Chapter 1848 Understanding The Risks
The cycle continued. The Sword Magus got injured or killed protecting the Mages who have stronger firepower but extremely long chant times. The Vatican Elite Guard would then swoop in whenever possible to finish off whatever the Mages had done or when the Mutated Undead Warriors were distracted. Else, the casualty rates for the Demon Exorcists Mages were fairly low thanks to the aid of the Sword Magus and Vatican Elite Guards. (And yes, the Sword Magus had the highest death toll count in this particular operation.)
Diego could not bear to see those younglings losing their lives over just like this but such is the work and risk of a Demon Exorcist. That was why he and a few others were responsible for keeping those Demon Exorcist Sword Magus and Mages alive whenever possible. They concentrated their healing arts to make sure they were at least still breathing and the emergency medical team would take over from there.
So, as the numbers dwindled for the Mutated Undead Warriors, the battlefield was also getting smaller with the withdrawal of injured Exorcists within the area. Lian was forced to watch a losing battle of attrition along with Jin when she bloody well knew that he could change the course of the fight if he were to step in.
"Why?" Lian asked.
"Why what?" Jin knew that she finally had enough to ask the most pertinent question for the entire operation.
"Why are you not helping them? Even by taxi standards, the Jin from the Airport would have already reached the Colosseum to aid them." Lian asked with a hypothetical scenario.
"Because that particular Jin was stupid and got scammed by a taxi driver. He is now stranded in nowhere. With no proper internet, he cannot find his way to the Colosseum." Jin replied.
"Then what about Lian who was with him?" She continued with that absurd hypothetical scenario that Jin spoke of even though she was starting to boil from the inside.
"That Lian felt that Jin was incompetent and attempted to call for a taxi. However, that Jin does not wish for that to happen, and thus karate chopped her so that she fainted on the spot. He might have accidentally hit her a little too hard."
"Does that Jin plan to find a taxi and later help the Italian Demon Exorcists?"
"By hitting too hard, police saw him in action and arrested him. He is being held in an Italian Police Station lockout for assaulting a lady. There is no way that Jin can help at all."
"… get straight to the point. Why are you not helping them? There must be a reason else you would have easily picked Su Zhen and Lein to do all the fighting and you wait for the final boss to appear."
"It is exactly why I do not want the final boss to appear and that's why I did not pick Su Zhen and Lein to come with me. Instead, I brought Lian who is cool headed and knows how to read the situation more than Su Zhen. She gave herself too little credit compared to what Su Zhen had been getting. Do you think either Lein or Su Zhen is able to do what you are doing right now? I bet you that in less than half an hour, they would already have fainted. But you?"
"You had been doing this for more than 8 hours straight consecutively and yet only now that you are feeling the pinch. Granted you had my chi to thank for as well, but do you think they have the patience and tolerance like you do?"
"Stop patronising me," Lian said as she cooled down and recollected whatever Jin had said. "Do you mean that Su Zhen or Lein's interference might cause the big final boss to appear? And by us not taking any action, it will reduce that threat significantly?"
"Yes."
"So you have some idea who the Final Boss will be?"Lian finally analysed what Jin had said and asked him directly.
"Yes."
"…And he is someone you cannot defeat?"
"No. Well, maybe."
"But by allowing him to exist, something more hideous than losing a few Demon Exorcists would happen?"
"Yes."
"And that is why inaction is a better action than rushing in to aid them?"
"Yes. I am glad you are starting to get it."
"Then, why did you not tell me in the first place? Is all this surveillance just a waste of my chi, effort, and time?"
"No. It is vital. If you are not around, either I do it, or through the proxy of Que Er, I will make her do it," Jin remarked.
"Now I get it vaguely why you did not allow Lein and Su Zhen to come. Well, if my senior said that the final boss is extremely bad news, then I would keep it that way. Besides, they are paid to risk their lives and know the consequences of failing."
"Thank you for understanding," Jin replied as he too was a little frustrated that there were quite a number of deaths just from this fight alone. Thus, he finally decided to give Diego a call. If he were to pick up…
"Jin?" Diego answered.
"Listen. Listen closely. Those Y'm-bhi urgh Mutated Undead Warriors. Each time you injure one of them, the rest will get buffed. Either by regeneration or by increasing their defensive and offensive capabilities. What you did previously to kill one by one is a good method. However, each time you men wound one of the warriors, even with concentrating your manpower on one Y'm-Bhi will prove to be a difficult match."
"So, I am suggesting that you all defend from all of the Undead Warriors and truly focus on just one monster. This will help with the elimination even faster." Jin said.
"Then where are you? Why are you not here to help?"
"It's…best that I keep a distance away from all of you," Jin replied and ended the call. He hoped that this would increase their odds of survival a little more.
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