After putting on my clothes, I headed to our guild house in Jongno with Hwaya. As I sat in the back of the car, I kept grumbling, “How can you joke in a situation like this?”

She shrugged. “It’s like not being a minute or two early is going to solve anything. It’s better to relax and take things slow. If they were going to die, they would already be dead.” Hwaya said casually as she put her lips near my ear, “The explorer that went missing this time was contracted to Daisy. According to Daisy’s report, he’s already dead. The media thinks they’re just missing, but… You get what I mean, right?”

“Can you not whisper such a chilling story in my ear?” I pleaded.

Hwaya lightly smiled and suddenly sighed deeply. “I’m not happy either. Just when I thought we wouldn’t have to worry about explorers betraying us, one of them went ahead and died. If we end up being the only explorers alive…”

I consoled her, “Let’s gather everyone up once this is over. I don’t think the new explorers will ever get to stand on the front lines though…”

Hwaya looked at me, astonished. “Really?”

I nodded and said grimly, “Yeah, I don’t think we even have a year left.”

She shook her head. “If that’s what our Hero says, I have no choice but to believe you… Mmm.”

It seemed what I said wasn’t something...