Time passed and before they knew it it was the final hour before the next mission started. The older players felt like they weren't given enough time to rest, while the newer players were a bit anxious to see what the next mission would be like.

"So everybody's here"

Nick said as he and the girls were the last ones to arrive at the campfire.

"As the Heroes the possition of guide should be ours, so I don't even see what there is to talk about"

Tian said without anybody saying anything.

"Is that so, then why didn't you do your job right, you think we don't know that the final mission wasn't even accomplished by you "heroes""

Hera said as she looked at Chris whom didn't even care about their guide bullshit.

"So what it's not as if you guys did anything till the end"

Tian said full of disdain.

"Do you think that it matters, last time it was your turn, this time it's ours, it's not as if you did a good job last time as a guide"

Her words brought back memories of how Chris had introduced himself as Morpheous from matrix, the only thing lacking were the two pills.

Suddenly Nick begun clapping as if this was some sort of theatric play and he was not part of the cast.

"What is it do you also think that you should be the Guides?"

Tian said a bit irritated by this although he now knew that Nick was probably Lady's teacher, he didn't care much, after all during the last mission Nick hadn't done anything at all, his score was a clean 1000.

"Don't take me wrong, You can be guides, I don't really care, truth be told I might even be using a ticket for this one since I don't really trust you guys to succeed in a mission anymore, I thought that you would at least be somewhat reliable, since you presented yourself as a veteran, but who new you were nothing more than a newbe"

Nick said causing Tian to grit his teeth and clench his fist ready at any moment to beat his ass.

"How stupid, haven't you had enough?"

Chris suddenly said, making everyone look at him, not knowing what to say.

"You're one to talk, are relics really so important to you that you wish to risk everyone's life for them?"

Samson said enraged.

"You're one to talk, who are you exactly?"

Chris said sarcasticaly, he remembered the brute that came during the last mission, but didn't really care

"You little shit, how many people have died because you took that relic!"

Samson roared at him while the others were holding him back, not allowing him to beat the crap out of Chris.

"So high and mighty, why weren't you like that during the mission, go wag your tail around your master, at least he had the balls to murder innocent people as, maybe in the future you will become like him, criminal scum that doesn't care about human lives!"

Chris shouted back, but wouldn't stand up, sitting at the campfire as if he owned the place.

"Is that all you have to say, truthfully I don't understand why you call NPCs as humans, they only exist until the moment we finish our mission, even if you summon a follower they have no memory of your mission and will only follow simple commands like dolls, but don't get me wrong you're not unique, there were other retards that believed the same thing, but they are no more, every one of them either died or came to reason and understood how pointless threating NPCs as humans was, I remember that person who used to Role play the good guy in order to get follower cards, he would then buy them from the store and sell them to others for protection, are you aiming to become a slave merchant?"

Tian's words were sharp like knives, Chris had no idea what followers really were, he thought he would get the people he befriended to help him, but if what he got were just hollow dolls, it would really be painful.

"Is that so, last time I looked you it was you who totaly derailed the storyline"

Nick said, for some reason he sided with Chris instead of Tian.

"You can shut up, it's not like one more objective will kill us, the problem is with relics you don't just gain extra objectives, it also raises the difficulty of the mission as a whole"

Tian said irritated.

"Is that so, because I know that his relics have helped me more during the mission than you people, who burnt the mansion down for no reason"

Nick stated with anger in his voice

"That was an accident!"

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Tian said, but he didn't have any defense, it wasn't even his own fault that it happened.

"Your accident could have killed us! and not only us but even those that followed you, you could have killed everyone!"

Tian said, causing everyone to look at Tian with a new understanding, it was true that the fire was an accident, but the people hidding in the secret piece had no way of knowing about it and honestly more of such accidents will occur if you don't have a plan.

"Stop it already, I understand that being a guide is 1000 additional points, but it's not worth all this"

Jonas acted as a mediator, causing everyone to rething about what they were exactly doing right now, they were trying to figure out whom the guide would, not throwing dirt on one another.

"Then who do you think would be the best to be the guide?"

Nick asked him, face forming a smile, but jason was lost since he wasn't shameless enough to recomend himself and Tian wasn't exactly good at being guide, he proved that the last time he tried.

"I believe that captain Tian is the most suitable, although last time was his first, he still did a rather good job at it"

Jonas said trying his best to give some lip service to his boss.

"So you're saying that I didn't do a good job when guiding you?"

Nick said with a smile, irritating Tian and causing Jonas to remember the time he said he would kill them, just to be the last survivor.

"Why did you suddenly freeze, are you afraid of Nick, let me tell you some things about him, he's trash, he's always been the last person at the score board, not even lifting a finger during missions, while everyone else does all the work, if not for his good luck he would have been dead already"

Tian said ridiculing Nick in everyone's eyes.

"Is that so, because before the last mission I didn't even know your name, you must have been someone non important all along, how many missions have you survived really, a hundred, two hundred? do you have any Idea how many missions I've been through, I've seen idiots like you thousands of times, playing hero, truthfully I don't care about the Guide's role one bit, but unlike you I care about my group and if Hera wants to try being a Guide I think we should let her try, it's not like you missing 1000 points will kill you"

Nick's words caused a commotion among the others, truth be told they knew little about Tian, other than that he was stronger than them and more experienced, little did they however know that he was just a lucky bench watcher during his first missions, he was just carried by veterans to his current strength, all luck and no real skill.

Now Tian was in a hard spot, he really wanted to gain the extra points from being a guide, but he had already show that he was far inferior to Nick as a leader. One fought to hog points for himself, while the other was trying to groom his followers, it could be easily told who had the moral highground.

"You act like a leader now, what about when you left me behind!"

Mike said suddenly, wishing to get on Tian's good grace.

"Aren't you alive? Leaving people behind during a crisis is what survivors do, you can go be a hero if you want team bonding and happy moments, all we want is to survive long enough in order to escape this place"

Nick's words resonated with the new players' hearts, while Tian wanted to snort, because of hearing this pipe dream.

"Bullshit, I haven't seen a single person escaping this place or have you, didn't you say you have been here longer than me, tell them how many people have escaped"

Tian's words switched everyone's gaze towards Nick, even Chris was a bit interested in this information, not that he wanted to escape in the first place.

"None has escaped, so what! If you live long enough you will see miracles happen, people like you all die in the end, how many veterand do you think I've seen dying, even those that made their own groups are just newbes to me, I've seen them strugle by my side, trying to earn a name for themselves, as if it matters, you can go join them for all I care after all after you join them you will probably die during one of their attempts to earn more points"

Nick's words were like poison to everyone's minds, they had high hopes for the future but now everything was ruined even Hera and Chrysa were shocked by this revelation.

Nobody knew how long Nick had been trapped in this game of life and death, but one thing was for sure it was longer than Tian and even longer than the other veterans Tian idolized. Of course that didn't mean he could push them around, but it gave him an anfair advantage.

"How can you be fighting for 1000p when our lives are in danger, so what if you have a bone to pick with each other, the main thing is that we all want to survive the next mission, just toss a coin or something"

George had enough with it all, during the last mission he had lost all hope for the future and was only alive because of luck, but infighting at this stage was really stupid, this was only their second mission together and they were already fighting for points, what will happen after the third or the fourth mission, will they be killing one another in order to become guides.

"I have a better idea why don't we all vote, since there's 12 people her we will just vote, let the majority decide"

Jonas suddenly said as if he had come with the greatest idea of all times.

"That's unfair, there's 8 people on your side"

Hera complained but it all fell on deaf ears, nobody cared and the voting ended with Tian becoming the Guide. It was inevitable, since their team only had 3 people and Chris didn't even vote, he simply didn't care, others also didn't want to vote but even so it still ended with a 3-5 and Tian winning.

With that out of the way, everyone begun to talk about other matters, some bought some last minute supplies like Chris, mostly food and water.

In general there was a lot to talk about but everyone was sure that with Tian's strength they would survive, Tian wasn't suicidal, although he hated planning ahead he was rather dependable in times of danger and he had magic and an assault riffle, while everyone else only had a small handgun.