119. Gone?

“That's much better, the commanders could wipe us out if they find out we've lost a candidate,” another said.

“Hey, we didn't lose him, Ben. We just haven't found him yet,” a senior soldier named Ryan said.

Ben sighed lazily, “It's the same thing. Never mind, let's get back to it.”

Having agreed, the soldiers who were looking for James returned to the place where they had asked the prospective soldiers and the other fellow soldiers were still waiting.

The most conspicuous young man, Riley Wood, who was known to be in a relationship with the king's daughter walked over, “Excuse me, doesn't James want to go back?”

Ben shook his head, “It's not that he doesn't want to come back, it's that we haven't found him yet.”

Riley gasped, “You mean you can't find him?”

“Yes. This is a wild forest, we don't control this area.” Ben explained.

Colin, who had reconciled with Riley, immediately squeezed his hand, really getting scared.

“Then, are you guys just going to leave it alone?” Riley asked fran