Noticing that Su Yu was tempted, Mona added more fuel to the fire.
Mona paced slowly through the subspace and said softly, "Student Su Yu, the reason I made this suggestion is partly, as I just said, because as a mercenary, I don't want to fight for my life on the battlefield.
"But beyond that, I actually have another important reason."
"Another one? What reason?" Su Yu looked at her.
"I want to preserve my strength." Mona turned and stared at Su Yu, her expression serious. "Darak's invasion will probably arrive before long. None of us knows exactly when he will come.
"At a time like this, not participating in the war and not taking the initiative to drain our own strength will give us a better chance of surviving in the future.
"If I carry out this agreement with you, I'll have a legitimate reason not to participate in the war.
"What do you think of that reason?"
"Mm... I think you make sense." After a brief moment of thought, Su Yu nodded in agreement with Mona's idea.
By staying out of the war now and preserving their strength, they could deal with whatever variables Darak brought later. Otherwise, if they exhausted all their mana here only for Darak to invade afterward, that would be far too awkward.
Su Yu nodded. "All right, I agree to your proposal. From now on, neither of us will take action in the war."
"Pleasure doing business with you." Mona revealed a relieved smile.
"However..." Su Yu suddenly changed his tone. "Before the agreement takes effect, I have a small request. I wonder if you'd be willing to agree to it."
"What request?" Mona blinked her intelligent golden eyes as she watched him from afar.
"I must have the right to terminate the