Faced with Qin Ran's question, J. Perelman did not answer immediately. Instead, he paused in thought, as though suppressing something.
Only after two or three full seconds did he inform Qin Ran through a private message.
J. Perelman: We're being hunted.
2567: Hunted?
2567: The Free Alliance?
Qin Ran's gaze lingered on the word "hunted." He asked a question to confirm, and this time, J. Perelman nodded without hesitation and began explaining in detail through private messages.
J. Perelman: About a week ago, people in the Free Alliance started dying.
J. Perelman: At first, we didn't think much of it. After all, although the chances of Entry Rank players dying in dungeon worlds are low, they're not zero. But we soon noticed something wrong: our dead companions hadn't died in dungeon worlds!
J. Perelman: One of them had just completed a dungeon world and sent us an invitation to celebrate. Then... he was killed on his way to the Free Alliance headquarters.
J. Perelman: Only then did we realize that three full members had died in just one week. We were also certain that someone had set their sights on the Free Alliance.
As he described the situation to Qin Ran, the gravity in J. Perelman's eyes grew increasingly apparent.
"Tell me everything."
"Including the measures you took afterward."
Qin Ran spoke softly.
Although the Free Alliance was a loosely organized group, Qin Ran believed that no organization would ignore the murder of its members.
That was especially true of an organization like the Free Alliance, which had only a little over ten full members.
"Yes."
J. Perelman nodded and continued informing Qin Ran through private messages.
J. Perelman: As soon as we realized something was wrong, we set a trap to catch the guy. Unfortunately, he seemed