Chapter 324: Inside the Forest of Regrets

She knew she could ask the Love System for directions.

It would have been so easy, a single question, a few good points spent, and they might find a way out.

But she clenched her fists at her sides.

No.

She had made a promise to herself.

She needed to grow stronger.

She needed to rely on herself, not a system.

Besides, her good points were running dangerously low.

Without a steady way to earn more inside this cursed forest, she had to save every last one.

And now that they weren’t any closer to escaping, a new fear crawled into her chest

If they didn’t leave the Black Forest before the month ended, she wouldn’t have enough points left to renew her life.

If that happened…

Nnenna swallowed hard.

She would die here.

Lost in this endless sea of trees.

The thought made her shiver despite the humid air.

It was scary. no doubt about it.

But Nnenna wasn’t panicking anymore after a few minutes.

She quietly reminded herself that every day, little by little, she was still earning good points.

The impact she had made before entering the forest was paying off.

The points trickled in slowly, like tiny drops of water, but they were there.

And she prayed, prayed hard, that when the time came, they would be enough to save her life.

looked up at Abuchi, who

tightened a

must have seen something

now he doesn’t know how to

as she suspected, after a few long minutes, Abuchi

the usual spark of hope missing from his

the group together

“There’s nothing,” he said.

all four sides. As far as

words dropped like stones into the heavy

to

couldn’t

voice cracked as she looked from one face to another, her hands

do we do now, guys? What

to

dripping from

know how to answer

answer? He

leader ought to say to keep everyone calm, but

before he could even open his mouth,

die,”

locked onto Karen’s,

and for a moment, he

in Nnenna’s voice, the calmness that wrapped around her like an

reached not only him, but every single person standing

almost funny,

supposed to

the one

here he was, needing strength himself, and it was his little sister who stood tall, radiating the

faking it

her firm posture to the clear

not going to

head slightly, a faint, grateful smile tugging at his

they would get through this

replied, his voice steady but his

their newly found assurance, they kept

forward, hacking through thick branches, stepping over tangled roots. Sweat dripped down their backs, their clothes clinging uncomfortably to their

Karen froze.

that…?” she

Everyone turned to look.

piece of cloth, torn fabric from Karen’s jacket. The same jacket she had worn when they first

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