"So, have you made your decision?" The Tier 4 raid commander looked at the two women before him.
"Yes." Kanaria’s expression was solemn, while Melody’s was devoid of emotion.
The commander fell silent for a moment. Obviously, he heard about the incident with Nek after this whole thing. He suspected that this was a retaliation, but this wasn’t his place to meddle.
Since the situation had reached this point, he should have stayed out of it.
"Alright." The commander let out a long sigh before saying, "Your contribution is the highest among all of the other groups. You had killed two Tier 3 beasts and ensured that they didn’t mess with the rest of the team.
"In addition, your group was the first to react to the sudden attack of the beasts outside the city. Even the Silver Star Team testified regarding your ability and performances, so as the commander, I have nothing but praise.
"Regarding the essence, you can get it from the room on the right. Meanwhile, for your participation, you get the base reward of twenty thousand union dollars. As a thank you for killing two Tier 3 beasts, the group has decided to reward you with two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
"By becoming the top group in the raid, you are eligible for the grand prize of a hundred thousand.
"And thanks to your effort so that our team can retreat safely, we have decided to award you with another one hundred thousand.
"Last but not least, as compensation for that accident, even after contributing that much, I hope that you don’t mind if I add an additional one hundred thousand.
"In total, you are eligible for a reward of five hundred seventy thousand union dollars along with the essence you’re entitled to."
Kanaria looked down for a moment, contemplating. The raid group was huge, so it would be hard to monopolize all the rewards, no matter how good their performance was. In fact, the commander had actually stretched the reward a little bit due to Clovis’s accident.
More importantly, they awarded this amount of money to a Tier 1 group. It was an unimaginable amount of money for a normal Tier 1 group. And it definitely exceeded Clovis’s expectations.
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They still had the Tier 3 essence as well as other lower level essences. Even if they chose to sell a portion of them, they should get close to seven hundred thousand. This was definitely a reward that couldn’t be ignored for a Tier 2 group or even a Tier 3 group.
Clovis would surely not mind this amount of money, so Kanaria nodded her head. "Alright. Let’s settle with this and never meet again."
The commander nodded with a serious expression. It was truly hard to handle the public’s opinion.
Still, the commander didn’t expect that it would only take them a whole day to recover from the disastrous incident and asked for the reward. He knew that the group had to move on, but this was simply too fast.
Clovis himself must be quite charismatic to be able to get these amazing people. So, it looked rather cold to have them ask for the reward like this. He originally thought he would have to talk with someone else on their behalf about the settlement.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t his place to talk about their decision. After writing the note, he handed it to them and pointed at the door on the right. "Please head to that room to get your reward and essence."
Kanaria nodded and stood up. They didn’t want to waste their time here, so they immediately headed to the next room.
The one handling the reward simply saw the amount and their name before giving them a box filled with essence as well as a check.
Now that they had gotten the reward, both Kanaria and Melody left the building.
"Mhmm?" Kanaria couldn’t help but furrow her eyebrows when she saw a group of familiar people.
It was Lovelia’s group. Not only her, but there were also the women in Ivan’s group.
They all had an angry expression on their faces as if there was a deep hatred between Kanaria and these girls.
"You are seeing what I’m seeing, right?" Melody raised her guard, not knowing what these girls planned to do.
"Yeah." Kanaria nodded.
"You!" Lovelia stomped the ground and tried to reach for Kanaria’s collar, only to have her hands slapped by Kanaria.
"What the hell are you doing?" Kanaria took a step back, thinking that if they wanted to fight, she would definitely take her down in her next move.
Lovelia gritted her teeth and shouted, "If not for you… How dare you…"
Kanaria simply couldn’t understand what she was talking about. She hadn’t done anything. Even her family had yet to send experts to deal with those people.
Lovelia was fuming in anger. On the other hand, Vina tried to stop her while asking, "You’re not the one doing it, right?"
"Doing what?" Kanaria was bewildered while Melody said, "We haven’t done anything since we’re still devastated. If you’re going to do something to us, don’t expect that we’ll be on the receiving end. We’ll fight back."
"It’s nothing." Vina shook her head helplessly before turning to Lovelia. "They might not be the ones behind this."
"Why are you trusting their words just like that? If not for them, Ivan… Ivan…" Lovelia’s body was convulsing. It looked like she was about to explode and do the unthinkable.
That was why Vina said, "We’re not here to pick a fight. You guys should go."
Kanaria didn’t know what was going on, but this wasn’t the time to fight with them. So, she grabbed Melody’s hand and walked away, feeling something was amiss.
As soon as they got away, Kanaria messaged her mother.
Kanaria: Mom. Did something happen to Ivan?
Mom: Are you worried about him?
Kanaria: Heck no. It’s just that I met those girls from his group not long ago. Their expressions were as if something had happened to him.
Mom: Sent a picture.
Kanaria and Melody couldn’t help but widen their eyes when they saw the pictures, not believing it was actually possible.