"We need to withdraw. Another group of Dark wizards is heading this way."
Once the battle with the Dark wizards had reached a stalemate, someone in the team needed to keep an eye on their surroundings and remain ready to retreat at any moment, lest they be pincered by Dark wizards during the fight and suffer unnecessary casualties.
As the only woman on the team, Penelope had always taken on that role. Upon noticing the dense cluster of red dots on the Detection Pocket Watch, she quickly glanced at the notice on the Communication Bookmark, warned her companions, and reached into her pocket to prepare for the coming retreat.
"Oh, bloody hell. Don't tell me all the other teams have been wiped out!" Truman cursed under his breath, then called to his colleagues behind him, "Give them something nasty. Use plan A."
"Here it comes."
Three prepared Smoke bombs were thrown from Truman's side, and black smoke blanketed the corridor ahead, completely cutting off both sides' view.
The moment the black smoke rose, Truman tossed a toy into it as well, creating a burst of noisy commotion to throw off the enemy's judgment.
As long as the other side mistook it for a bluff meant to frighten them and keep them from attacking recklessly, then boldly charged through the lightless black smoke at Truman's group as they prepared to retreat, they would be met head-on by Truman, who was still lying in wait at the far end of the smoke.
And it really worked quite well.
Especially against that bunch of arrogant fools, it always produced unexpectedly miraculous results.
Like the two men earlier who had dared to charge straight at them—they had been hit in the face by Exploding Charms and never got back up after falling.
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