This new team was none other than Veronica's guards, led by Ignus and Obi's team, Leez, Dejel, and Tener.
The group arrived at Basset Town on foot not too long ago. They were tired and rested for the night after eating their stock noodles. It was their last one and they were very reluctant to eat it, but the days-long travel on foot took a toll so they felt that they deserved the treat.
The next day, they were shocked to find out that Basset Town was actually going to war with the destination town, Alterra!
This made them complicated. What to do next?
Unexpectedly, while they were eating tasteless bread from the restaurant, Leez seemed to have a moment of enlightenment.
The rough texture of the bread, he would say later, stimulated his brain.
"What if we just used the array as a shortcut?" Leez asked. Anyway, Ignus was level 40 and was just barely within the level cap, so there would be no one left behind if they took this route.
Everyone looked at him with bright eyes.
Genius!
So, there they were.
They had actually sneaked around the array an hour ago, but they wanted less trouble—being mobbed by level 20s would still be troublesome to them—so they had waited a while before making a move.
Unexpectedly, they would see strangers destroying resources and heading to the array! They followed them and when they found out those people were Alterrans, they immediately came to help them.
Lucky coincidence? Probably.
Definitely not for the enemies though!
BANG!
SMACK!
The combined forces of the Alterrans and the newcomers took the enemy in surprise, with everyone rushing to the array and kicking away the people there. They also did not transfer unless everyone was inside. This way, no one would be left behind, possibly grabbed by the enemy at the last second.
Of course, before teleporting, Eagle's eyes fixed on their least-favorite cockroach.
It so happened that before they were rescued, Fargo was pushed near the array by all the chaos.
Eagle grabbed Fargo by his clothing, bringing him to the array.
"WAIT! WAIT!"
Everyone knew that unless they were slaves, each person had to accept the teleportation on their own. Under normal circumstances, Fargo would never accept that. He was once a terrorist Lord, too, so his self-control was not to be underestimated.
But there was no way he'd let this bastard go!! At the same time, it was ideal to bring him back alive.
Other than some important information they could get from him, there… were also many people in Alterra who'd need to see his death to feel some sense of closure.
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