"Ah!" Melody snapped back from her anger.
"I can guess what has happened, but for now, let’s move away for a bit," Clovis whispered.
"Yes… and sorry."
"You don’t have to apologize." Clovis then grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of the crowd. Kanaria and Jay followed with a smug smile as if looking down on them.
Ivan gritted his teeth. Even Elina had a sour face as if her plan had failed.
’How in the world… No, that’s not important. They are much stronger than our prediction. We have to find a way to eliminate them.’ Elina’s expression turned serious. ’We have prepared a few arrangements for the exploration, so I guess we can wait for the time being.’
As soon as Clovis got away, he couldn’t help but say, "It seems that they have changed their approach."
"Yeah." Kanaria nodded in agreement. "After that failure, he must be pressured to do it or their reputation will become much worse."
Melody sighed. "To think I would be targeted like this… Maybe I should find a way to cut them."
"This is a problem." Jay sighed. "Unlike Clovis, I don’t cut women."
"I don’t cut them too." Clovis glared at Jay but he soon added, "I shoot them!"
"…" Kanaria and Melody looked at him as if they were judging him before rolling their eyes.
It seemed they didn’t have a lot of time to discuss things as they heard someone speaking through the microphone.
"I welcome everyone to the raid. Approximately thirty minutes from now, we are going to depart from him. But before that, I will give you a little briefing about our raid this time. First, I’ll introduce myself. I will be the commander of this raid. You can call me Orlan.
A Tier 4 Explorer under Star Exploration Group."
He then extended his hand as if pointing to the three people under the stage. "These three will be my deputies in this raid. All of them are Tier 3. The one in charge of the Sword Team is Eliot, the one in the middle is Nek who takes care of the Shield Team, and last but not least is Wolf, who will be in charge of the reserve team."
After introducing the leaders in charge, Orlan then projected a map for everyone to see. It was the Starion City Map.
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Soon, two red dots and four blue dots appeared on the map. The red dots were located near the center of the map, but the distance between them was about a fourth of the map shown. The blue dots were in a straight line south of the red dots.
"We have located two Tier 4 beasts and four Tier 3 beasts in this expedition. In addition, we have heard some rumors that there are more of those beasts in the forest right outside the city.
"Hence, our battle plan is going to be simple. First, we will come to the city through the south gate.
"The Sword Team will sweep in and take care of two Tier 3 beasts before them and create a path for me to fight the Tier 4 beast behind them. The shield team will stop the two Tier 3 beasts from the east. The reserve team will be standing by until further order.
"There are about three thousand beasts inside the city, so we will have to make it quick or ready for a defensive battle against them.
"Once we kill these two Tier 3 and one Tier 4 beasts, we will use all our strength to eliminate the remaining beasts. Once we’ve killed the overlords of the city, we will retreat and let another raid team take over to eliminate the rest of the beasts inside and outside the city.
"Make sure to record everything so that we can give you the contribution points that you deserve. The details will be explained by your respective team leaders. Once you’re done, go to your respective vehicles and get ready to head out."
After listening to the briefing, everyone had gotten a general idea about the raid. And each captain immediately raised their hands to gather their own groups.
Clovis’s group was under a man called Eliot. To their surprise, the moment they came to Eliot, they also saw Ivan and his group among the vanguards.
There were four more groups and a total of 30 people as the vanguards.
"Alright. I will explain everything in detail." Eliot’s expression was devoid of emotion, but the explanation coming from his mouth couldn’t help but make people furrow their eyebrows.
"I will take care of the Tier 3 beast on the left. Libation Fiesta will take care of the Tier 3 beast on the right."
"Huh?!" Clovis frowned. "What do you mean by this?"
"I have said it pretty clearly. Libation Fiesta will be the one stopping the Tier 3 beast on the right. The other teams will sweep the remaining beasts in this formation." He showed the name of each group and their position.
"What’s the meaning of this? Libation Fiesta is composed mostly of Tier 1 explorers. How are we supposed to handle a Tier 3 beast?" Clovis objected. Even the other groups furrowed their eyebrows. Clovis continued, "Silver Star Group and Melon Juice Group have better chances than us since they have at least three Tier 2 fighters in the group."
"I heard that you had helped the police kill Tier 3 terrorists." Eliot’s expression turned dark. "Or is it a lie?"
"!!!" Clovis gritted his teeth as if he couldn’t deny it. "That’s because the Tier 3 agents helped me."
"All you need to do is buy me some time. And the other groups are strong enough to swiftly sweep the entire battlefield, so this shouldn’t be a big task."
’It seems that their group pissed off a lot of people.’
’This is clearly an act against them.’
’They are planning to crush this Libation Fiesta group, huh?’ The people from the other groups couldn’t help but think negatively about this decision while pitying Clovis and the others.
"If you have a problem, you are free to leave the raid. But I will make sure to write it down in your track record."
Clovis clenched his hands into fists before saying, "Fine. Libation Fiesta accepts the task."
"Then…" Eliot continued talking about their position for another five minutes before sending them back.
Ivan’s group was placed near Clovis’s group. It was clear that it was arranged so that Ivan could kill the Tier 3 beast after Clovis failed to stop it.
After that meeting, Elina visited Eliot while saying, "Thank you for the help, Uncle."
"It’s fine. I’m merely doing this for the sake of family." Eliot shook his head. "You guys should get ready. The moment the opportunity comes, you are to sweep in and defeat the Tier 3 beast. If you portray yourself helping the people that once embarrassed you, your reputation would soar and their reputation would hit rock bottom."
"Yes, we’ll take advantage of the situation." Elina nodded with a serious expression.
Meanwhile, Clovis returned tot heir car with a furious expression.
"Clovis. Calm down." Kanaria looked like she was trying to calm him down, making people worry about their groups.
"He is simply targeting us." Clovis raised his voice.
"…" Kanaria rolled her eyes but still played along. At the same time, she couldn’t help but scream inwardly, ’Yeah. But if you’re angry, close that damn smile first.’