“Whew. Scary. That was scary!”

Tim hugged himself with both arms and shivered in an exaggerated manner.

“Jeez. You really have loose lips.”

Emily berated Tim. If the sentry wanted to harm them, the party would have been exterminated in no uncertain terms. 

“Still, it makes me mad. We almost died because those bastards didn’t do a proper job!”

“If you pissed off that guy, he might have tried to kill us. It would have been the end of us!”

It was as she said. The sentry hadn’t looked at them with kind eyes. If three beginner Connectors disappeared in the Beginner’s Labyrinth, no one would care. Too many Connectors had gone missing in the Beginner’s Labyrinth over the years. They would just be added to the numbers of casualties.

Tim didn’t have a retort, so he shut his mouth.

At that moment, Sungyoon joined in on the conversation.

“At the very least, he has the right to be able to complain.”

It didn’t matter if the high ranking Connectors had been lazy or not. It didn’t matter if they had done their best or they lacked in numbers. Tim, Emily, and Sungyoon had almost died, so they weren’t in the wrong to complain about it.

Tim and Emily turned to stare at Sungyoon. It was rare for Sungyoon to initiate a conversation. It surprised them.

“Still, the world doesn’t run according to common sense. We have to be careful in all aspects.”

He thought about all the events in his life that hadn’t turned...