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Chapter 238: I don’t know

"An opportunity?!" Zeka cautiously looked toward Noan: "What do you mean?"

Violette felt confused.

This was the first time she and Zeka had encountered Noan, yet Zeka seemed extremely wary of him; in fact, hostility was evident in Zeka's eyes.

Naturally, Noan ignored Zeka's gaze, only smiling as he said, "As I mentioned, I've discovered a breakthrough to complete the mission."

"You know what my mission is?" Zeka frowned as he asked.

Noan pretended to be confused, scratching his head as he replied, "Isn't it to find the Ice Core?"

"The Ice Core?" Zeka looked at Noan and asked.

"That's right. After finding 'Tuy?t ?en' city, my next mission is to locate the Ice Core. Have you received a different mission?" Noan continued questioning.

Zeka was startled and immediately replied, "I haven't completed the first mission yet."

"Ah!" Noan feigned surprise, looking at Zeka and Violette with disappointment, then sighed and said, "Alright, forget what I just said."

After speaking, he quickly turned around to leave.

Seeing Noan's expression, Zeka becomes even more convinced that Noan is telling the truth.

After all, his purpose here was to complete the mission and receive its reward.

He might become permanently trapped in this place if he remained idle here without taking action.

"Wait!" Zeka hurriedly said, "I… I'll complete the first mission tonight, you…"

Noan paused, turning back to look at Zeka. His gaze became wary, exactly like Zeka's when he first saw Noan.

Seeing Noan's eyes, Zeka felt startled and hastily explained, "I… I'm telling the truth. Valen said he knew the exact location of 'Tuy?t ?en' city. He also said the place was nearby, so I didn't need to rush."

"Huh! You believe him? Sorry, I don't want to talk with you." Noan contemptuously said, then hurriedly walked away.

Zeka felt perplexed. However, this could become extremely troublesome if Noan truly held some secret related to their mission.

Seeing Zeka's expression, Violette immediately sighed and shook her head. She quickly called out: "Noan!"

This time, Noan didn't stop walking; he continued forward, but slightly slower than before.

Violette immediately ran toward Noan's side, saying: "Sorry about that, he… he's not good at communication, so his gaze might seem strange. Please don't take it to heart."

Hearing that, Noan stopped walking, glanced at Zeka, and frowned, saying, "I feel like he hates me. I'm not blind; I can clearly see how he's looking at me."

"How can I trust and cooperate with someone like him?"

At that moment, Zeka suddenly realised that Noan didn't want to collaborate with him because he hadn't finished the first mission, but rather because of the hateful look he'd given Noan.

Zeka knew Noan was right. If someone looked at you with such eyes, would you want to cooperate with them?

Inwardly, Zeka thought: 'Could it be that I was wrong? Was I just being overly suspicious?'

"Zeka!"

Suddenly, Violette's voice rang out, interrupting Zeka's thoughts.

"Hurry up and apologise to Noan."

Hearing her words, Zeka felt extremely uncomfortable. He didn't want to apologise to Noan, so he stood firmly without moving.

At this moment, Violette was furious to nearly exploding, though she still maintained her innocent and gentle expression.

However, inside her mind, she'd cursed Zeka's entire family countless times.

'Damn it! Why is this bastard so useless? Did this guy do anything to you? Why do you keep staring at him like he's your mortal enemy?'

Violette understood that any clue regarding their mission carried enormous significance for them.

If the mission had been easily overcome, those other people wouldn't have been trapped here for many years.

Yet Zeka, acting like an idiot, suddenly refused to follow her directions as he usually did, which made her extremely angry.

Noan shrugged and said, "Alright, you don't need to speak to him. It seems he's the type who always thinks he's the centre of the world."

"Sorry, I can't cooperate with someone like him—but with you, it's fine."

"Ah!" Violette was startled but quickly responded, "Then I'll cooperate with you."

"Uhm! But I…"

"No!" Zeka suddenly shouted, interrupting Noan's words: "Violette, you can't cooperate with him, he… he definitely has bad intentions."

Violette glanced coldly at Zeka. At this point, she no longer displayed her innocent and friendly demeanour; instead, she revealed a face full of arrogance and annoyance.

"Why are you so certain?" Violette asked. "Besides, who the hell do you think you are, expecting me to listen to your words?"

"Ah! Violette, why… why would you say that?" Zeka was shocked, staring at her with eyes filled with confusion and disbelief.

At this moment, her behaviour was entirely different from what he knew about her.

"You… you…"

"Enough, stop talking," Violette impatiently snapped. "I don't know what conflict you have with him, but right now things aren't like before."

"Zeka, if you insist on keeping your selfishness, I won't bother you anymore. I'm different—I want to complete this mission quickly and get out of here."

Hearing this, Zeka clenched his fists so tightly that his hands turned pale, teeth grinding angrily.

Noan watched this scene with contemptuous amusement. He turned to Violette and asked, "You are… Violette, right?"

"Yes." Violette turned around, sweetly responding to Noan, "Do you have a clue about the mission?"

"Of course, but I can't complete this mission alone—that's why I came to you two." Noan sighed lightly and continued, "Otherwise, I would have finished it long ago. I don't want to stay in this damned place any longer."

Just as Violette was about to say something, Zeka suddenly said, "Fine! I… I'll join you two."

Noan glanced coldly at Zeka, scoffing, "Zeka, you should understand clearly that I am the one who holds the key information to completing the mission."

"You speak as if I'm begging you to help me. Sorry, but even if I desperately needed help, I wouldn't accept your arrogant attitude."

Having said this, Noan turned and left together with Violette.

Seeing this, Zeka felt as though his heart was bleeding.

His goddess… the person he deeply adored, was now walking alongside another man.

He couldn't bear this.

Zeka took a deep breath, ran before Noan, and said, "Alright! I… I'm sorry for looking at you with those eyes. I… I…"

He wanted to say that he begged to join Noan's group, but the words couldn't leave his mouth.

"Ah! You can't even say one simple sentence. How could I trust you? Isn't that right, Violette?" Noan mocked lightly.

Violette nodded and gently said, "It's fine, Zeka. You don't need to force yourself like this if you're unwilling."

"If I find out how to complete the mission, I'll let you know later."

Hearing this, Zeka naturally didn't believe Violette's words.

No, it wasn't that he didn't trust her—it was Noan whom he didn't trust.

If he waited until they completed the mission… by then, that bastard might have already thoroughly 'devoured' her.

This wasn't merely his imagination; instead, it was his intuition firmly whispering these words.

"No way! Noan, you said you had clues about completing the mission, so why didn't you inform Valen instead of telling Violette and me?" Zeka shouted angrily.

"You're just eyeing Violette's beauty, aren't you?"

Upon hearing this, even Violette felt that Zeka's words made sense. Yes, Valen had been in this world much longer than they and was the survivors' leader here.

Why didn't Noan share this secret with Valen, but instead chose to reveal it to them, who had just arrived and hadn't even completed their first mission yet?

Noan lightly shook his head and said, "Do you both trust Valen? Then let me ask you one question… if he was truly trustworthy, why has he been delaying helping you?"

"That… he…" Zeka hesitantly replied, "He said 'Tuy?t ?en' city is very close, only about ten miles away."

"Even if we ate a full meal and then slept afterwards, we'd still have plenty of time left to get there."

"Hahaha…" Noan suddenly laughed, "Hahaha… honestly, calling you stupid would still give you too much respect."

"What did you just say?!" Zeka roared angrily.

Noan glanced around, confirming nobody else was paying attention, then turned back toward Zeka, calmly asking, "Do you even know what the weather is like outside right now? Do you know how difficult it is to travel to 'Tuy?t ?en' city?"

"That… I…" Zeka stammered, unsure of how to reply.

"Right now, it's minus forty degrees Celsius outside, with violent snowstorms raging everywhere. Everything you see is nothing but endless white," Noan explained with a faint smile.

"Zeka, how far do you think someone could travel through a blizzard? And that's not even considering situations where you're blinded by the snowstorm, unable to determine directions, and eventually losing your way."

"A ten-mile journey, under normal circumstances, might only take two or three hours on foot."

"But under these dreadful conditions—with freezing temperatures and a raging blizzard—how far could you realistically go?"

Zeka opened his mouth wide, entirely at a loss for words, finally muttering, "I… I don't know."