CHAPTER 36: MICHELLE

"Do you think we can survive?"

"I don't think so"

"These beasts in the dungeon are so strong"

"So what! We can't leave now. They paid us a great price"

"Yeah! Even if we leave this group and escape the five level 15 people of the Yami Family, we will be stuck here for three whole days, can we survive if those beasts attack us without their help"

The people that joined the Yami family started to split into groups and talk about their worries among themselves.

These people are not just anybody, they have been in many life or death situations but fighting in a dungeon is a new experience and this terrifies them for dear life.

The vitality everyone carried when they entered the dungeon has completely diminished now.

It has been an hour since their first battle and two people died. The party stays in the cave for recovering their energy and looting the beasts.

The meat of the demonic beast is inedible so what they loot are the beast's bone, skin, and fangs. And the most valuable item is the demonic crystal core in the beast's head. It fetches a high price, but the Yami family gobbled up everything.

The one who is worried the most is Michelle, she is confident in rushing to the Boss room but not with the amount of force she planned at the beginning. If she started to lose more people as they go further, there will be fewer than ten people when they reach the Boss room. So she sat alone and contemplate different strategies along with Pam.

Taylor sat beside her and looked at her plans, 'She is a fine leader and strategist. But she is handling this like battling against a human army. She can't differentiate the plan against a beast wave, she lacks experience.'

Losing his patience, Taylor spoke to her, "Hey Miche, how about you let mages use defense magic to guard warrior instead of only using them to heal"

"Who are you calling Miche?"

Michelle lost her cool as Taylor stopped her midway when she was conversing important details with Pam and what's more he gave her a lame idea, she shouted at him, "I made a mistake in believing you. You don't even understand how much mana it consumes..."

Taylor stopped her again pointing at the tunnel behind the cave and the tunnel they rushed through, "Wait and think, this dungeon is a stable one and beasts don't run everywhere. They hold a pack formation."

"So what"

Taylor felt headache explaining, "That means how fast you rush, you can't avoid them. The battle is an inevitable one. Rushing is waste."

"You mean to say", her eyes brightened.

Usually, dungeon or battle means rushing is the best plan, attack is the best defense. but here it's different. Even after all the battle noises they created, none of the beasts rushed from either tunnel. It means they can take a rest after every battle and battle the beasts slowly.

This also means, the Nicole Family party too will be in the same situation, a quick rush is impossible here.

Taylor sighed, "Finally you get it. So change your formation completely. Instead of two make it one"

"Thanks a lot"

Making a new plan from scratch to use all the power of the party, Michelle formated a strategy after half an hour.

Finishing the plan she called out to everyone, however, the people without the fighting spirit only listened to the hard fists of the level 15 warriors.

An hour passed before everyone got accustomed to their role and so the team marched into the next cave through the tunnel where the level 11 Flame Wolves pack resides.

The count of the wolf was ten same as the last cave, however, a level 11 wolf is on a whole different power level than the level 10.

Everyone believed it will be tough, but the new formation worked miracles. They easily seized victory without any causality expect few people with severe injuries.

When the last wolf lost its life, everyone tried to catch their breath, however, they panicked when Michelle shouted, "Let us wrap up and take some rest here. Everyone recuperate faster for the next one"

Hearing her once again talk about the battle the commotion broke, even the mages who were healing the wounded became agitated.

Taylor could only shake his head looking at Michelle, 'she thinks food and money can make these people work'

Seeing his attitude, Michelle became more confused and looked toward Pam, who walked up and whispered to her, "their body can recuperate with magic and medicine but their mind needs rest. It has been about seven hours since we entered the dungeon, which also means it's night outside. They will need at least five hours of rest to recover fully"

Realizing her mistake, Michelle bowed her head, "I'm sorry. Everyone can rest for five hours. We will begin conquering after five hours".

Everyone started to rejoice in their victory and the rest while wounded got treated and they too began to rest, within an hour or so the whole party was knocked cold except Pam and the two level 15 people standing guard.

Taylor who sat beside the half-awake Michelle behind a small curtain stood up and walked to Pam, " I heard you were a slave"

Pam didn't become agitated like how he was with Flaz, instead, he replied, "I was in the past. But Miss Michelle was the one who gave me freedom"

Nodding his head Taylor started to walk towards the tunnel they traveled through,

"Stop! Where are you going?"