"Hello, my name is Cole," Cole said while he was studying the tall, middle-aged man in front of him. "My group and I aren't looking for trouble."
"Cole?" John frowned. "What is the name of your two other friends?"
Cole frowned when he heard that. Somehow the middle-aged man knew about Anna and Carter, but then the dots began to connect, and then Cole relaxed. Ryan certainly had been there, and he had mentioned them to that man.
"Carter and Anna… Ryan told you about us, right?" Cole asked, but then he got tense again, imagining that perhaps that group had tortured or done something worse to Ryan, but then he relaxed when he saw a little girl in a wheelchair inside the camp.
"… He never said that your group would be so big," John sighed. "He only mentioned you three… anyway. You guys can come. You look exhausted, and it would be rude to keep a police officer standing like that. My name is John. Nice to meet you."
All of Cole's worries disappeared. His instincts told him that that man wasn't an enemy. Besides, if he were an enemy, he would have lured he and his friends to the dungeon by saying that Ryan was there. In any case, despite the fact that Cole wasn't worried, Anna and Carter weren't that relaxed. Even though they had the numerical advantage, they didn't drop their guard when they entered the camp.
After talking for a while, Cole and the others heard what happened to Ryan and how those people were related to him. It was quite fortunate that he found some friends so soon, and that was why Cole couldn't understand why he left his friends so readily.
"I see…" Cole sighed. "Ryan really looked like a stubborn guy, but I didn't think he would challenge another boss alone… thanks to it, he lost part of his right arm."
"Excuse me…" Anna said. "Why would he leave his fiancee behind?"
"Well… there are some reasons for that…" John face-palmed, while Daniel and Mia lowered her face. "It will make us look suspicious, but talking about such personal matters behind Ryan's back would only make him mad. So, I will refrain from doing so."
"Ah… I can easily imagine that," Cole laughed. "Anyway, when he left this place and where he went?"
"Four days ago, and he headed to Shreveport…" John sighed. "Even though he just lost an arm, he was already looking for another dungeon to clear… that boy is really something else."
"Four days… since then, your group has been training inside the dungeon," Cole said, a bit surprised. "I imagine that you aren't confident in your power to defeat the boss yet. Well, given the information you gave us, that is more than understandable… Do you think we can join forces and defeat the boss? I believe that will benefit us all."
"Of course, if you guys already obtained your first class, then you will be of great help," John smiled. "But even if all of us fight, I can't imagine we defeating the boss without suffering some losses. We need at least one more week to get powerful enough to pull that off."
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