‘Will it really be okay for us to go on just like this?’

Lee Chul-Woo’s dark expression perfectly represented the current situation. The Friendship Clan lacked money for them to achieve something great. In addition, the conflict from earlier had brought dark clouds over the party.

I accepted their apology while burying my head in the sand, and I forcefully created a friendly atmosphere. Unfortunately, it didn’t mean that the effects of the conflict earlier would simply disappear.

It got a lot better than before, but Gook Minji still didn’t look like she had any plans of playing chummy. I was sure that she was planning on just staying quiet for the rest of the expedition while suppressing her turbulent emotions.

She wasn’t picking a fight with me anymore, but she still looked hostile to me.

If I were the clan master of the Friendship Clan, I would have made the party abandon the expedition because the party couldn’t possibly fight properly at this point.

However, the Friendship Clan couldn’t do something like that after they had spent so much money on the Epic dungeon entrance fee, Rare rooms, insurance, et cetera.

If they were to return without accomplishing anything, then it would mean falling into debt.

‘This is going...