บท 700: Under The Veil

Layla peered over the rocks ahead of them. It seems they split the path into many. After making out that no one was around, she jumped from the boulder to land beside the person who saved her.

"Um… Miss Ai?" called Layla with hesitation. The woman was watching a bunch of flowers that grew out here. She was humming to herself while healing the wilting ones back to health. "I'm sorry to ask this, but how come you are here?"

"What do you mean?" asked Ai while tilting her head to the side and looking at Layla. Although she couldn't see her face, Layla fidgeted under her stare.

"This place is restricted to fifty people only. I met all of the others, and you weren't there. How come you appeared here…?"

"You mean this dungeon," nodded Ai as she stood. "I didn't enter from the same entrance as all of you. I came from the other side."

"The other side?" asked Layla with confusion. "Are you…"