"Kh!" Clovis gritted his teeth while walking away. Kanaria looked concerned but couldn’t say anything. Melody and Jay had gone back to the car first.
Seeing such an opportunity, Ivan walked to Kanaria and Clovis, stopping them.
"Mhmm?" Kanaria raised her head, finding at least eight people surrounding her and Clovis. Her expression turned dark and her tone became cold. "What do you want?"
Ivan said, "My offer still stands. Join me. It’s clear that your group is being targeted. It’s better to avoid the red flag early or you will regret it."
Kanaria chuckled. "My group is being targeted? Hahaha. Isn’t it you who targets my group?"
Ivan furrowed his eyebrows. "I haven’t done anything. Besides, this is for your own good."
"My own good? You’ve become rather shameless." Kanaria looked at the women around her. "Just look at these girls… How cute? And that Lovelia? She is simply exploiting a loophole. All of you are shameless.
Your skin is so thick that you don’t need armor to protect you."
"Kanaria Renvolt. Watch your mouth." One of them raised their voice, unable to endure her remark.
"What? Am I wrong?" Kanaria shrugged.
"Our group killed a Tier 3 beast not long ago. This is my last offer. Join us. This will also benefit your Renvolt family." Ivan bit his lips.
Clovis, who was watching the entire conversation, couldn’t help but scratch the back of his head. The conversation was pointless and it felt like Ivan didn’t have anything to say back and just kept throwing the invitation again and again.
Before Kanaria replied to him, Clovis whispered to Kanaria. "Let’s just go. This is pointless."
"Yeah." Kanaria nodded in agreement.
"Aren’t you a man? Are you going to run?" Ivan stepped forward as if he were challenging Clovis.
Clovis maintained his poker face this whole time while wondering why he should deal with this. He just lightly patted Ivan’s shoulder while saying, "Life is not a competition. It’s better to realize that early or you might regret it."
Ivan twisted his body a little bit, wanting to slap Clovis’s hand off his shoulder. However, as if he had seen this coming, Clovis applied more pressure to his shoulder, causing Ivan to suddenly fall to his knee.
"!!!" Ivan raised his eyebrows. He wanted to use that chance to slap Clovis’s hand as hard as possible to show his strength, but it actually backfired.
Clovis took the opportunity when he twisted his body. It was the weakest moment for his lower body. Even Clovis, who had Blood Affinity, could overpower Ivan or Jay who had Muscle Affinity.
The people accompanying Ivan couldn’t help but open their mouths in surprise. They could ignore Ivan’s childish behavior because Ivan had the talent and strength to back him up. They had never seen a Tier 1 human as strong as Ivan.
But their perspective changed the moment Clovis took down Ivan like a child.
"Well, do your best in this raid. I hope you can achieve your goal in this raid…" Clovis sneakily moved past them.
His words made Ivan’s blood boil. In fact, Clovis didn’t say anything negative. He merely stated the fact that this little competition was pointless.
He even cheered for Ivan so that he could achieve his goal. But that was the exact reason why his words pissed him more than Kanaria’s straight insult.
Clovis certainly knew that his goal was to beat him up, but he showed him that he was superior while cheering for him.
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This was like a slap in the face. Embarrassment, anger, and frustration were reflected in his gaze.
But before they knew it, Clovis and Kanaria had walked far enough that they couldn’t be bothered by them anymore.
"Kh." Ivan gritted his teeth, glaring at Clovis.
However, there was one person who didn’t get angry at all. Instead, she was actually observing and calculating.
It was Elina.
She couldn’t help but recall the conversation she had with the president of the Drake Group before coming here.
"Your job is to keep provoking Ivan and make sure that he will keep taunting or bullying their group. They will definitely be forced to show a little bit of their hidden cards."
Just like the president said, Elina could see what Clovis had on his sleeve. It was a perfect utilization of his affinity.
’I’ve heard that people with Blood Affinity can see the world a little bit slower than the rest. And it will become slower and slower as they progress.
’He waited for the opportunity when Ivan’s lower body was at its weakest before applying the pressure. Even someone with Muscle Affinity like Ivan couldn’t handle it.
’Still, Ivan’s strength had tripled after the evolution. To think that wasn’t enough… It seems that we have to come up with another plan. There is a chance that a single Tier 3 beast along with a lot of other beasts won’t be enough to stop them.
’We are positioned next to them because we can take advantage of the moment they lower their guards to help and kill the Tier 3 beast. At the same time, we have to isolate them from the rest of the group and let the beasts attack them from behind.
’It seems that these won’t be enough. We have to come up with another plan to ensure that they are either defeated or killed during this raid.’
Elina’s expression turned cold before she glared at Ivan, who was helped by the others to stand up.
In Elina’s eyes, Ivan was just a mere puppet. He had lost most of his usefulness the moment he lost to Clovis back then.
Then again, a lot of people were still flocking around him.
Elina shook her head helplessly, thinking that similar people flocked together.
On the other hand, Clovis was completely freed from the headache.
"I don’t want to deal with this anymore. Can he grow up just a little bit?" Clovis let out a long sigh.
"Sorry, it’s because of me." Kanaria smiled wryly.
"Nah, it’s fine. He is still useful to us. My grandfather always said that you don’t necessarily need to kill your enemies because, rather than having an unknown enemy that will replace the one you’ve just killed, it’s better to let them live so that you know the pattern of their attack. Something like that… I just want him to remain as their weapon, which makes it easier than an unknown threat."
"I guess your grandfather is a Tier 9 human for a reason." Kanaria chuckled.