I Became The Mafia Boss Inside The Novel

75  Garuda vs Six Prodigies (3)

While Garuda started his long speech of pride and his powers, Sumi was staring at the air blankly for a moment.

She saw many, messy scenes compiled with each other — but all of it ultimately concluded to an empty bottomless darkness, or rather, death.

It was an ominous visual.

Then, moments after she suddenly snapped out of her daze and immediately looked for Roshia in a hurry.

"Roshia… as I recall you have a telepathic skill. How many people can you connect with your Telepathic Connection skill?"

Roshia staggered in surprise.

"What? Why—"

"Answer me!"

Sumi suddenly shouted with impatience, causing Roshia to flinch slightly and meekly answer.

"It's—it's four. I can establish a telepathic connection with at least four people, but the prerequisite is they accept the connection…"

"That's good enough. Can you establish a mental connection between Me, Lance Schultz, and Rain? This is important!"

Roshia nodded and quickly went to action. She noticed the severity of her tone and didn't dare slow down.

A complicated 3-circle mark slowly manifested in her mind.

[Intermediate Telepathic Connection]

Then, a glowing pink current came out of Roshia's forehead in multiple directions. The nearest one went to Sumi's forehead as she accepted.

'Alright… can you hear me, Roshia?'

'Y-yes. I can hear you and… Lance Schultz also accepted.'

As though on cue, Lance's cold voice rang through their minds.

'What is the meaning of this? I told you not to interfere, Aethereal.'

'You… shut up. You don't stand a chance. If you wish to die, then don't include us in your foolishness. Right now, only you and Rain stand a chance over the demon.'

Sumi retorted with a loud stomp. She heard Lance's tongue click in annoyance but she ignored it and focused on her other worry instead.

'By the way… Roshia, where's Rain? Why isn't he talking?'

'Uh..? Huh? Wait… Rain hasn't accepted the connection yet! H-he rejected it!'

Roshia's panicked voice rang through both Sumi's and Lance's minds, causing the former to crease her brows in worry.

'Shit…'

Forgetting that her thoughts were being broadcasted to others, Sumi vexedly cursed in her mind. She gritted her teeth.

'Never mind, forget about him at the moment. While the demon is going through his inane, idiotic speech, we'll set up a plan.'

'And what plan could you possibly come up with?'

Lance's dubious voice asked. Despite her thorough annoyance, Sumi simply took a deep breath and restrained herself from lashing out.

'...Since you're so knowledgeable about me, then you know about one of my skills right? I can use one of those skills to help you during the fight.'

'Oh… so that's it. You're pertaining to your rare talent [Clairvoyance]—Wait… if you initiated this, then what did you see just now?'

'I saw death.'

Sumi emphasized, causing Lance to turn silent. He had a hard time believing in such a future, but it was certainly possible.

Seeing that Lance was finally convinced, Sumi nodded slowly and sighed in relief.

'Roshia, give the last connection to Princess Elizabeth.'

'Alright,'

After Roshia's voice faded away, a new soft and beautiful voice suddenly entered the minds of the other users.

'Hello, what is this?'

Sumi nodded slowly.

'Perfect, Princess Elizabeth….'

'Drop the Princess, Ms. Aethereal.'

'Okay, then. Elizabeth.'

Sumi shook her head in exasperation. Without dwelling over it, she continued with a heavy and grim tone.

'Our current situation is precarious. Although I can say all of us are strong here… we simply stand no chance against a genuine C-rank being. So we have to form a plan,'

Everyone agreed and listened carefully.

'A complicated plan would be full of loopholes. Thus, the plan isn't complicated. We risk everything, or we lose everything. That's it. I'm confident that the academy staff had sensed this anomaly so they would probably arrive as long as we preserve,'

'But how could we last long? This is the focus of the plan. Right now… the only ones that can cause serious damage to that demon are Lance, with his strange light, and Rain with his abnormal strength,'

'As for us…'

Sumi lightly shook her head. She was blessed with talent, but right now she can admit that she can do almost nothing.

'We'll serve as support instead. This is how the formation should go: Lance and Rain are the main offensive vanguards. Then, Roshia and Elizabeth would act as support buffs and debuffs. While Zyrish and I would be distractions in a sense,'

'Roshia and Elizabeth, can you tell me your support skill set? I understand why you would be hesitant… but please. It's for our chance of survival,'

Sumi's voice was heavy and sincere. Without thinking further, Roshia and Elizabeth agreed with her.

'We can do that. We trust you,'

'Thank you. As for Zyrish, just let her be. She's appropriate as a distraction but I'll prevent her from affecting the plan. Do you guys have any questions?'

'What happens if the demon focuses on us support, instead of you guys?'

Roshia worriedly asked.

That was a good question, Sumi thought as she nodded slowly before answering the orange-haired woman's doubts.

'It's relatively simple. This is one of the main factors of our plan. You have to be far, and too annoying for him to catch. Fly to the air with Elizabeth and cause mayhem. Make the entire battlefield ice, so that his steps would slow down. Turn the winds into hurricanes, so he wouldn't be able to reach you in the air…'

'In other words, use the battlefield to your advantage. You don't have to worry about Lance or us, we have the telepathic connection.'

Hearing her examples, Roshia and Elizabeth's eyes sprinkled with delight. They quickly nodded and didn't have any more questions.

As Garuda's speech slowly came to an end, Sumi's eyes flickered with green light.

'Any more concerns and questions?'

After a few seconds, no one spoke. Sumi took a deep breath.

Although she was not unfamiliar with the heavy responsibilities of a leader, the burden still continued to weigh heavy on her.

'Good… now…'

Sumi's eyes flickered with resolution and determination.

'Everyone, survive. Please. I won't say anything more. I hope we can all enter the academy together.'