"Ha… Ha… Ha…" Clovis was panting as his body was shaking. Before him was the dying andrewsarchus. It was glaring at Clovis even at its death door, but Clovis had finally cut it down.
Still, this wouldn’t be possible without Jay’s sacrifice.
"You’ve truly killed this beast…" Jay was standing beside him, staring at the andrewsarchus in admiration. However, he soon sat down while leaning on the andrewsarchus’s boy. "This is very tiring."
"Are you alright, Jay?" Clovis looked at him with a worried expression.
"Other than this shoulder of mine, everything is fine. There are a lot of wounds, but none of them are fatal, so rest assured. I’m just a bit tired." Jay paused for a moment before saying, "You should worry about your own body."
Clovis coughed a few times, with blood coming out of the last one. He smiled wryly and walked back to the rhino to make sure it had died. After that, he leaned on the rhino before his feet eventually gave up.
But when he raised his head, he noticed that Jay had actually closed his eyes.
"Oi. Jay?!" Clovis’s expression turned grim. However, he soon stopped when he saw Jay’s diaphragm’s movement, which was quite stable. It seemed that he had just passed out. Still, he had to be treated as quickly as possible.
Clovis finally let out a long sigh, feeling a bit relieved. His body was heavy as if all the tension had left.
Clovis couldn’t help but look up, muttering inwardly, ’Seriously, what was that feeling? Just for a moment, I felt like my body was surging with strength. Everything also looked much slower. The pain in my body… wait a second…’
He lifted his left arm to see the spot that had been bitten by a beast earlier. To his surprise, the wound had almost closed.
’Seriously, what is going on with my body? Does Grandfather know about this? No, even my parents might know something. From time to time, I could enter a state that boosted my ability significantly… pushing my body above its limit.
’And after it’s done, I will feel weak like this.’ Clovis fell into deep thought. No matter how he tried to think about it, he couldn’t find any clues. ’Anyway, I shouldn’t rely on this state because I don’t know how to trigger it. In addition, I can ask my parents later. The first thing I should do is reach Tier 5 first.’
When he was in the middle of his thoughts, he heard footsteps followed by Kanaria’s voice.
He knew that they were coming, so he just asked them to make sure Jay was treated.
And it was quite surprising to learn about these evolution paths from Kanaria. Still, the most unexpected thing was the fact that Professor Waod was actually his mother’s student. When he thought about it, he couldn’t imagine how such a thing happened, considering their age difference.
Then again, his mother was a Tier 7 doctor, so Professor Waod might acknowledge her because of her expertise and skill instead of her age.
It only took them two minutes for the Silver Star team to reach them. It seemed that they split their group into two, with half of their members protecting their original position.
The other half came to them, fully shocked.
Their captain was among them. The moment he saw all these corpses, he couldn’t help but ask, "You actually killed them both?"
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He simply couldn’t believe that two Tier 3 beasts would be killed by two Tier 1 humans. If he took another look at the battlefield, he would have noticed the corpses of other beasts not far from this place. He misunderstood it as Kanaria and Melody taking care of these beasts while Jay and Clovis handled the Tier 3 beasts.
Still, Clovis welcomed that misunderstanding, not wanting them to know that he was doing something else here.
"I’m sorry, but can you tend to Jay? I’m not sure about his condition." Clovis pointed at Jay.
"Ah!" The captain turned around while saying, "Mason."
"Yes." A guy nodded and hurriedly checked Jay’s condition. "He has passed out, but his breathing is pretty stable. I don’t think his life is in danger. I will give him first aid and after getting taken care of by the reserve team, he should be fine."
"Thank you." Clovis felt relieved to know Jay was fine. He could finally ask Kanaria, "Can you gather their essence, especially these two Tier 3 beasts?"
"Sure." Kanaria nodded.
"Please." The captain of the Silver Star team also asked the other subordinate to help Kanaria. After that, he moved closer to Clovis as if he wanted to say something.
Noticing that the atmosphere had become a bit awkward, Clovis couldn’t help but ask, "Is the situation stable on our side? Should we change our position?"
"Are you still planning to fight in that state?" The captain’s eyebrows twitched.
"I can still move or lead my team even if I can’t fight anymore." Clovis shrugged. "Besides, the situation is still dire even if we manage to take down these two beasts."
The captain thought for a moment. "You are correct. However, we don’t have to report it right now. If we report that we have taken down the Tier 3 beasts, they will assign us a new spot. I’m not sure what’s going on, but it’s clear that they’re trying to push you to your death. So, listen to my advice, don’t say anything."
"…" Clovis obviously wanted to do that, but he was worried that if they didn’t do anything, the people in the shadows would come out to make the situation even worse.
That was why he thought it was better to look like he was rushing to his death so that they didn’t use any of the plans they had stored for him.
However, Clovis couldn’t really ignore his words. After some consideration, Clovis decided, "Alright. We won’t be saying anything."
"Good." The captain nodded, satisfied.
Unbeknownst to them, Clovis’s worry would actually come true.
Outside the city, specifically in the woods next to the city, the Tier 4 beasts actually woke up from their slumber, finding a figure before them.