After the unsettling commotion, Chi-Woo and the rest of the group soon left the main base camp. It was a nerve-wracking ordeal to investigate an unknown area, and a strange atmosphere had been haunting the group since the earlier incident. Hawa had a despondent, frail look on her face as she guided the group, and Ru Hiana relentlessly tried to comfort her. Ru Amuh occupied himself by surveying his surroundings on high alert, while Chi-Woo was lost in thought.

Giant Fist appeared to be a completely different person. Chi-Woo knew that he had a reckless side to him, but Chi-Woo never thought that Giant Fist was a bad person. Since Chi-Woo reunited with him, however, Giant Fist had been engaging in one incomprehensible action after another. Of course, Chi-Woo might have simply misjudged his character, but…

‘Shahnaz Hawa…’ Chi-Woo looked at the back of the girl scrambling in front of him. There was something suspicious about this silver-haired girl. Besides, why didn’t Shakira tell Eshnunna that Chi-Woo had freed Hawa from a vengeful spirit?

‘Why did she try to hide it?’ Was it because the camp’s situation was so dire that they wanted to monopolize Chi-Woo’s ability? No. That couldn’t be. One of the main reasons why the camps existed was to gather the hero recruits. There must be some other reason why they decided to hide such valuable information in this manner.

‘But that’s not all.’ When Shakira brought Hawa, she had simply asked Eshnunna to take care...