1175 The Witchs Hu (1/2)

Jiang Fei and the girls were very skeptical of Z0-11's meeting with Jiang Fei. They believed that there was more to the meeting than meets the eye. But without any evidence, there was nothing for them to work with. As for 0543, Jiang Fei did not believe that it was possible for it to betray him, and what Ariel had was only a hunch. After all, Z0-11 came well prepared. Its device had countered Ariel's ability to detect electromagnetic waves, and also left without leaving any evidence behind.

But regardless of how puzzled they were about the meeting, they eventually brush the matter aside after considering the fact that 0543 was just created not too long ago. If 0543 had already double-crossed them, then Jiang Fei would really be at his wit's end. Even if he could just use his administrative authority to seal up the assistant, but wouldn't 0544 and 0545 also turncoat just as easily?

So before uncovering the root of the problem, replacing the assistant was not going to resolve it.

Also, because the whole idea of 0543's betrayal was merely a hunch on Ariel's part, as much as Jiang Fei trusted her, even Ariel herself was not sure if her hunch was true. At the end of it all, Jiang Fei decided to put the matter to the back of his head.

With their heads full of unanswered questions, the day passed and soon it was night. Jiang Fei returned to the game once more.

\”Boss, one of our scouts found something interesting.\”

It was late afternoon in the game when Seven Stars Warrior finally brought Jiang Fei valuable information.

\”Where?\” Jiang Fei's eyes lit up and quickly walked over.

\”Not far from here, just right up ahead!\”

With Seven Stars Warrior leading the way, the two made a beeline towards the site.

\”What did you find?\” Jiang Fei asked as soon as they arrived.

\”You! Come here and tell the boss what did you find.\”

Seven Stars Warrior pointed to the player responsible for the discovery and called him over.

\”Boss!\” the player saluted and started detailing his encounter.

It turned out that while the players were scouting the area, they stumbled upon a witch's hut. Witch's huts are rare encounters that were common knowledge among the players, and they are limited to only one per map.

Inside the hut, players would find an old witch who would offer the player a mini-game when interacted with. Be it a dice or card game, when the player won against the witch, the witch would then uncover the entire map they were on to the player, saving the player the effort of exploring through the whole map by themselves. But if the player lost the bet, the witch would take one hundred gold coins from the player. Only one player was allowed in the hut at any given time.

The player that was reporting to Jiang Fei was lucky enough to win the mini-game and had the entire map revealed to him.

\”Then, did you find anything unusual on the map?\” Seven Stars Warrior asked the lucky player.

\”That's not important right now. Take us to the hut!\” Jiang Fei interjected. He figured that instead of listening to the player explain in detail about his discovery, it would be easier and faster to just see it for himself.

\”Yes boss! It's just right over there. Follow me.\”

The player led them onto a winding trek and soon, a familiar-looking small grass hut came into view.

\”The witch is right there! Boss you'll have to go in alone.\” The player said while pointing at the hut.

Since only one person was allowed into the hut at any point, if there was another player in it, Jiang Fei would not be able to enter.

But after getting word that their boss was coming, the guild members have already secured the perimeter and barred anyone else from entering the area. Though what they did was unnecessary at that point because they were the only people that are in the area. The other non-guild players were all busy hunting monsters for drops near the safe zones and there was no one outside the guild that was remotely close to where they were..

\”Mhm. I'm going in!\” Jiang Fei nodded and strode towards the entrance.

\”CREAK~~~\”

Jiang Fei pushed the door open, light poured through it, revealing nothing but darkness inside. After entering the hut, he shut the door behind him.