"What do you mean by that?" Dave asked without changing his expression.
"Sir, from what I heard, there is no understanding between the Shark Team and the rest of the members. The same goes for me too."
"I believe, in this battle, individual power won't help us that much." Nova looked firmly at Dave, "We need coordination and work together to survive."
"As for winning the battle, that depends on luck."
"Mmm, you have a proper understanding, but there are also things you don't understand." Instead of refusing Nova's answer, Dave calmly accepted it.
"You are right, we cannot win against the King by ourselves; at least by using orthodox means."
Nova wanted to interrupt, but Dave raised his hand to stop and continued, "We initially planned to sacrifice some of the members and weaken the King and continue the battle after adding new members."
Nova thought to himself. 'I knew it! We are really scapegoats, and from his expression, he wouldn't even care if he sacrifices everyone.'
"But that's not possible anymore."
"What do you mean by that sir?" Nova asked without mentioning anything about the sacrifice.
"You should've noticed the climate getting colder."
"Yeah, I thought it was my imagination because of my weak physique. Since no one seems bothered by it, I ignored the problem." Nova confirmed.
"That's the problem with our plan." Dave sighed a little and continued, "At the beginning, we planned to attack just after gathering members and gradually weaken it by repeating, but we planned this without knowing the full extent of its abilities."
"The King's recovery speed is very fast and it also gets stronger in colder environments."
"The very first attack made us realize our insignificance and we also realized it is impossible without absolute strength."
"So, from now on, we will cooperate properly and attack the King." With that, Dave stood up to leave.
"Wait. Wait. Wait." Nova hurriedly stopped Dave, "Didn't you just say it's impossible for us to win?"
"Well, yeah, I said it. But we aren't going to face it head on, we need to use our intelligence and kill it."
Hearing Dave's reply made Nova sigh in relief. Although he wasn't satisfied with anything that happened here, he didn't express it.
"How long are we going to delay?" Nova asked the most important question. He needs time to digest the potion and also needs to adapt to the difference in strength.
"It's impossible to attack today since it's going to be nighttime soon. I think we can delay up to a day and anything more than that is not possible." With that, Dave left the tent.
Nova stood there in daze.
"Since you know the team is not stable and there is also such high risk, why are you adamant about attacking it, you idiotic bastard?" Nova cursed out loud in frustration.
It was only after a moment Nova realized Lana was near him. "Miss Lana, I'm–"
"No need to apologize, I understand your feelings and I feel the same way as you." Lana shook her and said, "In fact, most of the team members feel the same way."
"Everyone here is currently dispirited and already lost hope. Most of them don't have a choice and are still participating in it."
'What the?' Nova's eyes widened in surprise.
He obviously never expected their situation to be almost similar to him.
In the start, he imagined the members of Watson Aristocracy were using the lives of ordinary people to achieve their goals without any remorse.
But the actual situation turned worse, as things didn't go as they planned; soon they were also dragged into this mess.
"Since you are from the same faction, aren't you allies?"
"Allies?! Ha ha ha!" Lana laughed out loud. "Sorry, I never thought I would hear such a joke."
Soon, her laughter turned into a depressing smile, " Well, we are just servants of the Watson Family."
Nova stood there silently waiting for her to continue. He didn't feel bad or pity for them.
He also knew the Watson Aristocracy members were ready for the sacrifice plan. Well, they already killed five of them indirectly.
It was only after the situation turned worse, that their situation became like this.
'You are paying for what you did. But why did I have to get involved in this shit?' Feeling unfair, Nova complained to himself internally.