Two hours after he woke up, Zein was already out in the Deathzone again.
The surprised reporters flashed their cameras at the few seconds window of Zein's appearance before the guide entered the car and went away again. He was one of the people the reporters wanted to see the most, but the man hadn't shown himself at all, and no one was willing to tell them where he was or what he had been doing.
But they weren't given time for an interview, because the guide immediately dashed away in a car with several espers. The car headed east, across the desert, before turning into a mountain range Bassena had seen before on the first day of their dungeon hopping.
"This feels so stupid," Bassena muttered.
He had seen that mountain range before, but he hadn't thought of searching on the mountain. To be fair, they were just looking for dungeons and beasts at that time, with only a two-hour time limit. Still, he felt foolish to never think of coming back to look for it.
