Working Together

"So, how many of us here are being accompanied by an Exile?" Chen Huacheng asked them before raising his own hand.

And he continued, "I met mine a month ago, and my progress has skyrocketed since then."

Three more individuals there raised their hands.

"Wilson Junior, Zheng Yanwu, and Gu Banqiao, huh?" Fiery Queen named these three.

"Xiong Lu, you don't have an Exile?" Chen Huacheng asked him.

"N-No..." Xiong Lu hesitated, unable to divulge the grim truth that his Exile had already met their demise at Yuan's hands, as he was certain that they would make him into a laughingstock for such a blunder.

"So, four out of ten of us have an Exile, huh? This makes me wonder just how many more players out there are receiving assistance from them," mused Zheng Yanwu, a young man with a scholarly appearance.

"Wait. How does one even acquire an Exile?" Fiery Queen suddenly asked.