"Kru, aren't we really going to that Ancient Battlefield?"
Looking at the map, Gu Xi felt somewhat regretful. The direction they were heading in was not toward the Ancient Battlefield Kru had mentioned, but somewhere else entirely.
Gu Xi wanted to suggest going to take a look at the Ancient Battlefield.
But after leaving the Byte Alliance, the Fourth Ring Mission had become the Fifth Ring: protect Kru during his archaeological expedition. As for where to excavate, Kru was the one who got to decide.
Gu Xi could persuade him, but he could not designate the location.
Kru said he was doing it for Gu Xi's sake. Gu Xi had helped him greatly along the way and had even brought him out of the danger within the Byte Alliance.
If not for Gu Xi's help throughout the journey, he might already have been buried somewhere.
To repay Gu Xi, Kru had decided to change course and head first to the Dead City he had promised to introduce to Gu Xi.
In Kru's words, that city was undoubtedly the best fit for Gu Xi.
After hearing that, Gu Xi could hardly say that he did not want a new Death City and instead wanted to go to the Ancient Battlefield to summon souls.
In the end, they could only follow the map toward the city ruins that had terrified Kru.
The two discussed this matter for quite a while along the way, but Kru stubbornly refused to change his mind.
He even wore an expression that said he was doing it all for Gu Xi's benefit.
Gu Xi was rather speechless over the situation.
But the map to the Ancient Battlefield was in Kru's hands, and Gu Xi was not an archaeology expert. Even if he snatched it, it would be