Clovis and the group moved out. Hana’s subordinates stood on the right, giving a thumbs up to Clovis as though they were saying to leave everything to them. They seemed to be confident in building a wall that wouldn’t be crushed by these beasts.
Clovis nodded and made their advance.
The two raid groups also didn’t want to lose. They roared while advancing with Clovis, stopping all the beasts that stood in their way.
Seeing the development, Clovis didn’t move yet as he was waiting for the ape to come a bit closer to them. As Hana said earlier, advancing too far would put them in danger after all.
Kanaria was shooting at the ape, provoking him.
*Roar!* The ape glared at Kanaria, annoyed that he had to avoid these bullets.
Although it wouldn’t kill him, the wounds from the bullets would definitely slow him down during the battle, so it would be best not to get hit for the time being.
But Kanaria’s aim was accurate, causing the ape to even grab one of the beasts just to shield himself.
After feeling pressured, the ape finally let out another roar as he charged toward them in order to stop Kanaria.
Clovis and Jay exchanged nods as they headed out.
The two advanced like a bullet. Whenever there was a beast in front of them, they would cut them down in an instant, not allowing the latter to stop their movement even for a moment.
It only took two seconds to actually catch up with the groups on the left.
"Keep up the good work!" Clovis even had some leeway to cheer them up.
"What the heck?" They gasped. When they witnessed Jay and Clovis cutting down the enemies with brute force, they couldn’t help but think the same thing, ’Did they even need us?’
Noticing the incoming Jay and Clovis, the ape tossed the beast toward them.
Clovis was the first to react with his slow-motion vision, avoiding the beast. Jay, on the other hand, ducked and used his strong lower body to propel himself back up.
It was ineffective as the two managed to reach the ape two seconds after that.
But within those two seconds, a smaller monkey suddenly jumped onto the ape’s shoulder. The ape immediately grabbed this monkey and tossed it into the air, moving parabolically. Its target was actually Kanaria.
"!!!" Kanaria widened her eyes. If the ape actually tossed those beasts to their inner side, the entire formation might collapse from the inside.
She took a step back and caught the monkey’s tail. The latter tried to scratch her, but Kanaria skillfully slammed the monkey to the ground.
*Kiek!* The monkey wailed in pain. The monkey tried to get up, but Kanaria pointed her big rifle with a single arm and shot the monkey at point blank range.
*Ki—!* The monkey couldn’t even finish before its head exploded.
The ape was astonished but soon enraged when it saw Kanaria pointing at the monkey’s head before moving to the ape’s head, implying that his fate would be the same as that of this little monkey’s.
Angered, the ape planned to crush her. However, his advance was stopped as Clovis and Jay struck him from both sides.
The ape extended his two hands to the side, blocking their weapons. Jay tried to overwhelm the ape’s hand, but only managed to push it a little. The muscle on this ape’s body was a real deal, he thought.
Clovis, on the other hand, landed several strikes in one second. Sadly, he failed to leave a scratch on the ape’s arm.
*Roar!* The ape spun its body, knocking Jay and Clovis away with the centrifugal force.
Clovis and Jay didn’t back down. They hurried to the ape. Clovis looped around and changed his target to the ape’s back, while Jay moved to the front to get the ape’s attention.
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The ape punched Jay’s sword, wanting to overwhelm him. Jay couldn’t help but smile. The muscle on his arms bulged as he struck the ape’s fist with every ounce of his strength, blocking the punch completely even though the ground underneath his feet cracked.
"!!!" The ape looked surprised that a mere Tier 1 human was able to stop his attack, but before it could move, Clovis skillfully struck all the spots on the ape’s back, actually grazing the back of its ankle.
The ape spun its body again, knocking Clovis away. This way, Clovis’s back would be facing the incoming beasts from the woods.
In addition, the ape let out a cry into the sky.
*Kieek!*
The cry was deafening as Melody noticed something through the camera attached to Kanaria’s Skyglasses.
"Clovis. Behind you!"
Clovis hurriedly turned around and saw a monkey punching him. If this was Jay, he wouldn’t have reacted fast enough to parry the block. But Clovis emphasized his speed, allowing him to put the sword in the punch’s way.
After that block, Clovis slashed the monkey into two.
In addition, Clovis was able to see numerous pairs of bloodshot eyes on top of the trees.
"They are…" Clovis saw more than twenty monkeys gathering on top of the trees. Most of them were Tier 0, but he saw four Tier 1 monkeys and even one Tier 2 monkey.
Not only that, Melody was even warning him of the punch coming from behind.
"Clovis. Behind you!"
Yes, the moment these monkeys took Clovis’s attention, the ape turned around and planned to take Clovis down.
"Tsk!" Clovis clicked his tongue and raised his left arm, blocking this punch, albeit he was still blown away.
After rolling a few times, he hurriedly stood up and saw all the monkeys rushing down to kill him. He slashed the nearest one and made his way back to regroup with Jay, who took advantage of the previous opportunity to strike the ape’s calves.
*Roar!*
"What is this? Isn’t this similar to ’reject humanity, return to monke’ situation?" Clovis couldn’t help but mutter while running away from the monkeys.
"It seems that you’re fine enough to even have the heart to joke in this situation." Jay smiled, feeling a bit more fired up.
People were worried that Clovis was taken down so easily, but it seemed that the situation wasn’t as bad as they originally thought.
Still, there was one group that actually felt happy when Clovis got punched by the ape. It was Ivan’s group.
Ivan and Elina were secretly hoping that these beasts could kill her or at least injure him enough to the point where he couldn’t become an explorer anymore.