Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"Oh, I see," Susie said with a slight nod of respect. "It seems there's no need for me to regret having lost to you." She had given her all to win, but she still failed to win first place. Despite losing to Zachary, she couldn't help but admire his boldness and courage.

"Of course you have nothing to regret. Hodge is my aunt's disciple, after all!" Sharon announced proudly. "She only ever accepts extremely talented people." However, as soon as her words left her lips, all color drained from her face. She realized in a panic that she had inadvertently disclosed Zachary's background.

"What? Your aunt? Isn't she the Holy Maiden?" Susie asked, eyes wide with shock. Immediately turning to face Zachary, she asked, "Are you the disciple of the Holy Maiden?"

"Haven't I mentioned this before?" Zachary asked, shrugging nonchalantly. Briefly, he shot Sharon a murderous look. 'She really can't keep her mouth shut,' he thought to himself in annoyance.

Guiltily, Sharon pouted at him.

"I didn't expect you to be the disciple of the Holy Maiden," Susie cried. "What a surprise!" Secretly, she felt somewh

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ying her strange little bath. The scene was dumbfounding.

However, Zachary's sudden appearance interrupted everything. In a flash, the violent thunderclouds disappeared. In the blink of an eye, the mysterious woman's body was cloaked in armor, a heroic aura emanating from her being.

"Well..." Zachary gulped nervously. "I didn't mean to peep at you..." Naturally, he was afraid that the mysterious woman would be angry with him.

"Have you brought the wine?" the mysterious woman asked calmly.

"Yes." Zachary immediately released several jars of wine from the Virtual Air Space and placed them in front of the mysterious woman.

After picking up one of the jars in her delicate hand, she opened it and took a sip of the wine. Seeming quite satisfied with it, she looked down at Zachary and asked, "What is the result of the test?"

"Thanks to the natural energy fire with thunder element you gave me, I easily made it to first place." Zachary bowed slightly.

"Good." The mysterious woman paused. Then, locking eyes with him, she asked suddenly, "But when will you regain your previous strength?"