Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 518: Mistake
Zach's family watched him take the shortest route out of the camp and into the snow-covered forest.
"...Where do you think you're going?" Nymur suddenly asked, looking at Lexi.
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Lexi stopped and looked at Nymur.
"I'm going after him."
"No." Nymur's voice was firm. Lexi didn't care.
"You can't afford to stop me," She said, gently gesturing at the warriors of their family doing their best not to look at the commotion. Zach causing a ruckus was one thing.
The other family members using force to stop Lexi could ruin everything. It could put the warriors' morale and trust in the family at the bottom, something that would affect their ability to fight the Hydra and its children properly.
"I have a feeling that if we let Zach go like this, we will never see him again and we will always regret it. Personally, that's not something I can stand.
"I will go after him, and I will get on my fucking knees when apologizing.
"We did what we had to, and we tried to keep Zach out of it for his own good. I understand that. I also understand that we didn't have much of a choice back then. But you all felt it, right?" She asked rhetorically before continuing.
"There was no reason to keep him out of it. He's more than strong enough to handle himself, and he's definitely strong enough to participate in this operation if he can scare even Victoria to take a step back!"
Lexi took a deep breath to calm herself before following in her brother's footsteps and going on a rant.
"We fucked up. We wronged Zach. I am going to own up to it," She said, turning around and following Zach's trail. His footsteps had melted the snow he walked on, clearing a path.
The others watched her go as well.
Lexi made a good point.
They had severely underestimated Zach. They had thought that he would be weak since he had spent the majority of his childhood doing nothing much while they had spent most of their lives training.
They had high hopes for him since he was a summoner and, according to Lexi and their reports, both talented and favored by the principal. But talent and the principal's favor couldn't cut down the years needed to accumulate strength, especially the level of strength needed to fight a mythical monster like the Hydra.
But if there was one path that could do something like ignore the part that time played in growing stronger, it was the art of summoning.
Not to mention that Zach wasn't just talented. He was extremely talented. Even in just summoning, his talent was the greatest it could possibly be. It was so great that it put a burden on his body since he summoned beings greater than his current vessel, a vessel stronger than most people could ever hope to achieve at his age, thanks to the world essence energy and his hard work, which was the other critical component that let him reduce the time needed to get where he was.
Zach's family had made a mistake in thinking that his level of genius was the same as theirs. They had made a miscalculation based on that mistake.
That mistake might have cost them not only a son, but a daughter, and possibly even the fight against the Hydra.
Nymur sighed.
"Do we think those two are going to interfere when it's time?" Leonia suddenly asked, looking at what remained of the map on what remained of the table between them. The corner closest to where Zach had been when he flared up was gone, but most of it still remained. It was still usable.
That meant they could continue their planning without wasting any more time.
The others weren't even surprised by Leonia's cold-heartedness. She was the weakest of them all in terms of combat ability. Yet, she was one of the family's greatest trumpcards. She had the makings of a great commander, and she had helped stabilize the border ever since she was young.
Unfortunately, a great commander couldn't be swept away by their emotions. They had to remain calm, composed, and calculating even during the most stressful situations.
"Let's assume they are," Leonidas said with a sigh. He knew the two well enough to know that they would definitely be involved wherever there was trouble. There was no way they were staying out of this.
"No. We won't assume anything," Leonia corrected him. "I'll plan for whatever they do. As usual. Either they do nothing or they do something. If they do nothing, or plan's mostly unchanged. We will have to move this part up a little, but that's it," She said pointing at an area on the map.
"If they do something…" She continued, narrowing her eyes.
"Does anyone know any details about what Zach can do? Anything's fine." She asked, looking not only at the family but at the warriors as well. She needed to gather as much information as possible to increase the effectiveness of her planning and strategizing.
"That Sesha girl was Visla Maura, right? Considering how close they were and what Zach already knew, it's safe to assume he talked with the Maura chief and it went well. If we're lucky, we can use that to our advantage. Let's see if we can make contact with them before the battle."
Leonia's mind spun as she saw a plethora of possible scenarios play out in front of her. With all the information they had gathered, she could visualize several ways everything could go down. Her job was to plan accordingly and make sure they used every card hiding in their sleeves to achieve success while minimizing loss.
Zach would be even more disappointed if he knew the depth of his sister's talent. Something like that could have saved thousands of lives during the war. It was to the point where Leonia might have been able to cut the war's duration to a third, sparing lives on both sides.
There was a reason he entire family listened to her in times like this. There was a reason they relied on her, and why she was confident in herself.
Unfortunately, she had missed a critical piece of information.
She had missed how reckless Zach was right now.
That was why none of them expected the Labyrinth to rumble and the floors to quake with tremors less than two days after Zach and Lexi left.
