"Your brother? Is he in Star Plum Town too?"
It was a remote, isolated little town. Given the distance, Tang Qi doubted its residents had any ties to Dragon Gold City's slums.
More likely, her brother had entered Twilight Forest with a group.
In that case, he could recall only three possibilities—
Dragon Gold City's army, the Explosive Wolf Mercenary Group, and the adventurers who had died in Twilight Forest.
The army had already returned to Dragon Gold City after its defeat. If her brother had been among them, she probably would not still be asking about him.
But whether he had been a mercenary or an adventurer, neither group seemed to have met a particularly good end...
As he hesitated, Jasmine blinked her bright eyes, eager for an answer:
"Yes. He's tall and thin, with short hair, brown eyes, and some freckles on his face...
No, that probably doesn't narrow it down much. But he should have a woven bracelet I made on his wrist. It was a good-luck charm I gave him."
I'm screwed, Tang Qi thought.
Because he really had seen that man.
And the man had left quite an impression—
He was the camp's hardest-to-kill zombie, accidentally reanimated by the Necromancer.
Just as that thought crossed his mind, he heard the clank of plate armor behind him.
Dawn's mental voice was about to reach everyone's ears:
"I'm very sorry. He..."
She could not drink, so she had stood nearby and watched over Tang Qi all night, making sure he did not get into trouble while drunk.
But now, she had clearly become the trouble herself.
The corner of Tang Qi's eye twitched. He wanted to cover her mouth, only to remember that she had neither a head nor a mouth.
Instead, he drowned her out with