Accusations

"They're actually dead."

The moment that the strike team made this report, the instructors and staff members had ugly looks on their faces.

It wasn't just the instructor of the class that Wang Teng's group was from that had an ugly look on his face.

All of them knew what kind of influence Wang Teng's father had and wanted to get closer to Wang Teng after he awakened his familiar.

Now that Wang Teng was dead, they naturally knew what the consequences of letting him die in this beginner dungeon was.

Even if there was a liability waiver that absolved the school from taking responsibility, that was only when normal people died. When someone from a rich family died, it was certain that their family would want to get to the bottom of this.

With that ugly look on his face, the instructor asked the captain of the strike team, "What happened? How did they die?"

The strike team shook his head and gave a sigh before saying, "It's a monster attack, what else could it be? Their bodies were ripped apart by the teeth of some kind of wolf monster. It was quite amazing that the girl was able to escape in the first place."

The instructor's expression became even uglier before he turned to look at Xia Xue who was getting patched up by the medical team.

Now that she was calmer, he immediately said, "What happened in the dungeon?"

The tone that he used was completely different from before.

Before, he still had hope that she was wrong and that Wang Teng was alive.

But now…

If he didn't find a way to explain this, then there was no doubt that he would be blamed for this and this instructor definitely couldn't take the blame for this…

Xia Xue slowly looked up at the instructor when he asked this.

The look on her face was as if she was remembering what had happened.

She slowly said, "We were heading deeper into the dungeon to find stronger monsters to fight, but then…"

A look of trauma slowly appeared on her face as her voice became more and more distraught.

"All of a sudden, we were surrounded by them…"

"Ah! No! Save me!"

She raised her hand to cover her head as if she was afraid of some kind of unseen enemy.

The instructor wanted to grab her, but the medical staff pushed him away from Xia Xue with a frown on his face.

When the instructor saw the medical staff step forward, he didn't dare push this issue.

This dungeon expedition was a cooperation between the academy and the Summoner Association, but everyone knew that the Summoner Association had a much higher status than their low grade academy.

The medical staff and the strike team that were deployed were people that he didn't dare mess with since they had the backing of the Summoner Association.

It was just that he was stressed because of the way that things turned out.

There were no straws at all for him to grasp at.

No matter how he looked at it, it really seemed that he was at a dead end…

"It was Lin Fan, it had to be him! He must have been the one that killed Wang Teng! There was a grudge between them!"

At this point, the instructor was desperate that he was even throwing out random accusations.

But the staff members slowly nodded in agreement.

It wasn't that they actually agreed with him, they were just as desperate as him.

The strike team and medical staff narrowed their eyes when they heard this, but it didn't seem like they believed him.

To their surprise, Xia Xue suddenly said, "Before we went in, I heard Wang Teng and our instructor talking about something in private. Perhaps that's related to what happened."

"No, please don't hurt me!"

After saying this one coherent thing, she suddenly went back to cowering from unseen enemies.

The captain of the strike team looked at the instructor when he heard this.

The instructor had a very awkward look on his face as he cursed Xia Xue under his breath.

If she were to say something like this, there was no mistake that doubt would be cast on him. He really wanted to say something to get her to fix this misunderstanding, but there was nothing that could be said as Xia Xue was lost in her mental state.

As this was happening, the entrance to the dungeon opened and someone came out.

It was the one that the instructor had just brought up.

It was Lin Fan.

The moment that the instructor saw Lin Fan walk out, he immediately pointed his finger at him and shouted, "It's him! It must be him!"

The strike team captain looked over at Lin Fan before pulling out a tablet to look through something.

After looking through the tablet, he narrowed his eyes to look at the instructor to say, "You're saying that someone with a 9th Class Low Grade Familiar was able to take out this group? It's even amazing that he was able to survive this dungeon at all."

The instructor knew that with the way that the strike team captain said this, it seemed absurd, but this was his only chance.

"It must be him, I know it!"

The strike team captain narrowed his eyes, but he still went over to Lin Fan and asked, "What happened in the dungeon?"

Lin Fan revealed a surprised look before asking, "I just went in and out without even killing a monster. What could have happened in there?"

The strike team captain didn't say anything as he just looked at Lin Fan with those narrowed eyes, but Lin Fan looked back at him with a confused look.

After a long silence, the strike team captain suddenly said, "Wang Teng and his group are dead."

"Wang Teng is dead?" Lin Fan said in a shocked voice.

The strike team captain slowly nodded before saying, "If you know anything about this…"

The way that he left his words hanging made it clear what he was implying.