Drake Group.
"Kh." President Thomas gritted his teeth, looking at the participants’ names for the competition in Stellar City.
Clovis’s name wasn’t on it. However, he couldn’t underestimate him, considering there was a chance that his name would magically appear once again.
More importantly, he was concerned because the situation had been grim for his company. The Drake Group had taken a big hit after the previous scandal that he was no part of and lost a lot of money.
In addition, there were some investors who had backed away because they didn’t want to get dragged into this troublesome fight between Clovis and the Drake Group.
Still, the mayor had no choice but to recommend Ivan for this competition. No matter how bad his current reputation was, it didn’t change the fact that Ivan could be considered the stronger Tier 1 group aside from Clovis’s Libation Fiesta.
He glanced at Ivan with a serious expression. "I have talked to the mayor. He has promised that he won’t put Clovis’s name like last time. In other words, you have the chance to show your strength.
"However, if you’re going to mess up again after this, consider it over for you." Thomas glared at Ivan with killing intent. This was the last warning Ivan would receive.
Ivan gritted his teeth. His hatred for Clovis was also rising. His life had become a mess after Clovis appeared.
"Yes," Ivan answered with a weak voice. The competition itself didn’t hold much importance for him.
In fact, he wanted Clovis to be at the tournament so that he could kill him personally no matter what price he had to pay.
Sadly, it didn’t seem that he could fulfill his wish.
Ivan walked away while clenching his fists. Either way, the competition would be good for him, especially if he wanted to keep doing this and eventually kill Clovis. He had to be patient for now.
Meanwhile, Thomas was staring at the screen intensely, recalling the report about Clovis from his assistant.
"He’s gone again? But this time, no matter how hard we try, we’re unable to locate him. As expected, the mayor is helping him. If I want to kill him, I can’t be direct because of that freaking family."
Thomas fell silent for a moment. "Don’t tell me, the mayor is planning to put him inside the competition? There’s no way the mayor didn’t invite them for the competition. There are only two possibilities: they either rejected it or still thought about it.
"If they chose to participate…" Thomas’s expression turned ugly. There was no way Ivan’s group could win against them.
It was clear when Clovis managed to kill multiple Tier 3 beasts. In addition, Vina had left the group and he had been unable to track her.
"Just you wait. If you’re going to push me into the corner, I don’t mind dying while dragging you with me." Thomas slammed the table, feeling stressed.
However, Thomas misunderstood something. The mayor assured him that he wouldn’t change the names on the list, but he didn’t say anything about sponsoring the Libation Fiesta.
They were still going to enter the competition. In fact, people might misunderstand even more when they see the mayor sponsoring them without registering them under the city’s name.
People would only think that Thomas had done something again and stopped the mayor from registering them. So the Libation Fiesta had no choice but to register for the competition by themselves. This way, the mayor would be portrayed as a good man who did his best to nurture talented individuals, while the Drake Group was known for being manipulative.
The people didn’t care whether it was true or not. It just looked that way.
While Thomas was racking his brain to find his chance, the mayor was relaxing in his office.
"Ah. This is a good day. Thomas… you unfortunately have to provoke someone who you shouldn’t have." The mayor shook his head helplessly. "Hacfield, huh? They also have the Renvolts and Havensons… It seems that I have to make preparations as well."
The mayor weighed the benefits the Drake Group could bring and compared it with what Jay and Kanaria could potentially have in the future. He didn’t know whether Clovis would remember him or not later, but Jay and Kanaria’s families still remained in this city. As long as he still had them here, it was a good investment for the city.
On the other hand, the two assassins had started working again. They had been waiting for Clovis as if they had a plan that would definitely kill him.
"The preparation is ready," one of them said.
The other smiled. "In that case, come, Clovis Hacfield. The moment you climb that mountain, it will be your death. This time, we won’t fail anymore."
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Clovis stood up after getting enough rest. His group’s condition was ideal for a long and hard fight.
He also felt that this was the perfect opportunity to get rid of him. That was why Clovis said, "Kill the beasts, but make sure you don’t overdo it. I want you to conserve your stamina as much as possible."
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Ragna was confused, but Jay and the others nodded their heads as if they had already known what was waiting for them.
Clovis didn’t plan to say anything to Ragna for the time being. It was unfair to him, but the information was rather sensitive.
"Let’s go!" Clovis waved his hand, leading his team to the top of the hill.
The climb wasn’t as hard as the previous climb because the path was big enough to fight comfortably.
As soon as they reached the top of the hill, they found a big monster standing next to the lake.
It looked like a giraffe, but it was much more robust. The skin was gray like that of an elephant. Its height reached as high as 8 meters and its weight might be more than they could see from the top of the hill. After all, Kanaria and Melody could actually see the footprint that this beast left behind.
When Clovis saw this beast, he said, "Let’s go. We’ll kill this Tier 3 Paraceratherium."