Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 727  The Benefactor

His words were like a bomb that caused an explosion in their minds. Their faces became pale; even Martha, Armand, and others werenʼt an exception. Some weak-willed ones even started trembling.

”I-Is that true, young master?” The early-stage Five Star female mage asked in a shaky voice.

Max nodded, ”Yes. You donʼt need to doubt that.”

He then swept his gaze across everyone and said, ”I can understand you must be scared, and itʼs completely normal. After all, the demons have a complete advantage over us, and we will most likely not survive.”

”But if you panic, you wonʼt be able to fight at your best, and the little chance you have of surviving until the reinforcements come would vanish. So, for yourself, keep a calm mind and donʼt panic.”

Martha took a deep breath and spoke up, ”Sir Max is right. Letʼs not despair and think of a way to last until the reinforcements come.”

Being Five Star mages, everyoneʼs mental fortitude was quite good, and they quickly calmed down. Then a mid-stage Five Star mage of the Williams family looked at Max before saying, ”Sir Max, I mean you no disrespect, but if you stay with us, no matter how hard we try, we wonʼt be able to survive.”

Martha, Armand, and others glared at him, but they didnʼt refute his words. Maxʼs expression became indifferent when he heard this, and he said in an even tone, ”Since I will be a target of the demons, I never planned to fight with you all and put you in danger. The only reason I came over was I consider you all my allies since you have fought together with my women. So, I didnʼt want you all to panic and die uselessly.”

He then glanced at Elder Bajj and a few others, ”I wish you all luck. Weʼll meet again if we survive.”

”Sir Max, please wait!”

Swoosh!

As soon as he finished speaking, he removed the isolation barrier and rushed away, ignoring Marthaʼs shout.

Martha sighed and looked at the person who had spoken in disappointment. Though she didnʼt scold him or say anything, he felt bad and regretted speaking just then.

A few moments later, Martha shook her head and stopped thinking about Max and said, ”Alright. Now letʼs talk about how we are going to fight…”

However, right then, the early-stage female mage spoke up, ”Princess, why donʼt we just stay in the war temple? Since the demons havenʼt attacked yet, we can still enter.”

At her words, othersʼ eyes lit up. That was right. Only when the demons were attacking did the emperor not allow anyone to enter the war temple, but if they were already inside…

”You are right. We can do that.” Before Martha could respond, Armand spoke up. He then sneered, ”But you lot are forgetting you need to be in a training room when the demons attack, or you will be thrown out. If you have enough merits left to rent a training room, sure, go ahead and save yourself.”

Save for a few of them, everyoneʼs expression fell at his words. They… had no war merits.

Martha glanced at the few of those who seemed to have enough merits, one of whom was the person from her family who had told Max he couldnʼt fight with them, and said, ”Just as Uncle Armand said, you can go ahead and enter the temple. But remember, even this opportunity you only have because Sir Max found out about the demonsʼ plan beforehand. So, be grateful to him.” After a while, a few from the Martell family and a few from the Fuller family left. But from the Williams family, none left.

How could they? If King Azaroth found out they had abandoned his sister, they would still die.

Martha had no change in her expression as she started telling them how they were going to fight to increase their chances of survival.

As for those from the Martell and Fuller family, they didnʼt rush to the war temple and instead gathered the people from their family who had enough war merits and took them with them.

…

After leaving, Max had worn the mask and hid his identity and was standing in the middle of the battlefield with his eyes closed. Many people around him were looking at him with weird gazes, but none said anything.

Just then, Altonʼs voice, a bit grave and surprised, sounded in his head, [You have a spy in the demon city?]

”Yes.” Max said, opening his eyes.

[...If I werenʼt sure you werenʼt colluding with the demons, I wouldʼve killed you right this instant.] Altonʼs voice returned to normal, [But damn kid, you are full of surprises. You got the news before us. Maybe we should use your spy instead?]

Max didnʼt respond and kept quiet. A moment later, Altonʼs voice rang throughout the battlefield.

”Get ready, everyone. The demons are about to attack.”

Immediately, everyone tensed up, and the majority of them started losing their minds in fear.

Alton then announced the news about the reinforcements.

However, it didnʼt calm them down because from this moment until the projected time of reinforcementsʼ arrival was a long gap of over thirty hours.

Thirty long hours… They didnʼt believe they could last this long if the demons attacked in full force.

Max stood there, unmoving, his head held high and staring into the distance. There was no trace of fear on his face. Instead, if someone looked closely, they would notice deep within his eyes was a bubbling excitement.

As for why he was excited…

Just then, he sensed someone rush in his direction and turned his gaze around. When he saw who it was, his eyes flickered with pleasant surprise and relief.

Swoosh!

When the person arrived in front of him, he smiled, looked him up and down, and said, ”Iʼm glad to see you alive.”

This person was none other than Leo Feng, his benefactor who had gifted him those twenty-two mana crystals.

Seeing him smile, Leo was a little surprised, but then he also smiled, ”Thank you, sir.”

Max looked at him, a hint of surprise flickering in his eyes, and said, ”Congratulations for entering the Five Star realm.”

”Huh?”