Chapter: 481

The glaive guy looked at Paul, hoping he would change his mind.

Paul only smiled, “Go home mate.” he pointed to the back of the field.

The glaive guy grumbled angrily as he went to the back of the field, kicking sticks and rocks as he went.

The mace-shield guy returned to formation with a grateful smile – he nodded at Jay, realising what he did for him. Jay’s simple, decisive words had made him realise that he had to abandon the glaive guy.

Truly, Jay didn’t do anything but help the mace-guy to open his eyes to the situation he was in; either he would cut loose the weak link, or perish with it.

This is what would have happened in a real dungeon, and both of them realised it.

Jay didn’t expect a reward or anything, he was just glad to still have his battle formation.

“Think you can switch out with him for a while?” Jay asked sabre-girl as the mace-shield guy came back.

“Sure.” she nodded. The sabre girl had her own shield so she could deflect the flying hooks as well.

“Ah shit, I need a hand!” Conroy (sword-shield guy) said, trying to stay calm, however you could tell there was some urgency in his voice.

A hook had dug into his leg, causing him to stumble for a moment as he was pulled.

“Just a sec.” Dan said, deflecting a hook with his axe.

*Shwoonk~*

He stepped forward with a quick swing, and the cord was severed. Conroy and Dan hastily moved back into formation.

“That’s what should have happened before.” the dagger girl nodded approvingly.

Jay was just glad that at least a few people on his team were competent. The mace-shield guy wasn’t even that bad, he just had a bad team mate.

“Hmm… It’s interesting how one idiot can turn a simple problem into a life threatening situation.” Jay thought, casually slashing the stick-balls.

Throughout this whole fight, Jay had kept his cool. Even when he was being drained and he couldn’t see anything he stayed calm, still slashing away.

Jay had even gained Paul’s recognition during the fight – taking a leadership role, making a formation, checking on members, and allowing the glaive guy to perish in order to preserve the rest of the party.

The dagger girl realised she was wrong before, when she was thinking about the negative things adventurers would say about Jay when he looked weak.

She now realised it wasn’t the display of weakness that mattered, but it was how one responded to it – and Jay responded with a calm attitude, getting himself back into top condition so he could fight as quickly as possible.

After all, everyone would show weakness from time to time, even she did during this fight when the treant slashed her face off.

It seemed the qualities of a good leader were resilience.

Together they continued to cull the elementals, hundreds of them – but soon enough they were beginning to tire; each of their weapons feeling much heavier.

Seeing that the other fields had no enemies left, Jay made a decision.