Chapter 1224: In Step
Gu Fan and the others struggled greatly, and finally managed to return to the camp, only to find that most people had already returned. However, everyone’s face still bore a look of terror, especially Irina, whose face was dirty.
"Impressive, not a single one missing," Irina couldn’t help but admire these people for their great skills and good fortune.
This time, the Lightning and Flame Mercenary Corps had suffered deaths and injuries, including those who went missing, totaling at least one-fourth. The Hunter’s Guild only lost a few members. Compared to when they set out, the number of people had significantly decreased.
It was only the first day, and such a situation had arisen; there was a long road ahead. Everyone’s morale was low, and many even thought of retreating.
But Gu Fan began to encourage everyone: "I know what you’re thinking. You definitely want to turn back, don’t you? It’s true, the road ahead is dangerous, and we don’t know how many monsters we’ll come across. Proceeding the way we are, it’s completely impossible to reach our final destination. We will all be annihilated, so we must change our approach."
"What approach?" Everyone looked at Gu Fan curiously, hoping that he could really come up with a good plan.
Gu Fan’s expression was solemn: "The saying goes, ’haste makes waste.’ Our pace is still too fast. We should take full advantage of the other mercenary groups and the main force to draw fire. Our progress should be far behind them."
Although everyone felt that Gu Fan made sense, the vice-captain of the Lightning Mercenary Corps disagreed: "Those mercenary groups will be hunting vampiric monsters in the Dark Primitive Mountain. If our progress lags behind them, our movements will be discovered, and all our efforts will be wasted."
Irina also agreed with this view: "That’s right, we can’t fall behind. We have to keep the same pace as the other mercenary groups. Whatever range they advance to, we should do the same."