Those Card Adepts withdrew into the crowd again and vanished without a trace. With the forces Chen Mu had at his disposal, he could barely defend himself by relying on the base, but trying to pursue the enemy would have been overestimating his strength.
Bagnell was quite satisfied with this operation. So far, they had used only those twenty-odd Card Adepts. Although the immediate crisis had passed, he believed this battle had probably only just begun. The less strength they committed now, the more they would have available later.
Laying all your trump cards bare beneath someone else's eyes was undoubtedly extremely dangerous.
But what astonished him most was his boss's sudden display of power. He had always assumed his boss was merely a Card Crafter. He had never imagined that he was also a Card Adept-and one with the strength of a High-Level Card Adept at that. No wonder his boss had refused when Bagnell had suggested taking a few bodyguards along last time. Thinking back, those Card Adepts had been fairly capable, but compared with his boss...
Bagnell's gaze involuntarily turned toward his boss, and he quickly reached a conclusion: Not even close.
His boss really was no ordinary man! He was so skilled at crafting cards, and just as formidable as a Card Adept. Bagnell could not help admiring him. Still, Bagnell did not know as much about this as Jiao Si did. He simply felt that Chen Mu's ability to practice both disciplines and excel at each was truly remarkable.
But before he could recover from his surprise, a squad of Card Adepts suddenly flew toward them.
There were roughly sixty or seventy Card Adepts in the squad, and every one of them looked rather bedraggled. Many had badly torn clothes, and some even had dirt