My Fusion System: Fusing a Thousand Chickens at the Start

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Chapter 146: No Need To Attack

Leonard retreated as he looked behind him.

When he noticed that two bronze-tier mages had turned their heads and started to cast spells at Watson, he cursed silently in his heart. ‘Idiot.’

He had struck Watson on the orders of President Audrey. He started fleeing without even looking after he had attacked. That was due to the fear he felt in his heart. He had a strong feeling that if he attacked Watson at that time, he would be fatally wounded.

The truth was not dissimilar to what he had anticipated.

The silver-tier spell he had cast, a chain of exploding fireballs, landed on Watson’s body. It was like a stone sinking into the sea—it was absorbed quickly.

The spells cast by the two bronze-tier mages were also absorbed. Watson stood in the sky as he looked at them. He did not counterattack, as if he lacked the strength to do so.

That scene did not pique Leonard’s desire to fight. It instead caused his hair to stand on end. His ominous sense of despair grew stronger. He used to be a hunter in Monte Town before becoming a mage in the Mage Guild after his magical talent was tested in his teens. Outstanding hunters would usually show weakness to their prey before catching them. They would kill their prey after they let down their guard.

“If those idiots believe that the opposing party is easy to bully, then let them go! I do not think I will be able to complete the mission that the President has assigned to me.”

He only wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. He did not mind who carried out the mission as long as it was not him.

Soon after, he dashed to the door near Blackmoon Castle, right in front of Audrey. “According to my observations, President Audrey, the opposing party has lost his combat capability, indeed. It could not even withstand our mages’ attacks. I believe that now is the best time to attack Blackmoon Castle.”

He lied about everything. However, he did not give a hoot about it because he needed to survive. It was better for others to die than him.

“Do you understand what you are saying, Leonard?”

Audrey was infiltrating the Blackmoon Castle. When she heard Leonard’s words, she narrowed her eyes and fixed her gaze on him. “You already know how much I despise liars. You have not even used your full strength yet, and you already know the enemy has lost his fighting ability?”

Leonard’s face froze, and he quickly explained, “I was able to make such a judgment precisely because I did not use all of my strength. I did not even dare to fight back because I was not using my full strength. Does that not show that the other party has lost the ability to resist?”

“Leonard—” Audrey was about to say something when Ron cut her off. “Audrey, you said you would give me a thousand gold coins if I killed the youth in the sky. Is that right?”

Ron had stayed by Audrey’s side for his own safety after she had asked the astrologer about the battle plan. Audrey would never lie to him. If anything were to happen, he would be sure to be by Audrey’s side.

He could not hold back any longer after he heard Leonard’s report.

He was not an exceptionally bright individual. Despite being the largest mercenary corps in Monte Town, he knew that the North Wind mercenary group’s only had tens of thousands of gold coins in savings. The 1000 gold coins represented one-tenth of their total assets.

Furthermore, he had witnessed Leonard’s attack and the subsequent attacks of the bronze-tier mages. Watson had only resisted the attacks, not retaliated. Even a platinum-tier elite who did not know how to retaliate would be a target.