The Players gathered and observed their first sunrise at base camp.

Seo Jun-Ho had attended the morning meeting just now.

He looked around and asked, “I don’t see Mr. Shoot anywhere.”

Seo Jun-Ho could still remember how Mr. Shoot had helped him on the 5th Floor, but he still had no idea why Mr. Shoot had decided to help him.

‘Deok-Gu seemed to know something, but…’

Shim Deok-Gu had already told him that he didn’t know much, so Seo Jun-Ho found it difficult to probe for more details. Shim Deok-Gu was also refusing to tell him more.

Son Chae-Won next to Seo Jun-Ho smiled and answered, “I heard that he got a bad stomachache. The Vice Master of Labyrinth decided to attend the meeting in his stead.”

“That’s quite unexpected.”

Mr. Shoot had always been a strict man.

‘Just what did he eat in this forest that it gave him a stomachache bad enough for him to be absent at the meeting?’

“Come to think of it, which direction will your team go, Specter-nim?”

“We’re going east.”

“Oh, that’s disappointing. We’re going in the exact opposite direction; we’re going west.”

Seo Jun-Ho nodded. It was only natural for her team to go in the opposite direction. The Silent Moon’s team was known to be quite powerful as well, so it was only right to maintain the balance of power on both sides.

“All right. Join the...