The Battle Queen They Blindly Kicked Out (Joanna) novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Fruit vs Zombies

Rhoda complained out loud.

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But when Rhoda actually saw Bruce lying in the hospital bed, looking pale and worn out, her heart softened.

What had the rich kid done wrong?

He wasn’t wrong at all. Bruce just looks way too pitiful.

Lucas asked, “What’s wrong with you? Get up. We still have a quest today.”

Bruce wasn’t feeling well, but out of habit, he obeyed. He forced himself up from the bed.

In truth, he hadn’t slept all night. He had thought about many things.

Over the past three years, whenever he got sick or felt unwell, Joanna was always the first to notice. She was always the first to care.

But this time, he was hospitalized. If it weren’t for today’s team quest, his teammates wouldn’t even have checked on him.

After they arrived, no one asked how he was feeling.

Some of them even blamed him for getting sick and delaying the team.

Bruce’s head throbbed with pain.

“Lucas, did we make a mistake?” he asked.

Lucas’s expression shifted slightly.

“What mistake?”

Bruce lowered his eyes and stared at the floor. His sharp chin looked like it could pierce the ground. In just two days, he seemed much thinner.

“Should we not have kicked Joanna out of the team?”

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He finally said it.

At that moment, everyone’s faces changed, as if their cover had been ripped away.

Rhoda was the first to panic.

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“What? You regret it now? You’re not thinking of bringing Joanna back, are you? What about

me?”

Bruce pressed his lips together and didn’t dare say another word.

Lucas patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice, “Whether it’s right or wrong, what’s done is done. Besides, a temporary loss doesn’t mean much.”

Cedric snorted. “Joanna has a transcendent beast now. She’s gotten arrogant and doesn’t take us seriously. She even kicked us out of the villa. I must’ve been blind before, thinking she was great. Now that I think about it, she’s just average. She doesn’t care about old bonds at all.

“Just wait. She’s a Summoner. Raising a transcendent beast requires huge resources. Pets also split the owner’s experience. The more pets she has, the more her growth slows.

“Our levels will surpass hers sooner or later.

“When we’re stronger, even if she begs me, I won’t forgive her.”

Rhoda thought to herself.

You can fool others with those words, but don’t fool yourself. What? Are you seriously going to wait thirty years for things to turn around?

There was only one month left before the SAT.

No one knew who would be stronger in the future.

But right now, Joanna is clearly the strongest.

Lucas, however, agreed with Cedric.

“Our gap with Joanna right now is the transcendent beast. But we have S-level combat talent. Our future won’t be worse than hers. She has a transcendent beast and suddenly got more gear. We need that too.

“I checked. When she came back yesterday, she had one extra Silver-tier gear piece.

“She definitely got outside funding. Today, we’ll do the same. The Amshien Group contacted me. They’ll give us 10 million Starcoins in support. Each of us will buy one Silver-tier gear item. Clearing Desolate Castle will be much easier.

“Cheer up. Let’s go sign the contract at the company.”

When Neil heard this, he looked at Lucas with new admiration.

As expected of Lucas.

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The real pillar of the team was never Joanna.

It was Lucas.

Before, their squad hadn’t grown fast, supposedly because of Joanna.

After all, she was just a summoner without a summoned beast.

She was only lucky after leaving the team.

He had completely forgotten that it was their interference that stopped Joanna from getting a summoned beast in the first place.

Meanwhile.

Joanna arrived at the entrance of the Fruit vs. Zombies dungeon.

The area was crowded, but unlike before, people weren’t forming teams. They were trading items and exchanging guides.

“Man, how do you clear Stage 37? I’m begging for a guide.”

“Stage 37 needs Bomb Apples, Frost Blueberries, and Mango plants that spawn Mango skills.”

“Mango is a Bronze-tier plant! I only have an Iron-tier Banana Archer.”

“Haha. I’m not bragging, but I’ve got a silver-tier durian. I’ve already reached Stage 45. A few more days and I’ll clear it.”

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