The Battle Queen They Blindly Kicked Out (Joanna) novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16 Strategy Group

Nobody would made guides then.

It was only now that the group truly realized how important dungeon guides were.

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They patiently sifted through massive amounts of online posts for clues. Cedric even snapped and started arguing with people online.

“It’s just a cellar entrance! Why turn it into some puzzle? We’ll find it sooner or later. How can you charge that much for this?”

A netizen fired back with sarcasm.

[You’re running the Desolate Castle, a phantom-type dungeon. Staying inside too long weakens mental strength, reduces your max mana, and causes permanent stat damage. You don’t even know that? That castle is massive-over 500,000 square feet. A five-person team could search nonstop for three days and still not find a single hidden room, and you’re saying guides aren’t worth paying for?]

[What are you, a Level 10 newbie? Or worse, a life-skill player? Go back to your casual zone!]

[Seriously. Just one wine cellar-one crate of red wine sells for 4,800 Starcoins. You can carry 20 crates with a full pack. That’s 100,000 Starcoins right there. You earn back the dungeon ticket instantly. Everything after is pure profit. Buy the guide, clear it twice to break even, profit on the third. And you still want it for free?]

Cedric got burned so badly that he couldn’t even argue.

He ended up deleting the post. Even then, people didn’t let him go. They followed his account, dug through his profile, and mocked him as a man-child.

How was he a man-child?

Cedric snapped, “Joanna said she didn’t have a guide. So how did she know where the cellar was? And where did she get the money to buy those guides?”

Neil lowered his head, thought for a moment, and then said deeply, “Strategy group.”

“What?” Everyone looked at him.

“Joanna’s humanities grades are excellent. She once joined a story-exploration club and knows the lore behind every dungeon. By combining in-dungeon clues, she can uncover hidden side plots.

“People from those clubs often end up in logistics or strategy groups if they don’t go to combat universities. They’re basically half combat-class.

“Joanna probably joined the Desolate Castle’s strategy group and got the guides from them.”

Online, there was a saying-elite strategy groups were even stronger than pure combat pros.

Bruce’s face turned pale.

It hadn’t even been half a day. The others might not feel it yet, but Bruce already regretted everything.

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11:18 Wed, Jan 28 MR.

Chapter 16 Strategy Group

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His stomach hurt a little-a classic stress reaction. He hadn’t eaten properly at lunch, and now he felt awful.

Without Joanna’s guides, did that mean he’d have to explore everything on his own from now on?

He was afraid of the unknown and uncertainty. Joanna knew that well. Had she really abandoned him that cruelly?

“What should we do now? Should we ask her to come back?”

Bruce stared at the video feed, where Joanna was happily eating.

Neil replied, “If she can join a strategy group, so can we. It’s fine. It’s just gathering info.”

He straightened the crooked table, glanced at the scattered nutrition bars, and frowned deeply.

He grabbed ten of them and headed back to his bedroom to rest.

Before leaving, he seemed to remember something and turned to Rhoda.

“Rhoda, can you clean the training room? We’ll need it tomorrow. Joanna used to handle that. You won’t do worse than her, right?”

Rhoda frowned. She didn’t like doing chores either.

“Where’s the robot? Why not use that?”

Neil glanced at Bruce and explained, “Bruce has extremely sensitive hearing. He had childhood trauma and doesn’t like the sound of machines running. That’s why there are no household robots in the villa. So please, just do it.”

Rhoda immediately looked at Bruce with sympathy. She had noticed how down he looked all afternoon.

And honestly, she couldn’t possibly do worse than Joanna.

“Alright. I’ll handle it.”

Rhoda didn’t realize that her real value to the team was her S-rank swordsman talent-not trying to replace Joanna as the team’s all-purpose housekeeper.

She went to the training room and found a basket of clothes, but there was no laundry system in the villa.

The floor looked pretty clean as well.

It probably didn’t even need cleaning.

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