Chapter 101: A Hyena lift a rock only to drop it onto its own two feet (1/2)

At this moment, Leo was standing still on an inconspicuous side while watching how the situation would unfold.

Obviously, sooner or later the remaining alive Black organization men would notice that the others who were given time to rest were unknowingly killed. As soon as they found out about that, their leader, Richton, would surely either issue a 'retreat' or 'be cautious and continue their mission' order.

Unfortunately, neither of the two choices could escape Leo's grasp.

To be honest, the moment he had successfully killed all of the resting men at the rear, what would happen next was that the remaining alive Black organization men have now fallen into the depths of his trap. No matter what they do, none of them would be able to escape the cave alive anymore...

If Richton issued a retreat order, his men would obviously fall into a panic state while retreating. An unknown person was currently hiding in the dark, bidding their own time, and at any moment would attack anyone of them. Obviously, that would cause panic to anyone as long as their breathing and alive. No one would be willing to become the next person to die, after all.

That panic state was what Leo aimed for in the first choice. The retreat order would allow him to be able to freely strike them one after another without worrying about any counterattack, since all of them would be focusing on escaping the place as soon as possible.

Also, when the Black organization men fell in panic, it would then allow him to use his Earth Elementals freely and openly. Even if they could indeed arrive at the exit, death would still await them since an Earth Elemental could just block the exit using its in-born Earth Manipulation ability. Being an Earth Elemental, they of course were given the natural ability to manipulate the surrounding land, specifically 5-10 meters in diameter, as it depends on Leo's capability at this moment.

The problem of secrecy was not a problem in such a situation too, since all of them would surely die anyway. Hence, no one could spread Leo's secret outside of the cave anymore.

If ever Richton issued the second choice, which is to be cautious and continue the mission order, that would obviously cause the dissatisfaction and unwillingness of his men. Who in their right mind would even bother continuing the mission if an unknown and hidden person could take their life at any moment? And even if they would follow the order, it would be mentally taxing since they weren't only paying attention to the battlefield anymore, but also to their own safety.

That mentally taxing moment was what Leo aimed for in such a choice. The moment the Black organization soldiers became really tired physically and mentally, that would obviously allow him to do the same thing as the first choice; he would be able to freely and openly kill them one after another without any worry. All of them don't have any energy to fight, hence, he could do anything to them at that time.

That was what Leo's goal from the very beginning; to eliminate them all.

Now that all of them were within his grasp. Trying to escape was now deemed to be impossible!

”Forward or backward, what would be your choice, o' dear leader?” Leo whispered silently to himself while standing still in the dark.

To be honest, one of the reasons why Leo decided on this plan was actually after hearing the voices of dissatisfaction from the soldiers he had killed awhile ago. If he didn't know that they were actually feeling dissatisfied about their leader, then his plan would have been different at this moment.

The current situation could somewhat be called as, 'The leader of the Hyena tried lifting a rock, thinking he could easily kill the Zebra. But unfortunately, the rock fell onto his own feet. Simply put, without the incapable Leader, then Leo would obviously not be able to complete such a plan.

”Continue with the fight!”

After a while, Richton finally decided to look back to ask for reinforcement from his resting men. However, he immediately became infuriated seeing that the others had actually thought of sleeping while the others were busy fighting the Magical Beast in front of them at the risk of their very own lives.

”F*ck! Come here and help us!” Richton yelled out loud.

However, not a single one of his resting men made any move at all.

”You... You bunch of crap actually dared to ignore me!” Richton yelled out loudly again. But this time he had sent out a Fireball spell along with his shout, of course indirectly away from his sleeping men, just enough distance to wake them up with the sound.

*Booom!

The Fireball spell landed and immediately caused an explosion. The wind produced by the explosion was strong enough to hit the body of one of the resting men, which should be enough to wake that person up.

Contrary to Richton's expectations, though, the unfortunate dead body flew a few distances away immediately after receiving the wind pressure of the Fireball spell.