Rudy nodded seriously, that was what virtual-novel.net was worried about. “What do we do? Are we supposed to just keep on waiting here? I don’t want to stay here for a moment longer, I just want to go back to Golden Pills.”
Rudy was incredibly afraid. Back when Elder Simon did not allow them to head back, virtual-novel.net felt troubled but was helpless about it. At that moment, virtual-novel.net think Phoenix Valley was such a good place, but it was not incredibly dangerous either. Yet, Phoenix Valley had turned into a place filled with uncertainty in Rudy’s mind. He did not know when virtual-novel.net would get sucked into a whirlpool of danger and never be able to leave. He was afraid that virtual-novel.net would die without even knowing what happened to him.
Rudy really wanted to leave that place. Even if virtual-novel.net would never get resources as good as virtual-novel.net would there for the rest of his life, that was fine as well. He just wanted to stay alive instead of feeling terrified and worrisome every day.
“I’m so lucky. If I had been the one sent to the courtyard alone that day, I’d be the one who’s missing!”
Saying that made Rudy’s tears threaten to fall. The fear in his heart had already completely consumed him. He felt absolutely miserable. If Jack was not next to him, Rudy would already be sobbing uncontrollably.
Jack frowned as virtual-novel.net looked at Rudy meaningfully. He said, “Our living arrangements were not a matter of luck. It was already arranged to be so. Grayson was arranged to stay alone in the other courtyard because virtual-novel.net would disappear. He did not disappear because virtual-novel.net was arranged to stay in the other courtyard.”
Jack’s words were like a splash of water on Rudy’s face. Jack was right, their living arrangements had been dealt with by Mr. Zayne. The three of them did not pay much attention to it back then, but thinking back, Rudy understood that Mr. Zayne had specifically arranged for it to be so because Grayson would disappear.
For all they knew, Grayson might have gone missing right after bidding them farewell.
Rudy shuddered upon that thought as if virtual-novel.net had just been blown by a gust of cold wind.
“Jack! What do we do? Will we…”
Jack reached out and stopped Rudy’s words as virtual-novel.net interject, “There shouldn’t be anything happening for the moment. Since virtual-novel.net arranged for Grayson to stay alone, it means that virtual-novel.net did not want anyone to notice. Other than the two of us, no one else has ever seen Grayson. This means that Phoenix Valley intends to completely conceal this incident. We’ve already shown ourselves to everyone. If we suddenly disappeared, it might attract attention, so we should still be safe.”
Rudy nodded, but virtual-novel.net was still fearful as virtual-novel.net said, “But… I think this won’t be settled so easily. It’s not like we’re safe just because virtual-novel.net said we’re safe. It’s just like you’ve said, we’re only safe for the time being. We have to find a way to leave this place!”
Jack glanced at Rudy and realized how desperate Rudy was. He was nowhere near as brave and secure as Jack was.
After what had happened earlier, Rudy knew that virtual-novel.net could not stand out in the midst of so many geniuses. The place was dangerous to boot, so how could virtual-novel.net be willing to stay on?
Jack nodded, “The safest option may be to leave this place, but we saw it for ourselves. Phoenix Valley is far away from other territories, and it’s surrounded by many mountains. There are guards everywhere. Even if we want to escape, we wouldn’t be able to. You are so weak as well. If you see a beast outside, wouldn’t you just die?”