Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 500

For a brief moment, when Kayla saw the faint smile at the corner of Pete’s lips, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. It seemed like everything had been planned by him in advance. She just couldn’t figure out what he was truly scheming

In this dangerous situation and in such a perilous place, he placed himself on the frontline. If anything went wrong, he wouldn’t be able to escape either!

Kayla felt that Pete was like an enigma. Every move he made was impossible to predict

It was as it, despite standing in front of her, he was like an elusive breeze that couldn’t be grasped. He made her uneasy, yet she found herself inexplicably drawn to him. She continued to follow him.

Pete looked at Kayla, noticing that she was holding tightly onto his arm. He smiled and asked, “What’s wrong?

“N–Nothing…” Kayla bit her lip, hesitating before swallowing her words.

After the storm passed, all communication devices and compasses failed. The scattered teams, full of diverse and conflicting groups, started to panic, stumbling around like headless chickens. Some decided to continue the search, while others attempted to leave or contact the outside world.

But it was all useless.

In the depths of the rainforest, how could they tell the direction?

were no visible paths, only rocky outcrops, ridgelines, and thick

signal the outside world fired flares, but there was no response. The rescue they hoped for never

conflicts, a

Pete had mentioned, the

they had found a canyon, and that ca on the map that the Fuller

an instant, the scattered teams went

with great urgency, fearing they might miss out on the opportunity.

anxious. Unable to hold back, she asked, “Pete, why are we still waiting? You worked so hard to decode the map. Are

lingering somewhere behind him. Smiling, he added, “A

Big shot?

curiously, “Who is

of Seldvale was already a powerful and influential family. In terms of status and influence, they were firmly. entrenched in

be

one in all of Seldvale who could be regarded as a “big shot” by

“The Russell family of Seldvale?

of treasure is hidden at the location marked on the map? To think that it’d even attract someone like