter everyone was tired fro the safer route if they insisted—but then they said we didn’t have enough tiain! You think I can calm down after all that nonsense they pulled?!”
Chi-Woo had to shi+eld his face with his hands for a bit because Dulia was spitting so much when she yelled
“And that’s not even the end of it! Even though they were the captain, I thought they were doing the wrong thing and had a private conversation with theave me such a shi+tty look! Do you knohat they said then?” Dulia exclaimed, “They toldto the team captain! They didn’t like my tone and told me to fix the way I talked! fuck! Can you believe it? Aren’t they seriously insane?!”
Eval laughed hu authority was i, but it sounded like Yunael expected too ether hastily without getting to know any of the members Moreover, all the heroes on Liber were heroes who had saved at least one world Thus, it seemed too much for Yunael to expect Dulia to address the and had fulfilled all her responsibilities
“No, are you really talking about that Tania?” Eval asked
“Yes, I am!” Dulia shouted back
But as really funny was that even with such a shaky teaed to continue Even when they faced unexpected dangers, Yunael stood in the lead and destroyed them
“Okay I do admit that they have skills But they should’ve done the whole thing themselves then Why would they ask us to ith the to treat us like idiots?”
The rest of the expedition teah they an to take a toll on them, and they orn out Yunael couldn’t understand that
“If we had done what I suggested, we could’ve arrived at our destination in a much better state even if it would be a bit later Then we could’ve…!”
Yunael grew more obstinate and confident as they led the team Despite their complaints, the rest of the expedition team had no choice but to follow Yunael’s lead It was then the incident happened When the expedition teareat trouble inside
In that chaotic situation, Dulia still ed to find a way out, and the expedition teareat da with all their lives on the line, Dulia turned around to see that the five teammates she had started with dwindled down to three TereAnd that wasn’t even the end of it
“The path…changed then,” Dulia frowned as if she was still uncertain “I was sure that we entered from the entrance and went out from it, but the environment was co le
Two people disappeared, and they lost their path It was the worst-case scenario The re three discussed what to do froer that had accuestion was to return first There was not much they could do in their current situation, so she wanted the team to reprepare theain However, Yunael disagreed
Yunael wanted to continue, saying now that they had the experience of failure, they wouldn’t fall for the saain; they also added that they needed to save the tho had disappeared before it was too late Many opinions were exchanged then Usually, Dulia would’ve relented to Yunael’s pressure, but it was different this tio that they er It seemed clear that they would die if they went back, and she resisted As the tere unwilling to compromise with each other, Yunael threatened Dulia
“They said if I wouldn’t listen to them, I should keep my mouth shut and fuck off Well, I did exactly that”
Crunch-! There was an audible sound as Dulia clenched her teeth tightly After listening to her explanation, Chi-Woo looked back at Eval with a stunned expression How should he describe it? It felt as if he was hearing about the worst expedition team in existence As Chi-Woo had only participated in impressive expedition teams before such as the one for the Narsha Haram, it was hard for Chi-Woo to fully wrap his head around this story
“Though it seems like an especially serious case, it’s not cohts between tea an expedition,” Eval said and smiled dryly
Anyways, Chi-Woo had heard the situation Now he needed to decide whether he would help Ho Lactea and save Yunael, or refuse their request But of course, the ansas long decided There was no reason for Chi-Woo to not go The person they were asked to save was so, Yunael, and simultaneously Ho Lactea, would be indebted to theh
Seven Stars’Chi-Woo’s concern, Eval got a eneral location of that place?” Eval asked Dulia
“…Here” Dulia pointed at one part of the ue It was the complete opposite direction to where Seven Stars’ first teaet there?”
“Four days”