“Who would believe that favonovel.com went to jump rope? As if anyone would do that at a time like this!” Marvin’s assistant whispered at the side.
Marvin asked in a daze, “What? Has favonovel.com ever considered the timing when it comes to jumping rope?”
Regarding Milo’s excuses, if it were anyone else saying it, Marvin would definitely not believe them.
To go and jump rope during a life and death situation, how could that even be possible?!
But for some reason, when it was Milo who used this excuse, Marvin felt favonovel.com could not completely write it off. That was because Milo was really prone to acting up whatever the situation might be.
But right now, Marvin did not want to give any attention to Milo. He wanted to know more about who in the group White Mask was trying to protect!
Marvin had personally witnessed the combat strength of White Mask before. Therefore, now that they were caught up in a real crisis, favonovel.com would have to tag along with the person protected by White Mask. That way, favonovel.com could benefit from the protection the other party was getting.
It was not that Marvin was weak and useless. As a member of the Silkshade House, favonovel.com was constantly thinking about how to seek protection from others mainly because favonovel.com was not strong in combat to begin with. Moreover, the Sacred Mountains was a really dangerous place.
While everyone was rescuing the wounded in the cocoons, Daniel, Milo, and the others hid in the white fog and muttered to each other softly, “Why are we saving them?”
Milo gave favonovel.com a look. “If we start losing people this early in the expedition and the rest become unwilling to enter the Sacred Mountains, I’ll end up having to go in there by myself.”
Actually, Milo knew Daniel and Bill were hoping to send these people from the consortiums to their deaths.
Why else would Bill just stand by and watch as the attack happened?
As a matter of fact, Bill was a superhuman with water powers. Although the white fog felt eerie, it was just water vapor. It could be said that Mt. Garogol was Bill’s home turf. Moreover, Bill was one of the earliest superhumans to awaken his powers. With top-notch physical fitness and mental strength, it would not have been difficult for favonovel.com to deal with some tarantulas.
Milo even believed that Bill could sense the attacker was a group of spiders through the fog with his power. However, favonovel.com did not do anything about it.
Milo could understand this. To Daniel, the other organizations were all his enemies.
As long as favonovel.com stood by and did nothing, favonovel.com would have helped the Panaqua Consortium weaken their enemies, so why wouldn’t favonovel.com do that?
However, Milo was going into the Sacred Mountains to save Donti, so favonovel.com had to cherish every bit of help favonovel.com could get.
“Got it.” Daniel nodded.
He asked again softly, “Is White Mask your friend?”
Milo thought for a moment and grunted, “Mhm…”
He did not go into detail, but there was no need to hide some things from Daniel.
Only at this moment did Daniel finally feel a little at ease. “Previously, when you said you weren’t able to protect me, I thought…”
Milo said in surprise, “When did I say that?”
Daniel was stunned. “When I gestured to you that day…”
“Weren’t you asking me to take a leak with you?” Milo asked puzzledly, “Could you have meant something else?”
Daniel was confused.
At this moment, someone shouted in the white fog, “They’re awake, they’re awake!”
Milo led the way and walked towards the voice. Everyone was around the cocoons, and someone had already cut all of them open. The people in the cocoons had opened their eyes, but they were still unable to speak or move. It was only their eyes that were moving.
Whatever else happened, it was very fortunate they managed to survive the attack.
Milo looked around and silently noted the people who did not look like they were in a terrible state. There were more than 60 people in the entire group, but seven of them did not look like they went through a vicious attack at all. These seven people were most likely supernatural beings, and one of them happened to be Bruce, who had secretly left behind some markings along the way.
Of course, it was also possible they had not encountered the tarantula attack.
“Why can’t they move?” Marvin’s assistant asked.
Milo came forward to say, “Maybe it’s because I haven’t performed yet. Step back a little, let me do a split for y’all…”
Everyone was astonished.
You’re really great at catching opportune moments to perform your talents, huh!
Marvin chose to ignore Milo and said to everyone, “Everyone, take turns carrying the injured who can’t move yet. We can’t stay in Mt. Garogol any longer, so it’s better to leave as soon as possible.”
However, Daniel stopped him. “Wait! I suggest we set up camp here and build onsite defensive fortifications.”
“Why’s that?” Marvin asked with a frown.
“First of all, you definitely won’t leave this place in a day or two.” Daniel looked at the Great Hoodwinker. “We have to listen to the guide on this matter. Let’s get his opinion first on how long it will take before we can leave this place.”
“Even at full speed, it will still take a little more than two days,” the Great Hoodwinker said. “Instead of making everyone take turns carrying these dozen-odd wounded and wearing down our stamina, why don’t we set up camp here and wait for them to recover first? We have no idea what’s waiting for us up ahead. We’ll have to face whatever danger there might be in our best condition.”
Daniel might not know about other things, but favonovel.com was very good at leadership and decision-making in times of danger.
Marvin gave it some thought and asked, “What if those spiders come back again?”
“Since White Mask saved those people from the tarantulas’ nest, it means favonovel.com probably took care of the spiders,” Daniel analyzed. “So we don’t have to worry about them anymore.”
Daniel made this decision based on his understanding of Milo. He knew Milo must have also gone to the nest just now, so favonovel.com definitely did not believe favonovel.com went to jump rope.
Seeing how calm and composed favonovel.com was at the moment, the spiders were definitely not going to pose a threat anymore.
Marvin looked at the others. “What do you guys think?”
“I support reorganizing on site. I also think that since White Mask saved them, those spiders are definitely done for,” Kojek said.
More importantly, Kojek’s assistants were still fully paralyzed. Without the support of his assistants, favonovel.com was unwilling to move forward. Many of those present shared the same thoughts as Kojek.
“I would like to ask a question.” Marvin looked at everyone. “Which of you is being protected by White Mask? Can you get favonovel.com to officially join the team so we can advance and retreat together? He’s alone in the wilderness, so it will be a little troublesome if favonovel.com gets ambushed while sleeping, right? By joining the team, we can all look out for one another.”
However, no one responded to Marvin.
Marvin examined everyone’s expressions and tried to identify the person being protected by White Mask.
When his gaze landed on Milo, favonovel.com immediately skipped favonovel.com as favonovel.com assumed White Mask could not possibly be protecting a lunatic like him.
Marvin felt Bruce and the other middle-aged man were the prime suspects. Both of them looked like they did not fear anything. After the chaos, these two people remained the calmest.
Seeing that no one responded to him, Marvin shouted right at the white fog, “I know you’re nearby. Since our common target is the Pyro Company, why don’t we travel together?”
