CHAPTER 6

—Huh? Boss? What happened? — Warren said, confused to see his boss stopped suddenly.

Alan looked back for a second and then said —Nothing, go — The sub-Leader Dustin laughed sinisterly.

—Hoh? The boss is thinking about the little boss — Everyone pays attention to Dustin —Ashely is her name? — The others did an exclamation surprised. The boss has never had a connection with a woman. And because the sub-leader gave that information must be true.

—Shut up, Dustin — Alan looked at Dustin with a mortal gaze and said —Go, we must complete this dungeon before The Order of the Red Dragon would be reported about my return — Dustin nodded and didn't bother more.

—Talking about it. Alan, didn't you think that the situation in that team is strange? I mean, I know that the Iron Blood Magician was mad but she never had killed her own partners — Alan agreed with Dustin but If actually things didn't happen that way. There was only one possibility, someone was trying to take the position of that woman.

—Only for precaution we have to discover the truth. I want to know. What the plan is, of that person or those people —Alan made a decision.

—Okay, got it.

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On the other hand Ashley made a great effort to take out Leila from the water. As soon as she touched land put down Leila and sat breathing quickly.

—¡Cough! ¡Cough! —Leila woke up and started to cough fiercely.

—Ah… We are alive… — The appearance of Leila changed. Apparently she used a device or ability to change her appearance. Now her brown hair and eyes are red scarlet. And she looks more beautiful too.

—Yes...By the way, Do you know where we are? —Leila definitely has more knowledge than Ashley. So it is a good idea to ask her.

Leila opened her game window, looked for a while and then she smiled weakly —No, I don't have idea —Ashley was disappointed with that answer but the remainder of the sentence encouraged her — But I have good news. We can hide in this place for a while; they will not be able to find us.

—Are you serious? — Leila nodded.

—Yes, look at your map. We don't appear in it — Ashley opened her game window to check it. In fact neither of both appear in the map.

—Oh… We are saved — Ashley said with relief. She will not want to see this guy again. She felt that he wants to carry her to hell. Ashley didn't know why she felt that but for now it's better to avoid this guy.

—For now… But First we need to discover what this place is — Leila said.

Ashley nodded. They both rested for a while and then Ashley started to go down from the Island. In all her go down she didn't find one monster. Just normal animals and a Castle. Ashley returned and notified Leila.

Thanks to that information Leila could deduce something —This Island should be located under the river where we falled. I imagine that the game started a task when the system felt us alive and transported here. The task could be conquist the castle. This means that meanwhile we can stay outside without danger —Ashley nodded and she felt very reassuring.

The next days Leila focused on recovering strengths and told Ashley a few things about the reason why she is chased.

—The guy with amethyst eyes was my subordinate. His name is Joel. I saw his potential and invited him to join our team. The Order of the Red Dragon —Ashely was surprised with the new information. Even though she doesn't know very much about the stronger teams. She without a doubt had to listen to that team —He earned my confidence. I gave him an important position in the team. I actually thought that I made a good decision. But after he gained power he started to dismantle the chain of command. He made them commit mistake after mistake. I still didn't realize when my friends and partners told me. I disappointed them and when I noticed I was alone and without one person of trust by my side. Joel replaced all my trusted subordinates by their own. He usurped my position, he charged me with fake facts and tried to kill me but I managed to escape with something important to the team. That's the reason because they are chasing me — Wow! Ashley thought that Joel seemed like a poisonous snake but In fact he is worse than she imagined.

—Are you stupid? Why do you believe more in a stranger than in your friends? — Ashley doesn't avoid saying her real opinion.

—I don't know… I was just… I wanted to be the best with my team. Maybe it is the reason why I ignored all the advice and only thought about strengthening the team — The regret in Leila's face was obvious. The tears slid by her cheeks. She cried that time until she felt exhausted. Ashley was always bad at communicating with other people so she never had to comfort someone. She could only stay by her side in silence.