Hana did everything she had to do with Clovis. She first read the research to make sure the potential was indeed limitless.
After that, she negotiated the terms with Kanaria. While Kanaria wasn’t at her level, she was the best one to take care of the negotiations in the team.
At the same time, Hana had to be extra careful when dealing with Clovis, especially with the Hacfield family behind him. If she ended up angering the Hacfield family, she would be in trouble. Her family would punish her instead.
This was what Hana meant by saying that everything was useless unless they had a Tier 9 human.
Hence, during the negotiation, Hana offered an extremely generous contract for Clovis’s group.
She couldn’t help but imagine that if her family had the backing of a Tier 9, they wouldn’t have to worry about Michael Hacfield. Even during the negotiation, they could be more proactive and get as much as possible.
The negotiation lasted for the whole night. Clovis was there only to observe and didn’t say anything during the negotiation. But his presence alone was enough to pressure Hana.
After reaching an agreement, Hana promised to draft the contract as quickly as possible and sign the contract before she returned to her country.
Meanwhile, Clovis was satisfied since, one year from now, they would definitely get a lot of money.
Then again, he believed that the group would be able to reach Tier 2 or even close to Tier 3. At that time, they should be able to get a few millions for every expedition that lasts for two or three days. The money that Hana promised might not be that much to them anymore.
Still, for Clovis, money was money. And it would definitely help his Another World Mall.
In the morning, Hana was ready to leave. Her backpack only contained some basic necessities as most of them were her drones.
She waved her hand and said, "Alright. I’ll be going."
"Yeah." Clovis nodded.
"By the way, I want to warn you about one thing. I don’t know if you have noticed it or not, but the informant who gave you the information about this mountain… he might not be the one you thought he was."
Clovis’s expression turned serious. He was already aware of it, but he still asked, "What do you mean?"
"He hid his strength. I’m not sure how he did it, but he was definitely much stronger. Tier 3 if not Tier 4."
"How did you even know that?" Clovis squinted his eyes, asking not the informant but the fact that she knew about this informant.
Hana only gave him a wry smile. "I don’t think I need to answer that question. But I just want you to be careful… Tier 4 is already rare enough in this city, so I’m afraid that he might be plotting something."
"…" Clovis fell silent, remembering the huts inside the ruin.
"Anyway, I’m done here. I’ll see you during the raid. Are you sure you’re not going to go back with me?"
"No. We’ll look around and get used to this level of beasts first."
"Alright!" Hana waved her hand and walked toward the edge of the mountain. After taking a look at the terrain below, she jumped off.
Clovis and the others were quite surprised by her boldness, but Hana managed to land on top of a big boulder skillfully before hopping to another rock below. She repeated the same thing over and over again until she reached the bottom.
"How did she do that? It only took six jumps to reach the bottom. And this mountain is close to three hundred meters." Jay muttered. "Did her ankles or knees not feel anything?"
"It’s probably because of her affinity. She is most likely to have a Heart or Bones affinity. Heart boosts her regenerative power, while the Bones increase the toughness of her body. Either of them will be perfect for those jumps. In addition, she is already a Tier 4 human, so I think we’ll be able to do that as well once we reach Tier 4." Clovis shrugged.
"That’s true. Then again, that suits her fighting style very well. With her controlling the drones, it’s much easier to target her instead of the drones. However, she should be able to withstand her enemies’ attacks with those skills while her drones shoot them." Kanaria assessed her ability.
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"That’s true. Still, what should we do with the ruins?" Melody glanced at Clovis, believing they should prioritize this problem.
"For now, we should lay low and act as if we have never gone to this place. I don’t know if the informant is related to whoever created those huts or not. Either way, we’ll just have to prepare for trouble." Clovis sighed.
"Can’t you just tell her to deal with it? Or at least, investigate it? They won’t dare touch her, right?" Jay asked nonchalantly.
"…" Clovis raised his eyebrows as if he didn’t think of that possibility or more like he was so focused on the deal that he forgot about the ruin for a moment. "I don’t want us to owe her that much. We’ll be taken advantage of if we owe people too much."
"Like how you’re showing the Star Method and all these items?"
"I’m trying to make an excuse." Clovis clicked his tongue, knowing that he would never take advantage of them and that Jay was just teasing him. "Anyway, let’s go. We don’t have a lot of time."
The group chuckled before continuing their trip. They searched for all the beasts near the mountain during the morning and headed back after lunch.
The return trip only took three hours, so they still had plenty of time to prepare for tomorrow’s expedition.
As usual, Jay returned straight away while Melody visited her brother and told him about the hot spring. Clovis and Kanaria restocked their supplies before reviewing the next raid.
Obviously, they found out that Ivan also participated in this raid, but considering Hana was the one who made it, he doubted the Drake Group would do something. Even those assassins would probably refrain from getting involved in this expedition.
Or… that was what Clovis and Kanaria hoped when reviewing the mission.