1339 Finding the Way
Chu Nan recalled a game he had played when he was very young.
It was an extremely ancient RPG game that had been popular on Earth hundreds of years ago.
The reason why Chu Nan thought of this game was because, in this ancient game, the protagonist was alone at first. Then, after experiencing continuous events, companions gradually appeared beside him.
His companions gradually increased, and some left. In the end, he completed the last adventure with his three companions and ended the entire game.
When Chu Nan came to participate in the Garden Hunting Assembly, he originally came alone. After the first stage ended, he had his best companion, Angie Prairie.
Immediately after, in order to enter the Endless Abyss, he invited Nkosi to join the team. Then, he left the team, and they unexpectedly had a teammate, Carola.
Then, the trend of adding teammates could not be stopped.
Not only did Hasol, who had rejected Chu Nan previously, join the team with his new teammate, Princess Canaan, but then two more teammates, Prince Montique and Princess Romanti, appeared.
“But this number is wrong…” Chu Nan muttered softly.
“What’s wrong?” Angie Prairie, who was flying beside Chu Nan, asked curiously.
“The traditional setting of an adventure team should be four or five people. How many people do you think we have now?”
Angie Prairie glanced around.
“One… two… seven, seven people. Hmm… there are indeed a little too many.”
“No, you missed one.” Chu Nan raised his thumb and pointed behind him.
Angie Prairie looked back and frowned.
“Why does this guy have to follow?”
When Prince Kandel, who was following behind everyone, saw Chu Nan and Angie Prairie turn to look at him at the same time, he forcefully squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying and waved at the two of them.
After Princess Romanti joined the team, it was unknown what this Prince Kandel was thinking, but he actually shamelessly wanted to follow everyone.
Chu Nan rejected him strictly, but he followed behind like this and could not directly chase him away. Therefore, he could only let him be.
Chu Nan replied with an insincere smile and turned around.
“Ignore him. In any case, he should let Montique, Romanti, and the others have a headache. It’s none of our business.”
“But he’s following us after all. If he encounters danger and we don’t care, Montique and Romanti have to interfere, right? It’s still our business.” Angie Prairie disagreed.
If not for the fact that Prince Montique, Princess Romanti, and Princess Kasyapa were here, he would not have cared so much. Even if he had to use violence, he had to chase Prince Kandel away.
Chu Nan was unwilling to let such a guy who was unfamiliar with him and could not be trusted follow him.
However, now… that was all he could do.
Of course, Prince Kandel was also qualified to participate in the second stage of the Garden Hunting Assembly after all. Being able to successfully pass the first stage proved that his strength was not weak.
The facts also proved this. He followed behind like this and contributed when everyone encountered mutated beasts. There was not much difference.
From this perspective, his following behind also made the team stronger. It could not be considered a bad thing.
After coming down from the 31st floor, every time they went deeper, the strength of the mutated beasts they encountered became stronger.
Now, under the lead of Prince Montique, their group had already broken through eight levels in a row and arrived at the 39th level.
In the next level, according to the rules of the Garden Hunting Assembly, Chu Nan, Carola, and Hasol, the three ordinary participants, would have additional points. It was naturally beneficial to them.
Moreover, every time they went deeper, everyone would discover that they had encountered more types of mutated beasts and were stronger. They seemed to be gradually approaching the core of this beast tide.
Prince Montique, who was flying at the front, suddenly stopped.
The people behind him stopped and looked at him strangely.
“Everyone…” Prince Montique’s gaze swept past everyone, and his expression seemed to be a little awkward, “I just discussed with Romanti for a while and confirmed a fact. We… are lost.”
“Huh?” The others, including Princess Kasyapa, looked at him in surprise.
“Lost? What do you mean?” Chu Nan asked.
“Literally.” Prince Montique shrugged, “We can’t find the entrance to the next floor.”
“Yes, there’s no relevant information about the 39th floor on my map, and neither does Montique. I don’t think you have it either, so we’re indeed lost now.” Princess Romanti did not have any awkwardness on her face, as if it was natural.
Chu Nan, Angie Prairie, Carola, and Hasol naturally did not have any objections. This was the first time they had come to the Endless Abyss, so they naturally did not have detailed information here.
Although Chu Nan had obtained some information from Nkosi and Mafaan, this information was all from the 30th floor and was no longer useful.
“Then what should we do now?” At this moment, Prince Kandel, who had caught up, asked carefully, “Should we continue to explore?”
“Of course.” Princess Romanti nodded bluntly, “If you’re unwilling, go back the way you came.”
Prince Kandel shrank his neck and did not answer.
Chu Nan glanced at him in confusion and thought to himself that this guy looked so timid, so how did he dare to follow him like this?
“Tell me, what do the two of you think?” Chu Nan was not as afraid of Princess Romanti as Prince Kandel. He directly asked the two of them, “Since the two of you have discussed it, you should have an answer, right?”
“Yes, we have an initial plan.” Prince Montique nodded and said, “From the observation of the beast tide on every level, we discovered that the location of the mutated beasts on every level seems to be near the teleportation door that leads to the next level. Therefore, I guess that these mutated beasts might have rushed out of the deeper Endless Abyss and continuously migrated to the upper levels.”
“Therefore, if we follow the direction where the mutated beasts came out in the opposite direction, we should be able to find the teleportation door that leads to the next floor,” Princess Romanti continued, “However, this way, we have to fight our way through those mutated beasts. It will definitely be very difficult. Therefore, if you feel that you can’t persist or are unwilling to take the risk, you can stop now.”
Everyone looked at each other and focused their gazes on Prince Kandel.
Feeling everyone’s strange gazes, Prince Kandel was first stunned, then as if he had been greatly humiliated, he shouted angrily.
“Why are you looking at me?! As the royal family of the Declan Empire, there’s never a reason to escape at the last minute! Don’t you think so?”
The expressions of Prince Montique and the other two who were asked by him were subtle. Princess Romanti directly sneered in disdain, “I hope you remember this.”
Then, she raised her voice and said to everyone, “Since no one is willing to stop, let’s start chasing in the direction where the mutated beast came from. Regarding how to track it, I…”
“Let me do it,” Hasol suddenly said.
“You?” Princess Romanti glanced at Hasol in surprise, then nodded thoughtfully, “That’s right. You look like a beast. You should be more familiar with their habits than me…”
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