Strongest Hammer God

Chapter 1239: Choosing the Future

Countless thoughts and negative emotions went through the Leader's head.

This guy was insane!

Whoever was backing him had made him believe that he was invincible! It was clear that Kyle had someone behind him who constantly pulled him out of troublesome situations, and that led to his delusional sense of invincibility!

Even if they managed to win against the Composting Team without losing a single member, they wouldn't survive the journey back! They couldn't kill all of them with Soul Attacks! They would tell everyone in the lobby that they were walking around with thousands of Grade Nine Energy Stones! A bunch of Minor Immortal Teams would be waiting for them! Even Medium Immortals might appear!

She looked at the others, trying to search for any kind of affirmation.

Sebastian just grinned.

Another madman!

Abyssal Depths remained quiet. While she didn't openly support Kyle's decision, her silence represented indirect approval, confusing the Leader. Abyssal Depths seemed like a level-headed Immortal. They had talked with each other for decades, and she was pretty sure that Abyssal Depths wouldn't support such insanity.

Finally, she looked at Spring of Joy, who still had a friendly smile on her face. Sure, she almost always had a friendly smile on her face, but this was not the moment to have one! Why hadn't she said anything?!

"As a hired Guide, I am yours to command for this Excursion," Spring of Joy transmitted to her without worry. "You may choose your future freely."

Choose her future...

What an unusual way to phrase that statement.

The Leader remembered the time her team had watched the battle between the Rock Turner Team and Team Ankylosaurus. Originally, they had just been part of the watchers. They wanted to see if they could get some of the loot in the natural cave that the Elemental Storm had formed.

When Team Ankylosaurus had won, the Leader had planned on retreating like all of the other teams, but then, Spring of Joy had said something.

"Maybe we should ask for an alliance," she had transmitted. "I have a good feeling about this team."

The Leader had decided to listen to her Guide. That was the only reason why they had made contact with Team Ankylosaurus.

Later, when Kyle had told them to dig deeper and deeper, she had asked about Spring of Joy's opinion.

"I believe he knows what he's doing," Spring of Joy had answered. "He seems pretty confident."

The Leader had decided to listen to Spring of Joy again.

And now, she was suddenly talking about the Leader choosing her future. She didn't mention the actual choice. It was like she was talking about a completely different choice.

The Leader really wanted to retreat. It was the smart thing to do.

Yet, she was the only person who opposed Kyle's choice. Everyone else seemed to be supportive of it.

'I refuse to believe that I'm wrong!' she thought. 'There is no way that attacking the Composting Team is the clearest path to survival! Committing to unnecessary and dangerous battles can't possibly increase the chances of survival!'

That was when she felt like she realized something.

'My future,' she thought. 'Is that what she meant?'

'Survival or...'

She looked at the Composting Team.

As she looked at them, she felt like they looked less like an opposing team and more like an obstacle.

'Opportunity.'

'My future... what do I want for my future? I've been an Adept Immortal for millions of years. During this Excursion, we have earned more than in the last ten Excursions combined.'

'Do I want to keep progressing at this speed? Do I want to keep counting Energy Stones? Do I want to remain the Leader of an Excursion Team forever? I didn't join any Organization since I wanted to make myself more valuable. I wasn't fine with just becoming an Inner Disciple or Core Disciple. I wanted to become a Chosen! I wanted to become a Lord!'

'But look at me now. I'm surviving, but I'm barely moving forward.'

She looked at Spring of Joy, who just smiled without any fear.

'Everyone is crazy.'

'Maybe that's the problem.'

'I'm too rational. I'm not crazy enough. Maybe a bit more impulsivity and insanity will help.'

"Team Wooly Sheep will fight," she transmitted to the others.

A small glimmer appeared in Abyssal Depths' eyes as she looked at the Leader of Team Wooly Sheep. She had not expected to hear those words from her.

Spring of Joy just kept smiling.

Sebastian laughed, and a fiery grin appeared on Kyle's face.

"Good!" he transmitted.

Barely any time had passed. The Immortals had only recovered about 3% of their Energy while the two teams had discussed the situation.

"A stalemate?" Kyle transmitted to the Composting Team. "I refuse to acknowledge this as a stalemate! Admit you've lost and run, or stand and fight!"

When the Composting Team heard Kyle's answer, frustration and anger rose in their hearts. They were willing to take a step back! They were willing to let things rest without gaining anything! It was very clear that they were the favorites in this battle!

They discussed their choices yet again, and this time, the tone was very different. Four of them were willing to battle, while the last one said that they didn't want to fight but would still do so as long as everyone else wanted to.

The decision was clear.

"If you want to die so badly, we'll assist you!" the Leader of the Composting Team transmitted before charging forward with three of his comrades. Their Formation Array Master stayed in the back, preparing Formation Arrays.

Everyone else prepared for battle as well. Almost no one had enough Energy left to use Imposing or Refined Laws. Now, it was all up to their External and Infused Laws.

Elemental Energies condensed around the Composting Team as they activated their Domains. At the same time, they also decided to forego the surprise element of using their Momenta. The first use of Momentum was always the strongest since the enemy didn't know how powerful it was.

The four attackers had Infused Primordial Force Laws, giving all of their Momenta the same effect.

All of the Primordial Forces were profound, mysterious, ever-present, powerful, and focused. They represented the clear rules of reality. They dictated how reality worked. They were the rules themselves!

The way their Momenta affected their opponents was clear.

Chaos and distortion.

The opponent would feel confusion in their mind. It was harder to think logically and clearly. This might sound similar to how Kyle's Momentum worked, but it was actually very different.

The opposite of life was death, and death represented stagnation and the absence of change. Kyle's Momentum slowed minds.

Meanwhile, their Momenta didn't slow minds. Instead, it forcefully increased their thinking speed in the worst way imaginable. Being under its effect was like turning into a stressed and crazy lunatic.

Instead of wanting to lie down and close one's eyes, one would want to impatiently pace around the room and focus on every little and unimportant thing.

Slow and logical versus fast and illogical.

Yet, as their Momenta and Domains activated, their enemy did the same.

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