บท 402: The Grey Scourge

"So… what's the plan from here on out?" Ming Hao asked everyone. "We lost our leader already… do we still keep going?"

"That wouldn't be very wise, would it?" Si Ye said, folding her arms. "It is clear the Grey Scourge has already reached here. If we were so easily tricked and trapped by just the beginning of it, if we were to go deeper…"

"But if we fled now, our families' honor would be tainted," Long Lu argued.

"We are all young mages," someone else added — a boy with a pretty cool looking purple armor set. "If even the Ming Family's elder was killed, they won't blame us for running away from an unwinnable fight."

"That sounds good and all, but…" I stood up from the ground. "Do we even have an escape route?"

At this, everyone fell silent, so I continued.