"Ha… Ha… Haa…" Maria's pupils constricted as she looked at the dead person that her friend had killed. She was having trouble breathing, as she someone who heals others was preventing people from dying.

Thus, she was not good with people dying. As they would no longer be healers but murderers instead. And as her family was known for their healing, even backed up by the church, Maria had really never seen a murder happen in front of her eyes.

She slowly regained her ability to breathe once the staff of the Underground World brought the corpse of the evil-looking man away from her sight. She was having a panic attack but was still able to stand her grounds as she had so many questions to ask, but was unable to.

She could not bring herself to raise this matter to her friends. As she felt it would be disrespectful and might cause some arguments. Worst of all, they may even lose their friendship due to a small misunderstanding on both ends.

"Sigh… At least tell us your back story one day…" Maria muttered as she looked at the back of the person which was gradually fading away as she walked farther and farther.

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"Alright, so Maal is going in 2 more rounds from now. What should we do? Do we actually just wait or something?" Chad said as he was getting bored.

"I mean, feel free to navigate yourself around the Underground World alone if you want. I won't bring your dead corpse out afterwards though. No guarantee that you will even be left with a corpse afterward." Lance said as he looked at Chad.

"Fine sheesh, why do you have to say it in that way. Can't you word it nicer or something?" Chad asked him.

"No, you'll repeat your actions like the childish being you are. And then you'll regret it, you can't fix regrets. There is no magic for regrets." Lance said as he looked at Chad in the eyes.

"Fine, I'll wait then. What time is it anyway?" Chad muttered as he sat back down on the bench.

"It's literally night right now. So once all of us goes we'll finally go back and have a bit of rest. This is why I am telling you all to rest here while we wait for your matches tomorrow." Lance said.

"Sigh, really? It really is only Elise and Benji who will have their matches tomorrow. My match isn't even until 2 days after…" Chad said as he sprawled all over the bench, completely regarding that there have been others who have sat on the bench before.

"Stop doing that, you're going to dirty yourself. And besides, you're probably going to fool around or laze around at home anyway." Lance said as he moved a bit farther away from Chad.

"I kinda thought you were a normal and decent human being at first. But now, I seem to think otherwise." Elise said as she scooted far away from Chad.

"Ha? I am normal though?" Chad said in defiance.

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Author : ZZZ