3 v 5

I looked around me for a second time, just to check if I was mistaken. However, Shen had definitely slipped out at some point. But I definitely do remember him walking up with us, as I glanced over and saw him going with us.

His steps were perfectly silent, so I don't think it would be hard for him to slip away, but I could've sworn he was right next to me like, five seconds ago max.

In the end, the only thing I could see was that we were outnumbered five to three. Oh, by the way, Zane had a bandage over one of his eyes. Though to be honest, that was an overreaction. As long as you stopped the bleeding, ripping away the skin was a pretty harmless injury.

The skinny dude let out a snort and raised both hands, conjuring some mana when he saw our lineup.

"Committing a player each to a safe even when there's no way to unlock it at the start? All I can say is that for your performance, your strategies are quite pathetic."