Luck is a Charm

BAM!

"Phew, that's another magical beast slain. The appearance of these magical beasts has significantly increased, almost like the mastermind got bored and wanted to end this farce already." Zen exclaimed as he took out his orb to check his points.

680 points were indicated in the orb while Krista Dragoon and Leila Dragoon had 580 points.

"At this rate, everyone can simply leave this place already." Krista Dragoon added and made a pondering expression. 

She doesn't understand the reason behind this new change when earning points was easy as they always manage to get above 5 points.

"If earning points were so easy and the magical beasts weren't that difficult to slain then wouldn't everyone else be able to leave this forest safe and sound." Krista Dragoon stared at Zen and enquired. 

However, Zen shook his head on her thinking. "We were simply lucky enough to earn points without any obstacle but I'm pretty sure the other group is struggling to even earn over 400 points."

And he continued, "Not to mention, haven't you noticed that people continued to disappear. There were at least around a thousand people during the auction house but in the resting area, there were barely any people that adds up to a hundred."

He has been counting the number of people alive and it doesn't make sense to him that there are too few people. They have experienced mages so to say that they all met their death in the labyrinth doesn't seem too applicable. 

"You're right that most people disappearing is a little suspicious but there's nothing we can do. We should focus on getting enough points and leave this forest." Krista Dragoon said as she walked ahead to find more magical beasts.

"Zen?" Leila Dragoon asked in concern when she turned around to see Zen was standing still.

Krista Dragoon also stopped her movement and glanced at Zen. 

'What's going on with him again?' Krista Dragoon asked inwardly and was annoyed by his attitude. He would always keep things to himself and never let her know some secret.

"What happened?" Krista Dragoon said with an irritated tone.

Zen merely smiled and said, "We're going to meet up with someone." 

Afterward, Zen walked toward the Eastside because he sensed Evie and Angela were there. Although he doesn't know how they managed to arrive here, he was going to meet up with them regardless.

Meanwhile, a little 100 kilometers away from Zen, Evie's group arrived in this forest via teleportation array.

"I can sense Zen is nearby," Angela shouted in excitement when she could feel a tinge of connection. 

"Hmph, that stinky brat is here huh. I will make sure to humiliate him thoroughly with my alchemy skills." Daphne Camellia scoffed as she was eager to defeat him.

Morgan Pelora kept quiet while looking around her and noticed the forest doesn't seem to differ much from the previous forest that they were in.

'There are practically no changes in the forest yet Madam Evie was able to find a teleportation array and coincidentally, Zen is nearby.' Morgan Pelora sneaked a glance at the seemingly calm Evie with a suspicious gaze.

Ever since the time, Evie managed to discover the crazy slimes in the ceiling and her command that seemed so natural when she was only a restaurant owner in the Jade Kingdom had made Morgan Pelora cautious of her.

Evie turned around and smiled briefly at Morgan Pelora when she felt her gaze. 

"Is there something wrong, Morgan?" Evie asked softly.

Morgan Pelora turned pale as she felt a murderous aura looming around her but only she felt that because Angela and Daphne Camellia remained normal as they continued to argue with each other.

"N-Nothing wrong… I was just looking around this forest." Morgan Pelora said slowly with her back feeling a bit chilly.

"I see, then let's hurry up since I can sense that Zen is rushing toward us," Evie exclaimed as she turned around to walk toward Zen with Angela and Daphne Camellia following closely behind.

At the same time, Evie sent a mental transmission to Morgan Pelora without alerting Angela and Daphne Camellia.

"It's good to be clever but too clever sometimes could bring disaster."

Morgan Pelora trembled slightly before nodding her head and knew her thought process was correct.

'Evie is dangerous.' Morgan Pelora was frightened by her demeanor that seems innocent and cheerful on the outside but deep inside, she has more hidden secrets.

Sometime later, Zen stood above the tree branch as he scanned forward before showing a wide grin on his face.

Leaping toward them, Zen opened his arm wide and Angela widened her eyes in surprise before throwing herself into his embrace.

Zen hugged her tightly and smelled her fragrance. 

"Did you miss me?" Zen asked in a gentle tone.

Angela nodded her head slowly as she wrapped her arms around his neck, almost like she was afraid that he would disappear again if she loosens her grip on him.

Meanwhile, Evie cleared her throat to get their attention and Zen glanced at her before smiling again. 

"You seem to be having a lot of fun with those two princesses. I can already smell their perfume from afar yet you are now holding Angela in your arms. Truly a shameless scoundrel." Evie teased slightly.

Zen was rendered speechless by her tone of speech. 'Could it be… Evie is jealous that I embraced Angela instead of her?'

"Haha, Evie sure knows how to joke around." Zen laughed awkwardly and stopped hugging Angela before raising his eyebrow in surprise.

Evie seemed to know his thought process as she said, "Daphne Camellia and Morgan Pelora were grouped up with us when we teleported so we have been working together."

Zen nodded slowly in understanding and was shocked at the chances that they managed to group together. He always thought it was Evie and Angela together in the labyrinth.

"Hmph, what is your expression? Are you scared to do an alchemist face-off with me now?" Daphne Camellia scoffed as she stood upfront at Zen.

"Ah, it's this loudmouth girl that can't even control her emotions," Zen smirked at her before kissing Angela on the lips. Daphne Camellia was enraged by the disrespectful tone of his speech and wanted nothing more than to punch his cheeky face.