“Aww, vice president. Why are you so heavy?” Kai, who was pressed down by Miley, cried out. “Shut up.” Miley slapped him across the head before pushing herself up from his body. “You guys… What are you doing here?” Tyron turned backward, surprised to the eight of them in the cave. “Didn't I tell you guys to leave?” “It wasn't our fault, boss.” Atlas stood up from the ground, dusting his clothes as he began to explain what had happened. Turns out that the eight of them couldn't outrun the speed of the Bloody Mimic plant. As an SSS rank monster, such a scenario was already expected. Hence, the group could only dash towards the hole and use it as their last escape resort. Luckily, the Bloody Mimic plant was too huge to jump into the hole. Hence, they were able to escape successfully. When he heard this explanation, Tyron knew that his plan of climbing to the surface area was now futile. The Bloody Mimic plant should be guarding the surface right now while waiting for them to fall into its trap. “Eesh, why is it so hot in here? Is this a fire crystal mine?” Ryker saw the gleaming orange hue across the cave wall and moved closer to it. “Wow, it indeed is! Boss, this is definitely a fortune in disaster.” He jumped in excitement. “This is treasure. This is all treasures.” Walker began to laugh out like a crazy landlord when he saw the crystals. Now, he doesn't have to live a poor life anymore. “Tsk, tsk.” Jose shook his head in dismay when he saw Walker's crazy expression. “Let's start mining.” Gael hurriedly took out his mining equipment and rushed forward. Atlas and the others also followed in his footsteps. “Sylvia.” Miley moved away from the mining fanatics and walked over to Sylvia. “You aren't injured anywhere, are you?” She asked concernedly. “No, I'm fine.” Sylvia shook her head and assured Miley with a smile. “That's great. Here, have some water.” Miley took out a bottle of water from her storage ring and brought it to a cold temperature by using her ice ability. “Here.” She stretched out the bottle to Sylvia. “I'm an ice ability user, so this bit of heat is nothing to me. However, you are different.” “Thank you.” Sylvia took the cold water and drank it. Her dry throat instantly became cool. After she finished drinking, Miley spoke to her for a while, before the two of them went forward and joined the others to mine. … On Ian's side, he was feeling quite irritated with the rampage going on in his consciousness. 'What if something bad had happened to you? How would your parents feel?' Huji continued to lecture. 'I know you like that dev… I mean, girl. But can you please put yourself forward first? It is luck that you were fortunate enough to fall into a crystal mine, but what if it was an endless abyss hole? Or the lair of a powerful monster. What would you do then?' 'Even I wouldn't be able to save you from death. Just see, she doesn't even realize that you jumped into the hole to save her. Aren't you worried that all your efforts towards her would be futile?'Huji felt that his master was becoming stupid. Knowing how strong Sylvia is, she's certainly not the kind of girl who needs a Prince Charming to save her. If someone needs to be saved, it should be them, not her. Why does he feel that his master IQ has begun to drop day by day? He doesn't even train like he used to in the past, and just spends most of his leisure time daydreaming. Looking at Ian, who continued to work without any response to his words, Huji knew that all of his outburst was met with deaf ears. No wonder there's a saying that 'no matter how much you advise a love-brained person, they would still choose to follow what is in their heart'. 'Tink, tink.' The sound of metal knocking against the cave wall filled the place. Once the soil around the crystal was loosened, Ian would dig the crystal out and then put it inside the large bag beside him. He continued his work without paying any attention to Huji's feelings. “Ian.” Ian's hand froze in the air at the sudden familiar voice that came behind him. “Huh.” He turned his body around, meeting the face of the person behind him. “Thank you,” Sylvia said to him. From the previous conversation she had with Miley, she learned that Ian was the first who jump in to save her the moment she fell into the hole. Perhaps if it wasn't for his action, Tyron wouldn't have thought of jumping inside. Sylvia wasn't mad at Tyron's decision because if it were her, she wouldn't put her life in danger to save anyone. However, Ian had done so to her. Hence, Sylvia didn't know how to repay such a huge favor. “Here.” She extended the bottle of cold water in her hand forward. “You haven't drunk any water since you arrived here, so you must be very thirsty.” “Ah, yes. Thank you.” Ian took the bottle with a clumsy movement. A cheerful smile soon spread across his face. What do you mean by a futile effort? Gaining Sylvia's gratitude was the best reward for him in the world. Sylvia saw Ian smiling foolishly at the bottle in his hand. “Then, I will get going. If you need any favor from me, I will do my best to help.” Seeing that he was still smiling foolishly at the bottle, Sylvia could only bid her farewell and leave. When Ian finally regained his clarity, he saw that the person in front of him was already gone. 'Ah, what a shame. ' He shifted his gaze back to the bottle of water in his hand. Instead of opening the cap to drink, he put the bottle inside his storage ring. This was the first gift he would ever receive from Sylvia. Even though it was just a bottle of water, Ian regarded it as a treasure. [Hmph.] ‘What happened?’ Sylvia, who was working, heard the system snort inside her head. [Nothing.] Of course, Susu would never mention to Sylvia that he was angry because she approached Ian. Even though he knew the reason why Sylvia had gone there, he couldn't stop having this feeling of irritation in his heart. Susu felt that his mood lately was becoming unusual and hurriedly said to Sylvia. [I'm going to go into a short hibernation at this moment. However, if there's any emergency that you need me for, you can contact me through the emergency option.] ‘Okay.’ Sylvia responded, and then the hibernation tone sounded in her head. --- The temperature inside the cave had already decreased significantly after several days of mining. “Everyone, let's stop here for now. We need to find a pathway to get out of here first.” Tyron called out. If they were to continue mining like this without a way out, wouldn't all of their efforts be a waste? “You're right.” Miley nodded. “We should find a way out first. We can't climb up the cave due to the gravitational pull above. So, we need to find another path.” “Okay, here's the plan. Since there are four pathways here, we will split into groups to explore them. If any of you encounter any danger inside, make sure to run.” “Okay.” Sylvia teamed up with Miley and Kai. Miley chose a pathway, and the three headed inside. The rest also teamed up in groups and selected their respective paths. Minutes later, Walker's excited voice rang out from one of the pathways. “Oh my. Look at what we found, guys!”