The Mighty Mage
Chapter 131: Break

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Break

Zhang Wei asked as he fought the beast,

"Are you alright? Do you want a break?"

He thought that Gu Jin might have been exhausted, so he suggested she take a break. After all Gu Jin wasn’t an advanced-rank mage like them.

He was impressed though, that Gu Jin was able to hold on till so long.

Usually, the intermediate-rank mages can only last 2 hours. Gu Jin was still able to hold for more than 3 hours.

Gu Jin shook her head,

"No need."

Then she took out Vitality pills and energy replenishing pills. Her deleting energy soon recovered by 40% and Gu Jin felt her body turning more energetic.

She passed the pills to Yi Ran and Zhang Wei, who declined,

"No need. I have my own."

"Me too." Yi Ran nodded.

What a joke. Su Jin was an orphan and god knows how he was able to buy artifacts and pills.

It was clear that Su Jin didn’t have money, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been forced to join the mercenary at such a young age.

As for the lodge, they thought it was a one-time thing or maybe Su Jin had some serious cleanliness issues which could be seen from his manners sometimes.

How could they afford to take pills from such a poor person?

Yi Ran and Zhang Wei looked at each other and pity was present in their eyes, however they hid it when they turned to look at Gu Jin.

Unaware of their pity Gu Jin thought that they had a lot of pills by themselves, hence they didn’t take the ones offered by her.

Gu Jin nodded and once Yi Ran and Zhang Wei ensured that she was fine, they left.

Gu Jin continued fighting for the next 1 hour, before calling out for a break.

The rest of the members of Shadow Fangs were tried too and called for a break. The method to ask for a break was to wave a signal flag provided by the counter person.

But even after sending the signal, no one came in their direction.

Zhang Wei and the rest of the members again sent out the signal, but even after the next 20 minutes, no one responded.

Due to the depleted mana, tired physical body, and fighting under the sun for so long, it was becoming difficult for them to hold on.

"Why aren’t the soldiers responding?" Xu Mingtao asked huffing. She was so tired that she could almost collapse.

"Let’s wait for another 15 minutes." Zhang Wei said wiping off the sweat from his face.

He thought that maybe the army was lacking manpower and couldn’t help them for the time being. If they wait for 15 minutes more, maybe they will arrive.

All the members by now had stopped using Magic. Their tired body wasn’t able to bear the burden.

"God damn it! Even the pills are not working." Liu Sunhao muttered.

Suddenly another team just at some distance from them waved a signal flag.

Liu Sunhao shook his head and muttered,

"How pitiful. They might be tired too but because of the lack of manpower they would too not receive help from the army..."

Liu Sunhao didn’t even finish his words when he realized that some soldiers had walked in the other team’s direction.

He was immediately speechless and turned to look at Zhang Wei,

"Leader look! The soldier arrived at one signal from the neighboring team but even when we released the signal 3 times, we didn’t get any response."

Zhang Wei frowned, realizing that their requests for a break were being ignored intentionally.

The fatigue and frustration were palpable among the members of Shadow Fangs.

Zhang Wei’s jaw tightened in anger. "This is deliberate," he muttered under his breath.

However he still tried to give them one chance and said,

"You all stay here, I will ask those soldiers as to why they are not giving us a break."

Zhang Wei marched over to the group of soldiers who had responded to the neighboring team’s signal.

When he reached the soldiers, he addressed one of the soldiers, his tone controlled but firm.

"Excuse me, we’ve been signaling for a break for over half an hour, and no one has responded. Can you explain why we’re being ignored?"

The soldier leader glanced at Zhang Wei with a look of mild irritation.

"We have our orders. Your team doesn’t meet the minimum strength requirements for priority assistance. We’re focusing our resources on teams that can hold the line effectively."

Zhang Wei’s eyes narrowed.

"So, because we have an intermediate-rank mage, we’re being left to fend for ourselves? That’s unacceptable and against protocol. All teams are supposed to receive support."

The soldier leader shrugged.

"It’s not up to me. Orders come from higher up. Maybe you should reconsider your team composition next time."

Zhang Wei felt a surge of anger but forced himself to remain calm.

"I’ll be reporting this to the higher authorities. This kind of discrimination is endangering lives."

The soldier leader didn’t respond and simply turned away, clearly dismissing Zhang Wei’s concerns.

Fuming, Zhang Wei returned to his team.

"They are deliberately nitpicking on us."

"So when will they allow us to take a break?" Xu Mingtao asked with despair.

Zhang Wei gritted his teeth and said,

"Not until the next 1 hour 30 minutes."

"I can’t...I can’t hold on for long!" Xu Mingtao said with difficulty.

Gu Jin was tired too and her eyes had turned cold at some point.

Just now she was able to read the soldiers and Zhang Wei’s lips and understood that the main reason for their misery was she.

To say she was uncomfortable would be an understatement. However, at the same time, she appreciated Zhang Wei in her heart even more.

Even if it was because of her that the team was in such a tight position, he didn’t blame her. Truly he was a good team leader.

She was so angry that she almost wanted to beat those soldiers and the person behind this.

However, it would only put the mercenary group in a difficult position and hence she decided to opt for a different path.

She took out pills made her and passed them to everyone. Before they could return it to her, Gu Jin said,

"These pills are more effective and will work, please take them."

"But Jin...." Yi Ran was about to say something when Gu Jin interrupted her,

"You can return it to me later. I have tons of pills."

Gu Jin had observed how each time the group swallowed 2 pills, they tried to use their mana less to save pills for next time. They even had bitter expressions when they realized that they would soon run out of pills.

She can understand how difficult it was for them to survive. If a person has mana, but their energy is drained, taking 2 vitality pills would be enough.

But if a person has completely run out of mana, they have to take 2 vitality pills and 2 mana recovery pills.

Vitality pills are still affordable but Mana recovery pills are way too expensive. A bottle of Mana recovery pills has only 2 pills and they cost around 9500 yuan.

9500 yuan...meaning with each pill they intake they are consuming 4250 yuan.

Each member only has 10 pills. And by now they have already consumed 4 pills. With such a speed, they would soon run out of Mana Recovery Pills...

But Gu Jin was different. She was an alchemist, so unlike them, she had Mana Recovery Pills in 10,000’s.

Even if she sponsored them for the next 2 days, she would still be left with a lot of pills.

Yi Ran gritted her teeth and shook her head,

"No! Take them back, I still have some pills..."

"I work as a broker of a famous alchemist, I have a lot of pills." Gu Jin stated.

In her heart though she was thanking Song Hancheng. Every day, Gu Jin would give him some pills for free and he would tell her how his friends are jealous that he is a broker of a famous alchemist!

Gu Jin directly stole his words.

Zhang Wei and the rest of the team were stunned. However, their attention was divided right now.

They were busy maintaining the balance between fighting the beast and talking with Gu Jin at the same time.

Though they were surprised due to the situation they suppressed their shock and finally Liu Sunhao shouted,

"F*ck! I will take it, I can’t hold it anymore."

Saying so he took 2 pills from Gu Jin.

Xu Mingtao couldn’t hold on and took two pills, followed by Yi Ran. Zhang Wei and Tang Guan on the other hand refused to take advantage of their junior.

After just 2 minutes, Liu Sunhao felt a cooling sensation spreading in his entire body and even his depleted mana started to recover at an alarming speed.

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