Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce 

With no other choice left, Leo thought of asking Ash and the others in the control room right now for help in finding the chests hidden nearby them. With the Mirror Map Table, there's no doubt that it would be very easy for them to locate the location of the chests. 

However, before Leo could even say a single word in his communicator, Elmont quickly stopped him by saying, "As the Leaders of our respective teams, it would be extremely embarrassing if we also need to rely on cheats. And one more thing, didn't we already agreed earlier that we will be competing in the fourth game using only our own capabilities?"

Truthfully speaking, what Elmont had just said was the actual reason why until now, they still aren't able to find a single chest aside from the bonus chest that they have found before and why they are facing their current trouble right now. 

Previously, before the beginning of the fourth game, specifically back during the late stage of the third game, Elmont suddenly proposed to Leo and Osborne that they should not rely on anyone's assistance aside from themselves. The reason for that was exactly because they are the leaders of their respective teams, and as such, they should serve as a good example for all of their subordinates to follow. 

At first, Leo was against it as he wanted to choose the easy way than the hard way. After all, it is less troublesome doing that. But thinking deeply that not relying on cheats could actually help him improve his strength and capabilities, he eventually agreed in the end.

On the other hand, Osborne was fine with anything. So, there was no trouble persuading him at all. 

However, the end result of such a choice was their unfortunate and unfavorable situation right now. 

Since Elmont wants to stick with their agreement, Leo doesn't have a choice but to comply, "Okay..." Though he didn't forget to add, "But I can't help but wonder if there isn't really any perks of being one of the hosts of the Emerald Elven Battle Competition before that you can use now so that we can easily find chests,"

"Nope," Elmont immediately shook his head in response. In the next moment, he turned to look at Osborne and asked, "How about you? Do you have any ideas?"

"According to the information we have received, the distance between each chest is hundreds of meters apart. The problem is, aside from not knowing the exact distance, we also don't have a single clue which precise direction they are located as well. This means that these chests could basically be located anywhere around us," Osborne felt like he had a headache. 

"Very well said," Leo nodded his head in agreement with Osborne before looking at Elmont to ask if he, the person who had made their situation even more troublesome, has any ideas that can help them.

As if not to disappoint Leo and Osborne, Elmont indeed presented an idea, "If we can't find more chest, then how about we look for players instead? That shouldn't be difficult, right? Since we could just simply lure them to our location by making loud noises,"

Hearing Elmont's words, Leo's eyes instantly lit up brightly. In his opinion, Elmont's plan is really great! Since chests are so hard to find, then they'll just simply go and steal items that other players already possess. And by doing this as well, they can also slowly reduce the number of remaining players. Aside from that, this could also shorten the duration of the fourth game, which means to say that they will face a far fewer number of obstacles from the hosts. In other words, this is like hitting three birds with one stone. 

Not only that, but along the way in searching for players, they could also continue looking for chests as well, which gives them even more options to obtain items from.

While in the middle of thinking, Leo simultaneously began looking around their surrounding, trying to deduce where exactly they are located right now. This was so that he could determine the location of the other players. 

Meanwhile, at the side, Elmont and Osborne kept their mouth shut and simply observed Leo's action, lest they accidentally disturb the latter. 

After enough time had passed, Leo snapped his fingers and said, "According to the player's arrangement that was prepared for the fourth game, 3 to 4 players are located in close proximity to each other, just like in our case, while within a hundred or so of kilometers away is another batch of players,"

"Considering that the three of us have entered the stage from the center corner of the western region, then the other players should be located a hundred or more kilometers to our left, which is the northwest," Leo pointed to his left before quickly pointing his finger to his right and continuing, "And to our right, which is the southwest,"

Afterward, Leo turned to look at Elmont and Osborne as he then asked, "So, which direction should we choose to go?"

Instantly, Elmont and Osborne started contemplating. 

"Even though I was once the host of the Emerald Elven Battle Competition, I still don't have any sort of idea of where exactly each of the teams is assigned in the map. I don't even have the slightest clue if there are actually three or four players to our northwest and southwest," Elmont massaged his forehead because of the stress he is feeling right now. Following after that, he suddenly heaves a heavy sigh and said, "Most probably, those players would also form temporary alliances or have long already decided to distanced themselves far away from the other players nearby them as they want to work solo or they want to look for their actual allies so that there would only be a very low risk of betrayal,"

"If this was before, then dealing with the former would be very easy, especially considering how capable the three of us are when combined all together. But in our case right now, all the players we are up against are the best of the best in their respective teams. As a matter of fact, we can't even guarantee that we can actually eliminate them in a three versus one fight. Chances are, they would just retreat and not continue fighting with us,"

"While the latter, on the other hand, simply means it is next to impossible to find them, especially in such a huge map. Unless of course, if we, or even just one of us, have a heaven-defying luck that can allow us to 'Accidentally' find them while we are moving in a random path," Elmont shook his head in helplessness. 

All of a sudden, Osborne asks, "Ummm... One question; why should we choose if everything is still going to end up the same? Since choosing either the northwest and southwest would still make us face the same exact problem as the other. In that case, why not just pick any direction,"