Chapter 13
Chapter 13 Brain of the Team
“So what? Lucas, you only give me 50,000 Starcoins a month. I’m in charge to feed the whole team and every single meal has to be natural, whole food. For breakfast, you want oatmeal, rolled oats, oat milk, fresh milk, bread rolls, chicken pie, and more.
“For lunch, it includes but isn’t limited to chicken soup, roasted chicken, spicy chicken chunks, and pan- seared steak. Each person was served no less than five pounds of meat, with a wide variety of protein options.
“It was the same for dinner.
“For today’s lunch, you ordered similar things, right? In reality, the price of just one meal is 20,000 Starcoins, yet you only gave me 50,000 for the entire month.
“Of course, part of the ingredients comes from the dungeons, but what about the rest?
“Is 50,000 a month really a lot?
“How about I give you a list later so you can see if I owe you money or if I’ve been spending my own money to keep this team running?
“So, I had no money to buy those potions you’re talking about.
“And do I really have to expose you, Lucas?
“I told you a few days ago that we need to rank first in the team evaluation next month. We can only buy the potions for the Desolate Castle after we get that funding. Are you pretending to have memory loss p>
The slap to his face came so quickly that Lucas’s expression froze.
The people around them stopped blaming Joanna and started blaming Lucas instead.
“Damn, this is exactly like my old team. The captain always made me use 100,000 Starcoins to do a job that costs a million p>
“My goodness, and he even kicked her off the team. What are those bread rolls, chicken pie, chicken soup, and steaks she mentioned? Doesn’t everyone just eat mush p>
“That’s natural food. I heard that if you eat enough of it, you can gain attribute points p>
“Isn’t she basically a top-tier chef? In times like these, who dares to offend a cook p>
Under the judging stares of the crowd, Lucas couldn’t find a way to save face.
At that moment, Neil stepped forward.
“Joanna, we can set the potion issue aside, but you can’t take the guide with you. That guide was made while you were still in the team and we need it now. You should return it to us p>
Cedric said angrily, “That’s right. You’re not deliberately withholding the guide to get us killed, are you p>
Joanna was so angry at Cedric’s entitled attitude that she laughed instead.
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“Tell me, did any of you help make that guide?
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“Did you watch any videos? Did you gather any information? Did you read any written reports?
“I worked so hard and stayed up all night gathering informations, exploring leads, and even joining discussion groups to study plans. You guys didn’t help for a single second, did you?
“If you had taken part even a little, why would you need to ask me for the guide?
“Besides, isn’t the guide just about the monsters’ traits?
“What else do you want p>
As Joanna spoke, a mocking smile appeared on her lips.
She had trained these teammates to be like machines. They only fought by following her orders, which let them use their abilities to the max.
Joanna was the brain of this team.
She had been too confident that these people couldn’t survive without her.
She never expected that these people wanted to ruin her from the very start.
She looked them up and down, then smiled faintly and said in a forceful, malicious tone, “Don’t tell me that you went into the Desolate Castle without any preparation?
“If you had looked at even a tiny bit of the guide, you’d know that for our team, the captain needs to buy Holy Elixir, and the assassin role needs to buy flares.
“Don’t tell me you hid at the entrance and fought for over two hours?
“You don’t even know that the oil lamps can be used as a temporary/safe zone, do you p>
With every suspicion she raised, the teammates’ faces changed from confused to shocked, then finally turned dark with embarrassment.
Clearly, they didn’t know
any
of it.
Even Rhoda didn’t know.
In fact, it wasn’t just them. Even the people nearby who hadn’t been to the Desolate Castle felt like they had just learned something new.
At this point, it was obvious who was right and who was wrong.
Joanna finally sneered and said, “I researched this guide myself. Why should I give it to you? If you think guides are easy, go research it yourselves. Don’t bother me anymore. Nighthowl, let’s go p>
Nighthowl, who had leveled up twice, was now the size of a golden retriever. With the ferocity of a wolf, his gaze locked onto the five people. Cedric, especially, felt a surge of killing intent.
However, Nighthowl calmed himself down.
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Attacking this person in the morning had already caused Joanna to lose her home. He had to let them go for
now.
Joanna had less than 5,000 Starcoins left in her account. However, there were a lot of items in Nighthowl’s space that needed to be handled. Since there were too many goods this time, she didn’t plan to sell them at the dungeon entrance.
Luckily, there were daily rental rooms around the Dungeon Plaza for teams to rest. They could even be rented by the hour.
The prices, however, were extremely high.
But when she thought about the goods inside her Stellar Dominion space, she felt she couldn’t be so stingy
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