Ryan lowered his voice.“If you die once in here, you lose ten years of lifespan.”“I know.”“No. You’re acting like you don’t.”Evelyn remained calm.“The probability of success is high enough.”“According to who?”Ryan pointed toward the prisoners.“How do we get into the camp? We need them to bring us inside.”“We force them.”“And you trust them not to betray us the second we meet Stormveil soldi

Ryan turned.A bald man approached while carrying a canteen. He wasn’t particularly tall and was even somewhat thin, but throughout the day’s interrogation, he had been the person the prisoners feared most.His name was Gideon Rook.Ryan remembered him because Gideon had been one of the students who had nearly been hit by the Razorclaw Drifter when they first encountered the creature.Ryan’s Ice Bullet had slowed the monster just before its blade reached Gideon.Ever since then, the man’s attitude toward Ryan had changed drastically.Not like a subordinate toward a commander.More like someone who believed he ow

“Even if she agrees to lead us into the garrison, what guarantees she won’t betray us the moment we meet Stormveil soldiers?”Leon Barrett immediately voiced his objection after hearing the possibility of using the caravan as their way inside.Ryan didn’t answer yet.Several other students joined in.“He’s right. We’d be entering their territory. The moment they discover us, five thousand soldiers could surround us.”“And that’s not even counting the Warg Cavalry.”“Then forget the Optional Objective. Sixty percent is already good enough.”The supply station

Gideon sat against the wall.“They arrived, searched the area, then waited there for quite a while. It definitely wasn’t a random patrol.”“That means they knew the meeting point,” Evelyn said.Ryan nodded.And there was only one way Stormveil’s forces could have obtained that information.Someone from Marcus’s group had revealed it.Leon looked angry.“They sold us out?”“They were captured,” Ryan replied. “If the choice was talking or losing ten years of lifespan, we don’t know what happened there.”