Sun Tzu's Art of War mentioned that fleeing is better than fighting a hopeless fight, focusing on winning the overall war, not just a single skirmish. After all, losing a single battle wouldn't be game over unless you lost the war.
And this was precisely what Xu Feng was doing.
He'd rather flee this unfavorable situation than fight a battle he knew would be extremely difficult and with a high chance of losing anyway.
"There's nothing to be ashamed of a temporary retreat." Carmen agreed with Xu Feng's decision to retreat.
None of them here were Tier 4, much less Tier 3.
Although Ken and the majority of the people in the Demoness Army were close to promotion, they were ultimately still Tier 2.
In other words, they would be cannon fodder if they were to confront this enemy.
"I should inform Evelyn to do the raid next time." Xu Feng didn't wish to renege on a promise. But the situation was very complicated. Even he wasn't sure what was going on.
