"Hurry, they're leaving, let's follow them!!"

Seeing Fang Zheng and his group continue to walk deeper into the maze, the girl hurriedly came out from the corner and ran forward quickly with the heavy axe warrior.

But when they turned the corner, they were surprised to find that there was no one in front of them.

"Hey? Where are the people?"

Looking at the empty passage, the girl was stunned, but before she could say anything, suddenly, a dagger was pressed against her neck.

"Don't move!"

"careful!"

The heavy axe warrior seemed to have sensed the danger at this moment. He hurriedly stretched out his hand, trying to take out the battle axe behind him, but soon, two sharp swords crossed left and right and pressed against his throat, blocking the heavy axe warrior's further actions.

"Ah... Sure enough, someone is following us. I thought he was just saying it casually..."

Along with this weak voice, the girl and the heavy axe warrior soon saw a petite girl with messy blonde hair walking out of the shadows, swinging a one-handed hammer in her hand.

"I'm asking you if you can do this. You don't even know someone is following you."

"What can I do? Just being responsible for exploring the front is already very tiring, how can I have the leisure to take care of the things behind?"

Hearing Gabriel's accusation, Eriri, who was holding the dagger against the girl's neck from behind, also cried out.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, it seems that there are only two of them back there, no one else."

Following this voice, Asuna and Yuuki also walked over from the path where the two had just appeared. Then, the other people who had been hiding around them quickly appeared and surrounded the two.

"Who are they?"

"You're not trying to take advantage of the situation, are you?"

"Just two people want to seize the lord?"

"Maybe a pioneer?"

"I, we are not here to go against you all!!"

Hearing the discussions of the people around her, the girl quickly raised her hands and waved them to explain. She hadn't noticed them from a distance before, but now she had discovered that these people looked about the same age as her - or even slightly younger. This made her feel relieved. After all, these girls didn't look like bad people.

"We are from the Dark Nebula Guild. We came here to conduct reconnaissance..."

"Reconnaissance?"

At this moment, Fang Zheng came out, and the others immediately made way for him. He walked up to the two men with a big sword on his back, and looked at the pair in front of him carefully.

“…Yes, that’s right.”

Being stared at by Fang Zheng's sharp eyes made the girl feel a little uneasy instinctively, but she still mustered up her courage and nodded.

"I'm Yuna from the Dark Nebula Guild's frontline team, and this is Agil... We're here because the guild master wants to launch a raid on the first-tier lords, and we're here as scouts to conduct reconnaissance."

Dark Nebula...ah...

Hearing this name, Fang Zheng thought about it for a moment, and then he remembered the girl with long black hair who had exchanged friends with him before. He remembered that everyone around him seemed to say that she was the president of the Dark Nebula Guild, and she seemed to be a princess...

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng waved his hand.

"Eriri, Esther, Leafa, let them go."

After hearing Fang Zheng's order, the three of them put down their weapons. Only then did Yuna and Agil feel better.

"Eri, go check out what's going on back there."

"OK."

Facing Fang Zheng's words, the girl with blond hair and twin ponytails nodded, then she sighed helplessly and quickly disappeared into the corridor again. Fang Zheng reached out and opened the system, then found the name of the friend named "Kuroyukihime", and then clicked on the communication.

Not long after, Kuroyukihime's voice rang out.

"Mr. Fang Zheng? I didn't expect you to contact me. Are you planning to join the Dark Nebula?"

"That's not the case. I have a question for you... Are there players named Yuna and Agil in your guild?"

"Hey? Did you run into Yuna-san?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Kuroyukihime's voice was obviously a little surprised.

"I sent them to the core area to conduct reconnaissance and prepare for the attack on the lord... I hope nothing happened to them."

"No, just a little situation."

After getting the answer, Fang Zheng decisively and neatly hung up the call, then looked at the two people again. At the same time, Ying Lili's figure appeared again.

"The kobolds behind have been refreshed."

"What should we do now, Mr. Fang Zheng?"

At this moment, Qingye was also holding a long sword, looking at Fang Zheng anxiously. You know, this was not the first time they explored the ruined castle. They had entered the castle three times in a row before, but each time Fang Zheng chose to retreat due to various reasons and problems.

But this time…

"I, I won't get in your way!"

Just as Fang Zheng was thinking, Yuna suddenly spoke.

"I want to defeat the lord too. I can help you!"

"you?"

After hearing Yuna's words, Fang Zheng looked at her carefully. From her equipment, he could tell that the girl in front of him was less than level 20, and her equipment was also very shabby. Except for Fang Zheng himself who was still using a forged two-handed sword, almost everyone else used weapons dropped by elite monsters in the forest and swamp (this was really a tragedy).

However, the weapon on the girl's waist was a dagger, and she was wearing the most ordinary leather armor... She didn't look like she had any fighting ability.

Although Fang Zheng didn't say it directly, but he also wanted to fight the lord with this set of equipment... Fang Zheng could only say, girl, you think too much.

Perhaps sensing the meaning in Fang Zheng's eyes, the girl hesitated for a moment, then she raised her head and looked at Fang Zheng and spoke.

"I have special skills!"

"Yuna!"

Hearing Yuna's words, Agil beside her suddenly widened his eyes in surprise. He reached out to grab Yuna, trying to stop her from continuing, but Yuna dodged Agil and came in front of Fang Zheng, staring at him with clenched fists.

"…Special skills?"

"Yes!"

Yuna nodded and continued speaking.

"My special skill 'Chant'... can buff players!!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, not only Fang Zheng, but everyone else was also shocked.

Special skills are very rare skills. Even Fang Zheng has not figured out the conditions for their appearance. It seems that each special skill has limited conditions. At least Fang Zheng has not learned any special skills so far. Special skills that can add buffs to players are unheard of...

"Your special skill... the guild probably doesn't know about it."

Fang Zheng carefully looked at the girl in front of him again, and then asked. He felt that Dark Nebula might not know Yuna's special skill. If he knew that her special skill had such power, he would probably treat her like a treasure and would never let her out as a scout.

You have to know that it is still the early stages of the game, and skills, equipment, and potions that can add buffs to players are almost non-existent!

A player with an additional buff is much more useful than an ordinary combat player!

"Yes."

Yuna nodded vigorously.

"I have only learned this skill in the past two days, and it is not yet perfect..."

"Then why did you tell us? Aren't you afraid that we might kidnap you... Well, it's true that we can't do that in the game, but if we want to kill you, it won't be that difficult. Aren't you afraid of getting into danger?"

Fang Zheng always found it a little unbelievable. Why did the other party reveal everything to him? Could it be that she fell in love with him at first sight because he was so handsome?

Oh, I'm really embarrassed if that's the case. There's nothing I can do about being handsome. I don't want to be like this, but... well, the public has sharp eyes.

"Because I think you can defeat the lord."

Yuna looked at Fang Zheng again.

"So, I hope to contribute my own strength. I also hope to complete this game as soon as possible, leave this world, and return to my family... and I see this possibility in you."

"Um……"

This time, Fang Zheng did not answer immediately. He thought for a moment and looked at Yuna again.

"You have to know that if we fail, then you will die too."

"Yes, I know that very well."

"You should also know that fighting against the lord will be very dangerous. We will not go out of our way to protect you. Even if you win, we will not distribute the spoils to you."

"I see."

"All right."

Since the other party has said this, Fang Zheng can't say anything more.

"Well, welcome to join us, Miss Yuna."