Everyone was looking at me with a strange and confused look, but I just kept my hand up with a firm look on my face.
This was what they wanted to see since they didn't want to go themselves, but seeing this young person volunteer to take their place like this…they really couldn't help feeling awkward.
Lin Fan was the newest member of their team and was the youngest member here, along with only being a part timer.
If they as veteran porters allowed the newest member to take their place like this, where would their face go as senior porters?
But they really didn't want to go since it would be very likely that they would die from going on this trip.
The porter team leader also looked at Lin Fan with a complicated look, but his position was different from the others. He was the team leader, so it was his job to take care of the others more than the senior porters.
After a long moment of silence, the porter team leader asked, "Are you sure about this? Have you thought about how dangerous this will be? You shouldn't make a rash decision like this."
The others didn't say anything, but they gave a nod to show their support.
Since they were a team, they wouldn't sacrifice one person just so they could survive.
It was better if they chose the person with a draw or something that was more fair.
But I shook my head and said, "I've already thought this out, that's why I want to volunteer to go."
The porter team leader knitted his brows when he heard this.
No matter how he looked at it, this was a clear case of overconfidence because of youth.
This youngest porter on their team was completely underestimating what this trip was. He was young and he wanted excitement in his life, but that didn't mean that he should throw his life away for this excitement.
If he didn't correct this young man's thinking, it would be something that he regretted for the rest of his life.
The porter team leader revealed a serious look and said, "The break zone is beyond anything you can imagine. It's filled with danger in every corner and isn't a place that you can play around in. If you're just going in to have fun, you'll die before you even realize what happened."
Seeing the serious way the porter team leader spoke, I couldn't help being touched.
After all, I could see that he was saying all of this because he cared for me.
But I had my reason for going and no matter what, I wouldn't give up on that.
So I also revealed a serious look and said, "You should all know that I'm also an Awakener."
The porter team leader gave a slight nod in response to this.
This was something that was easily found because it was listed in the paperworks that had been sent with Lin Fan on the first day. In fact, Lin Fan had even admitted it himself and had demonstrated his power to them on the first day.
So this was a well known fact among their team.
Seeing this, I continued, "I also want to become a famous Awakener one day and this is my chance to follow a high ranking Awakener into a break zone. This is my chance to learn from a high ranking Awakener first hand. I am not doing this just to have fun, but for my own ambition."
When the rest of the porters heard this, they couldn't help being taken aback.
When they saw the determined look that their youngest gave, they all realized that they were wrong.
This youngest wasn't playing around, but rather he knew exactly what he was doing.
It seemed that they had completely underestimated this new youngest member of their team.
So they had no choice but to accept his determination, even though they still felt a bit guilty about having him take their place.
The porter team leader gave a sigh before saying, "I understand, it seems that I had been mistaken about you. Since you're so determined, we'll let you go."
My eyes lit up when I heard this and I went to bow to the team leader, but before I could, the team leader came over to stop me as he said, "There's nothing to thank me for. In fact, you're doing us a favour."
I was surprised when I heard this since in my mind, this should be a task that everyone wanted to do.
After all, this was a chance to get close to one of the top Awakeners here and a chance to explore the break zone, which would surely earn a lot of money. This seemed like a golden opportunity to me.
But that was only for me…
The rest of the porters also looked at Lin Fan with complicated and guilty looks.
After a moment of silence, the porter team leader took out a ball that he placed in my hands and said, "Take this with you. It's a special smokescreen that you can use to escape the monsters if anything happens."
This was the special item that his wife had bought for him just in case anything went wrong, but he was sure that his wife wouldn't blame him for giving it to their youngest since he was taking this risk for everyone.
Seeing this, the other porters all started taking out things that they handed to me that they thought would help me.
I didn't mind accepting them since these things were indeed helpful, but I couldn't help feeling confused as to why they were giving these to me. After all, some of these things were just too expensive for them to be considered simple kind gestures towards a fellow team member.
What Lin Fan didn't know was that in the minds of these porters, he had become a nice guy…
So even before he had gotten a girlfriend, he had been given a bunch of good guy cards from these porters.
Though technically…he also wasn't a virgin anymore.