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The human expert stared at Lin Fan in shock after everything that had happened.

But after taking some time to come back to his senses, he gave a nod and turned to lead the way.

He could tell that even if he wanted to run, he wouldn't be able to run.

At the very least, he would be safe if he was with this powerful human expert.

So he led the way forward.

He led them back the way that they had come, but they were going slightly to the right compared to before. It seemed that if they had just gone right to begin with, they would have arrived at where the rendezvous point had been set.

As they came closer and closer, Lin Fan felt more and more nervous.

He knew that his parents should be on this planet since the system had guided him here, but he didn't know what kind of shape they were in. If they were seriously injured…then he didn't know what he would do.

When they arrived at the point, they found that there was…no one there.

The human expert looked around the area and found that there were traces of blood leading away from the scene.

When they saw this, they knew that something must have happened that the people they were supposed to meet had left this place.

So Lin Fan asked the human expert, "Is there anything else that you know?"

The human expert revealed an awkward look and said, "I don't know. I didn't exactly have time since I was being chased."

Lin Fan knitted his brows, but he didn't say anything.

As they stood there not knowing what to do, there was a sound that came from behind them.

All of them pulled out a weapon in response to this, but they quickly put it down when they saw what it was.

There was a hole that appeared in the ground and out of that hole, there was a human head that peeked out. When this person saw the human expert with Lin Fan's group, they immediately revealed a look of joy and said, "You survived!"

But then that person saw Lin Fan's group and immediately revealed a wary look as he said, "Who are they?"

The human expert with Lin Fan's group revealed an awkward smile before saying, "They saved me when I was surrounded by the Beast Race, but I never got a chance to ask who they were."

Lin Fan just said in a calm voice, "We're the rescue team from the Lin Astral Empire."

Both the human expert with them and the human who was in the ground couldn't help revealing shocked looks before their eyes suddenly filled with excitement.

But then again, both of them revealed wary looks and the one in the ground asked, "Do you have anything that can prove that?"

Lin Fan pulled out a token that he showed this person.

This token was one that he had received from the eighth army. It was proof that the owner of this token was someone that belonged to the eighth army.

When these two saw this, they immediately revealed excited looks again.

They both took out two tokens and presented them before identifying themselves as members of the third army.

The third army had been the ones who had bore the full brunt of the Beast Race invasion and they had been scattered by the Beast Race troops. So they had been sent to all different places and they had been trying to survive while waiting for reinforcements.

Since they were with the third army, they naturally knew that the eighth army's specialty was rescue. Since the eighth army had been deployed, that meant that they had also deployed a strong army to push back the Beast Race troops.

At the same time, they knew that they would be alright since the eighth army troops were here.

So they didn't waste any time in letting Lin Fan in.

When Lin Fan went into the tunnel, he found that there was no one else with this person.

That person explained, "The rest are in a different location. My specialty is earth laws, so I was able to construct a tunnel and hole for everyone to hide in. I came here to help our friend escape after he lured away the Beast Race troops."

Lin Fan nodded before asking, "How many of you survived in the end?"

When the third army soldier heard this, he gave a sigh and said, "The Beast Race invasion came too suddenly and we weren't able to hold them back at all with how many there were. So there were many of us that fell in that first attack."

Then with a bit of hope in his voice he said, "But then his highness inspired us and we were able to push them back while slowly backing away. If it wasn't for his highness, we might not have been able to escape."

Lin Fan knitted his brows when he heard this.

He picked up on one special thing that he said…

"His highness."

The only people that would be called that by the people of the third army would be…members of the Lin Astral Family.

There should have only been one person from the Lin Astral Family in this area.

So he asked, "This highness that you mentioned, where are they now?"

The third army soldiers looked at each other with confused looks when they heard this, but then the one that spoke before said, "His highness rallied all the troops of the third army and retreated with us. Then he led the group that covered the retreat of the injured."

Lin Fan knitted his brows even more when he heard this and he said, "Yes, where is he now?"

The two third army soldiers stopped moving after hearing this.

Both of them looked at Lin Fan with wary looks that had a bit of hostility in them.

The one that spoke before asked, "Who are you?"

Lin Fan gave a sigh before taking out his personal token for them.

When the two third army soldiers saw this, they couldn't help being shocked.

They would never fail to identify this token that they had been shown. It was the mark of the Lin Astral Family.

That meant that this person in front of them was from the Lin Astral Family.

He was most likely related to the highness that had rescued them all, so it was natural that he would be worried about them.

After seeing this token, the two third army soldiers were about to bow to Lin Fan, but he raised his hand to stop them before saying, "Tell me what happened to the highness that you mentioned before."

The two third army soldiers revealed awkward looks before saying, "His highness…"

It was clear that there was something that they didn't want to talk about.

Lin Fan just waited for them to muster up the courage to speak.

Finally, the one that spoke before said, "It was because of his highness that so many of us were able to escape, but…his highness had to make a sacrifice for us."

The two of them fell to their knees as if they were trying to apologize for something before saying, "It's all our fault that his highness was injured. We don't deserve to live."

Lin Fan's heart tensed when he heard this, but he quickly pulled the two of them up and said, "How seriously injured is he?"

The two of them looked at each other before hesitantly saying, "He isn't seriously injured, but…"

They shut up as if they didn't dare say anything else.

Lin Fan could tell that there was something wrong, but they weren't willing to talk about it.

In the end, he said, "Just bring me to him. You can do that, right?"

The two of them hesitantly looked at each other before nodding in response to this.

They started going down the tunnel again, but this time, they were moving much faster compared to before. The two third army soldiers didn't dare look back as if there was something that they were afraid of behind them.

Lin Fan couldn't help feeling worried when he saw this, but he forced himself to stay calm.

Before seeing what happened, he wouldn't let his mind wander.

It didn't take them long to reach the end of the tunnel.

There were only two forks that they had to cross, so they didn't waste that much time getting there.

When they arrived, they found that there was a cave that had been built under the ground here. This place was rough and rugged, but it was well lit with the torches on the wall.

They could see the group of people sitting in the middle and they seemed to be gathered around something.

When they came into the cave, the people inside all turned to look at them and some of them even raised their weapons as if they were prepared to attack. However, when they saw the two third army soldiers, they let down their guard.

Then when they saw Lin Fan's group, they raised their guard again.

But the two third army soldiers stopped them.

Lin Fan ignored them all and went to the center of this circle.

When he got through them, he saw that there was a person lying in the center.

This person was lying there covered in bandages, but that was the least of their concerns.

The most shocking thing was that…one of their arms was missing.