Asher didn't speak, he remained silent, meeting John's black eyes with his purple ones before slowly shifting his gaze forward, his expression calm and unreadable. Although he hadn't said anything about his affiliation or combat power, John had already assumed that he was an adventurer and weaker than those who had gone on this mission and subsequently vanished, which was perfectly understandable, because from an outsider's perspective this was an entire coordinated team of experienced people, and he was only one lone young man standing by himself.
'If I didn't have this amount of talent and power, and backing, I might have taken his advice,' Asher mused to himself quietly. If he had been a commoner without much talent or opportunity, Asher wouldn't have hesitated to return to Star Academy and declare the mission a failure without any shame, because survival always came first.
