Five minutes before they reached the destination, all the participants had been assembled in the cabin, including the explorers under the OpenSky Company.
There was a 19-year-old man giving them the briefing for this raid.
"As you already know, we’ll be targeting the seven Tier 3 beasts in this place. Our teams will also be participating and we will do our best to keep you from getting into danger.
"Next is this…" The man raised a flare gun. "Shoot the flare to the sky if you want to get rescued or notice something wrong. We’ll immediately send our team there.
"While we do our best to help you, it’ll be hard to keep track of all the people. Hence, I’ll set up perimeters. Anyone who crosses this line can consider themselves eliminated. If there is any beast coming over to you, we won’t be able to come to you right away." The man drew two straight lines parallel to each other.
"Last but not least, I want to tell you to be extra careful. Don’t be too complacent about your current achievements. That might get you killed on this expedition. That’s all."
The man paused for a moment. "If you still have any dissatisfaction, you can settle it after the expedition. Anyone who is trying to disrupt the raid will be treated harshly by us, understand?"
The people’s hearts skipped a beat after that warning. They all knew what the man was talking about.
It was clear that Clovis’s identity was special and indirectly implied that he entered through a connection.
However, it didn’t really matter for Clovis as he had another plan to solve the problem.
"If there is no question, we shall head out." The man waved his hand. "Follow me."
The man led them to the door. He didn’t know the reason why Hana came to this place.
However, Clovis’s group was chosen personally by their president. There should be a reason for it. It would be wrong if he didn’t feel jealous or anything, but he was in no position to question her superior’s decision unless it was proven that they were useless.
He had seen all the people hiding their true abilities because it would put them in danger. They were the same as people who revealed their abilities so that big companies would pick them.
So he believed that was the reason for Hana to choose Clovis’s group. For the time being, he had just to warn them and watch for the result. The ability to make a calm decision was also the reason why Hana hired him.
Their destination was a small forest in the middle of nowhere. This forest was considered a dangerous area because of the extraordinary beasts within it.
The people thought that even if they were powerful, their tier had said it all.
So, when the gate was opened, the man gathered them in front of the battleship and shouted, "Remember. Be careful. The forest is very dangerous for all of you. Once you enter the forest, kill as many beasts as you can while heading to the lake in the middle of the forest. That’ll be our first rendezvous point. Then, without further ado, go!"
They became excited the moment he gave the signal. They all rushed into the forest, trying their best to show that they were talented people.
Yes, all of them except Clovis’s group.
"Mhmm?" The man turned his head, noticing Clovis. The other explorers from the OpenSky company also widened their eyes. Was it because they had been picked by Hana that they thought this raid was not important? The man asked, "What are you doing? You’re supposed to go now."
"Not yet." Clovis shook his head. "It’s not like we will run out of beasts to hunt."
The man furrowed his eyebrows, thinking, ’Is he confident? No, wait… Does he realize the difference between the beasts in this place and the ones around the cities?’
Considering Hana recruited them, the latter was most likely the case.
"If you are that confident, why don’t you start now? It will be amazing if you can kill a lot of beasts in this place, especially Tier 2 beasts."
"Before that, would you kindly answer one question?" Clovis raised one finger.
"What is that?" The man looked curious about what Clovis had in mind.
"The zone that you’ve set up only covers about three Tier 3 beasts, right? What about the four Tier 3 beasts that are roaming outside that?"
"!!!" He looked surprised. "Are you going to hunt them?"
"That would be good if it’s possible, but our main targets are the ones within the zone. Well, this raid is going to take two days, so…"
"I see." The man closed his eyes for a moment. "I’m also curious about your strength. For Miss Hana to personally register a group, you should be rather special. However, I will have to warn you that I’m planning to treat you the same as others. Coming outside the zone will make it hard for us to rescue you in case something goes wrong."
"That’s fine. Thank you for answering my question." Clovis nodded before gesturing to Jay and Kanaria that they would be going in soon.
The man watched their backs until they disappeared into the woods.
As if expecting it, screams started echoing inside the forest.
"Aaaahhh!"
"NO!"
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"Whaaaatttt!"
A lot of people looked confused, so the guy looked at all the explorers from the company. "It’s time for us to move out as well!"
They nodded their heads, knowing that this would happen to the country bumpkin who didn’t understand the true terror of the beasts.
…
In the forest.
"Gaaaah!" A young man crashed into a tree. He looked at the beast in front of him while gritting his teeth. "What is going on? I am a Tier 1 human and the opponent is the same. I should have been able to fight against two or three Tier 1 beasts at the same time, but I’m actually being overpowered by one?"
"Help!" Another young man shouted while avoiding all the attacks from the beast, but he was soon out of breath and got slammed to the side.
"Axel!"
"What is going on? The report told us that these beasts would be extraordinary, but this is not just a mere 30% or 40% increase. It’s as if they’re twice as strong."