Chapter 68: Aliens.
After taking a few bites, Mark put down his fork and plate, heaving a sigh of defeat. He was familiar with the recipe, but compared to the shepherd’s pie he had made in the past, the one served by the big guy was leagues above.
"By the way, lad," Ben spoke in his thick Irish accent. "Why are you still hear?"
Looking up, Mark stared at him for a moment, one of his eyebrows raised.
"He’s talking about the Overworld," Franco said as he refilled his cup from a beer can. "This world might end any moment now, you know? Shouldn’t you have gone to safety while you still can?"
Mark glanced at the sergeant beside him. Ramsay was entirely focused on his drink, and going by his expression, he had no intention of answering in his place.
"I... still have some unfinished business here."
With the way their conversation went a couple of minutes ago, Mark guessed that his new squadmates had yet to learn much about his System besides that it’s a Level 5.
That question just now showed that they didn’t know about his update quest as well, which made him wonder about the extent of the information they were provided with.
"Is that why you’re heading to Amberwood?" Elya sipped from her cup as she stared at him.
"Yeah..." Pausing for a moment, he then decided to add. "I’m going to check on my parents."
Silence overtook the living room all of a sudden. Everyone seemed to freeze, and when he turned to look at them, they all averted their gazes.