Demi-humans were not good at fighting.
At first, Fang Zheng did not quite understand what the merchant in sunglasses meant by that, but once the facts were laid out before him, he quickly understood.
It was not a matter of physical ability, but something internal... strictly speaking, it was a problem on the Mental Plane.
Although the two little girls had acted bravely at first, simply drawing the swords in their hands made them tremble all over in fright. Even when they were hit, they did not dare fight back. Fang Zheng did not know whether this was a long-standing demi-human instinct or a lingering effect from their time as slaves.
Under normal circumstances, Fang Zheng would have told them to leave. However, before departing, he had obtained another piece of information from the bald shopkeeper...
"I know you do not want to fight, but you heard what the shopkeeper said. When The Wave arrives, the Hero and his companions will be transported to where The Wave occurs. Even so, there is no guarantee that we will be transported together. If we are together, then of course I can protect you. But if we are sent to different places, you will have to rely on yourselves!"
Fang Zheng gripped his shield axe tightly and roared.
"Now, you only have two paths. One is to take up your weapons and fight. The other is to leave me and disband our party. That way, when The Wave occurs, you will not be transported to the battlefield!"
Although the system settings indicated that disbanding a party should be something one could do manually, Fang Zheng tried it and discovered that neither of the girls could leave the party.
How should he put it? It was like an NPC who had to join the