William didn't know what to do. He just stood there, staring at the desperate faces of those adventurers.
"Why? Why are you so desperate?" he asked.
He needed to understand more about this settlement, which, at first glance, seemed pretty basic.
The young man who had been their leader explained, "It's hard for us to move through the jungle, and the portal is even harder to find… We're kind of stuck in this place. We've been here for around three months."
William gaped. Three months? That was a long time to be trapped in a place like this. Now he understood why they were so desperate for someone to lead them—why they looked so relieved to see a new face. They didn't just want guidance; they needed someone who could help them move forward.
In the end, they all had the same goal. So, William went along with it and became their leader.
