The black-haired woman lying on the ground turned her head and looked at the Moon Elf kneeling on one knee with her Short Sword in hand. She said weakly, "No, I have no strength left. Let me lie down for a while first."
"Anyway, we're already out. Resting for a while won't hurt."
After saying that, the Orc warrior stopped maintaining her image as well and simply lay down on the ground, letting her exhausted body relax.
Seeing that both of her companions had utterly abandoned any concern for appearances and sprawled on the ground, the silver-haired woman stopped holding back too. She tightened her Mage Robe, then walked over to Clara and sat beside her.
A High Elf patted the Moon Elf on the shoulder and advised, "Nephris, let's rest for a while first."
"Fine."
Seeing that all four of her companions felt the same way, Nephris stopped insisting. She took off her armor and sat down.
Five years ago, the five of them had entered the Death Desert in search of a Divine Artifact Fragment, supposedly left behind from the Divine War.
Had it not been for the Treasure Map obtained from some ruins, they would have treated such news as nothing more than a rumor—or a story.
But after obtaining that rather miraculous Treasure Map, everyone's thoughts changed.
That day, it took the five of them only half an hour to reach a consensus and decide to search the Death Desert for that Divine Artifact Fragment.
As for what Divine Artifact it was, the Treasure Map did not say, and they had not looked into it further. It was enough to know it was there.
Besides, with the strength of the five of them and all the trump cards they possessed, even if they encountered a Legend,