Reinforcement
Melody bit her lips. She muttered inwardly, 'What an old fox. He clearly knows that the beast wave won't be able to destroy this city, so he is using this situation to make his stance clear without losing his group's strength.
'If we follow his words blindly, there's a chance that he is just tricking us. He is waiting for us to leave so that they can aid President Thomas. Killing that assassin will make their words more credible.
'On the other hand, if we don't leave, we can still stop them if they are trying to help President Thomas. Fighting this group will be hard… No, we will be defeated with our condition, but we won't go down easily. We can still buy a lot of time from them.
'But in this scenario, we have to actually leave Clovis alone. What should we do? If it's Clovis, what will he choose? No. Clovis is not here, and I have to make a decision as quickly as possible.'
Melody didn't know what to choose.