"Are you Kaede?" While Kaede was on her way, she suddenly heard a familiar voice calling her name.
"Li Chen?" Turning to look, Kaede was a bit surprised. It was indeed Li Chen, whom she had met once before.
"Hmm, I didn't see you here before, so I thought you had gone to another city." Li Chen nodded.
"No, I've been doing missions in other worlds these past few days." Kaede replied.
"Is that so." Li Chen didn't speak again.
"Why are you here?" Kaede broke the silence.
"Hmm, Mo Xue and I have been chasing that Necromancer. When I met you before, I was actually in the process of chasing him. This time, I didn't expect that guy to actually cultivate a Level 5." As he said this, Li Chen bit his lip.
"How is the situation now?"
"The situation is very bad. Mo Xue is actually only Level 4, and her strength is at the middle level of Level 5, same as that Level 5, but the opponent has no stamina limit..." Li Chen was a bit helpless. It was very difficult for him to intervene in the battle of a Level 5.
"Is there any hope?" Kaede suddenly asked.
"..." Li Chen was silent, then took another heavy drink. The reason he was here was just because he wanted to come over to drink; hmm, drinking away his sorrows.
Looking at Li Chen's appearance, Kaede's heart sank to the bottom. She also had a rough understanding of her own strength; even if she released that dragon, she would only have the strength of a peak Level 3...
She simply couldn't be of any use in this battle.
"Perhaps there is still hope." After taking a gulp, Li Chen lowered his head, and something seemed to be brewing in his pitch-black eyes.
"The Necromancer's own strength is very weak. Being able to summon a Level 5 undead, his strength should be at Level 5, but if he doesn't rely on the undead, that guy should only count as Level 3." Li Chen said.
"Then, you?" Kaede remembered that Li Chen was Level 3, right? Perhaps even more.
"I can't. That guy has figured out all our combat power here. If someone doesn't appear on the battlefield—no, he always keeps a Level 4 presence around him. Although I'm not afraid, I can't easily resolve it, and Mo Xue can't hold off that Level 5, so there's no way." Li Chen shrugged his shoulders and said.
"..."
"However, that guy doesn't seem to know of your existence, right?" A playful smile appeared on Li Chen's face.
"What do you mean?" Kaede raised an eyebrow, a bit surprised.
"Yes, exactly. If you go all out, you won't have a problem dealing with a Level 3, right?" Li Chen looked at Kaede and asked.
"But the guards beside him..."
"That's why I said it's the final battle. We'll give it our all here, a fight to the death. If they want to gain the upper hand, they must send those guards onto the battlefield, and then there will be a chance." Li Chen said, looking a bit distracted.
"And... if it still doesn't work, we can also..." But Li Chen's voice grew lower and lower, making it impossible for Kaede to hear what he said afterwards.
"Can what?"
"Uh, nothing." Li Chen shook his head, staring at Kaede. "How about it?"
"Will the others agree?" Kaede didn't refuse and asked.
"I'll take care of that. As long as Mo Xue agrees, the rest is easy to talk about. Everything relies on fists to speak." A look of disdain appeared on the corner of Li Chen's mouth. The city lord of this city was just an ordinary Level 4; not to mention Mo Xue, even he could defeat this city lord, it would just take a little bit of effort.
"Then let's do it. Notify me when it's time to act." Kaede thought for a moment and finally nodded. As for the danger? Perhaps there would be some, but the longer they dragged it out, the more dangerous it would be for others, so she might as well take the risk.
"Hmm." Li Chen nodded.
"Then that's it." Kaede said and continued walking towards that side.
"...Hey."
"What?"
"Tell me, what should you do if you like someone, but that person only sees you as a tool?" Li Chen looked at Kaede. Although it was a bit intimate for their level of acquaintance, she was the only one here he was slightly familiar with.
"As for me..." Kaede started to think seriously.
"If you're a tool, then so be it. Being able to serve as a tool also proves you still have some value, right? As long as she is happy and safe, that's enough."
After saying this, Kaede did not linger and slowly disappeared from Li Chen's sight, leaving him there in thought.
Eventually, Li Chen shook his head, picked up his wine gourd, and shook it, then shook it again, yet not a single drop of wine came out.
"Heh, are even you bullying me?" A mocking expression appeared at the corner of Li Chen's mouth. He then slowly put away the wine gourd and walked toward the City Lord's Mansion to tell Mo Xue about this matter.
However, a tool, value, huh?
...
Afterward, Kaede searched the city wall for a long time before finally finding Akame and the others.
"Big Sister!" When Akame and Kurome saw Kaede, they rushed over directly, occupying Kaede's body on the left and right.
"Mm, I'm back." Looking at Akame and Kurome, Kaede suddenly felt all her exhaustion vanish into thin air at this moment.
"Tsk, you two have such a good relationship." Liu Mengqi said with undeniable envy.
"Mm, it really is a very good sisterly relationship." Jiang Ya also said from the side.
After a while, Akame and Kurome calmed down, but they were still unwilling to let go of Kaede's arms.
"Your sisters are truly strong. This time, we really relied on them." Seeing that they had finally finished, Jiang Ya said.
"Mm." Kaede nodded, a hint of pride appearing on her face; praising her sisters was even more effective than praising her.
Jiang Ya narrowed his eyes. He really hadn't expected that someone they had casually recruited at the time would end up saving their guild from the very beginning.
Later, they had thought that their strength wasn't important and that they should try their best to take care of them, so they even gave Kaede the rare mission opportunities.
However, what they hadn't expected was that their strength far exceeded their expectations. Within their guild, the only ones who could compare to them were Xiao Mengxue and Jiang Ya himself.
Even though Jiang Ya didn't believe in any gods at all, he sometimes couldn't help but think, was this sent by the heavens to save them?
"How is the situation now?" Kaede composed her emotions and asked.
"The task assigned to us was just to block those small fry, which was still relatively easy, but those small fry are also getting stronger and stronger." As he said this, Jiang Ya frowned, "If things go on like this, it won't work."
"Are there any casualties?"
"There are some injuries now, but thanks to your two sisters, no one has lost their lives so far." As he said this, Jiang Ya revealed a smile. They could arguably say their guild was the only one without any deaths!
"This war is about to end," Kaede said.
"Eh? Really?" Akame and Kurome both showed surprised expressions. Didn't Big Sister just return? How did she know this?
"Mm." Kaede nodded, provided that Li Chen wasn't lying.
"That would be good." Xiao Mengxue looked at Kaede and finally nodded. They could no longer afford to drag this out, facing a group of monsters with no stamina limits.
Although they didn't know where Kaede's information came from, they chose to trust her and immediately arranged for people to take all the supplies and give it their all!
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