Excluding the Big Horn Rat's followers, 23 people ultimately decided to stay, including twenty heavy infantrymen from the Jungle Corps and Dusty Town's "Three Pillar Gods."
Generally speaking, if the equipment disparity was not significant, with the HP bars, basic defense, and recovery ability of the mutants, humans stood almost no chance against an equal number in combat.
Even a challenge between 500 against 500 would be exceptionally difficult, let alone 23 against 500.
Especially in a frontal battlefield confrontation, there was hardly any room to maneuver, unlike guerrilla warfare which allowed for some dragging.
Just as Old White have said, this was no different from committing suicide.
However, be it rats or lizards, fiery battle intent blazed in their eyes, showing no trace of fear toward the impending slaughter.
Death was merely a destination—
They were all undying heroic spirits.
Walking up to Old White, dressed in the Hunter exoskeleton, Trash King solemnly said,