There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL)

Bassena came out not long after with a hissing black orb resting on top of his scaled hand.

"The Queen must be angry, huh?" Han Shin grinned. Knowing her, there was no way she wasn’t fuming. From her perspective, it was like they abruptly left her after using her as a guide for the past few days, with no fixed date on when they would be able to meet again.

"Oh, don’t worry," Bassena replies casually. "I told her she could vent his anger however she liked next time."

Suddenly, Han Shin had a bad feeling. "Huh?"

Bassena smirked. "She only takes it out on you anyway."

"Hey! How can you sacrifice me?!"

"One for the team, man," Bassena patted the healer’s back, but his eyes were full of pity. "One for the team."

"Ugh--"

"Aight, that’s enough," Bassena wiped the grin off his face and looked at the hissing black orb in his hand. "Let’s get to it."

Han Shin, however, still had a lingering doubt inside. "Hey, but are we really sure? We might get stranded for days or weeks here if we can’t find another dungeon."

Bassena loosened the grip on the core and replied with a shrug. "We can always try to find the map of the area we visited before."