After returning to the battlefield, Ross took a moment to compose himself, then squeezed his way through the crowd to approach Charlie once again.

"Boss, we need reinforcements!"

"What?" Charlie turned around with a bewildered expression. "Didn't you say he's on his own?"

"I don't know what happened, it seems like there's an ambush over there."

"Are all of the people you took with you dead?"

"No, but we need reinforcements!"

Charlie nodded in response, but didn't say anything. He looked into Ross's eyes, and his telegnosis told him that Ross wasn't lying.

The panic and fear in his eyes were genuine, and he really did need more reinforcements. It was also true that the people he had taken with him weren't dead as they had only suffered psychic death and not physical death.

"I can tell you're not lying, but I can't help but feel like something isn't quite right."

Charlie was scrutinizing Ross intently as he stepped forward, preparing...