"What did you say? Did he use Muscle Augmentation?" A middle-aged man looked shocked.
The two assassins were standing in front of the screen, looking at the figure of a middle-aged man that had been blacked.
The first assassin couldn’t say anything since he didn’t experience it firsthand. However, the second assassin got one of his arms severed, so he understood full well what kind of strength they needed to do it.
The second assassin said, "Yes. I couldn’t believe it at first, but after thinking about it again, I’m sure that his strength came from Muscle Augmentation?"
"Are you sure it’s not just footwork or breathing technique?"
"No, sir. It’s Muscle Augmentation."
"You should know how ridiculous you sound, right?"
"Yes."
The man fell silent for a moment. "Muscle Augmentation. This is an ability that a Tier 3 or Tier 4 human received and learned. This is the biggest difference between low tier humans and mid tier humans.
"Just like Brain’s Sensory Imaginary or Blood’s Flow Control, they are the secrets of the mid tier human. To think a Tier 1 human could actually learn it… this is not a matter where a genius can simply learn it.
"You have to acquire it first! So how did he acquire it?" The man gritted his teeth, annoyed. This was the first time he heard anything about it.
If Jay was a Tier 2 human at the very least, he might still be able to say that he was already close to Tier 3, so it wasn’t weird to have that ability.
But Jay was a Tier 1. There was simply no excuse. If Jay was able to acquire it as a Tier 1 human, his value would skyrocket.
The two assassins remained silent. They were also confused about this fact. They were here to kill Clovis after all.
When they thought about it, they couldn’t help but think of one possibility.
"Is it Clovis Hacfield?"
"!!!" The man raised his eyebrows. "What did you say?"
"Clovis Hacfield. What if the Hacfield family has found the way to achieve such a feat?"
"Are you saying that kid is capable of achieving such a thing? He doesn’t even know anything about this power yet."
"What about his parents or grandfather? What if they are the ones who discover it? They pass the method to the kid, and that kid gives it to everyone in the group."
The other assassin widened his eyes. "Are you saying that the entire group knows how to use their respective evolutionary powers?"
"Don’t you think it explains why they’re much stronger than a group of the same level? If they are able to harness that kind of power, killing a Tier 3 beast doesn’t sound that weird."
Silence engulfed the room for a minute. On the one hand, this information would definitely cause a huge uproar. On the other hand, they had no choice but to acknowledge this possibility.
"What should we do next?"
They looked confused. They had several options such as trying to get the information or spreading this rumor so that it would bring more ’eyes’ into this matter.
However, the impact of this information would be too big to predict.
The middle-aged man said, "You said they’re going to participate in a competition, right?"
"Yes, sir."
"For now, retreat and let them do whatever they want. We need to discuss this matter with the headquarters. It’s too big for us right now."
"Understood."
…
As Clovis expected, they could continue their preparation peacefully for the time being. So Clovis took advantage of this and killed as many beasts as possible, using their essence to power up the entire group.
The third destination wasn’t a challenge anymore. Ragna skillfully positioned himself to either block the enemy or create an opportunity for the team. A fight had never been so easy before.
Jay and Clovis didn’t have to focus on defending since Ragna would be the one doing that job.
They skillfully killed all their objectives and gathered a huge amount of essence.
Ragna had also become attached to the group.
Clovis used the money to buy more stuff from Another World Mall while feeding his teammates some ’quality’ food.
The first one to raise their rank was Melody. It only took her one week since they had killed plenty of Tier 2 beasts.
With Melody becoming a Tier 3 human, their efficiency rose to a whole new level. She was able to sense anything around her even without looking at the radar. In fact, her own existence acted as a radar.
Her speed also increased by a notch, allowing her to send one order after another through the Skyglasses.
The second to raise their rank was Kanaria. Because she had been living with Clovis, she was the one who got exposed the most to the food from Another World Mall. Even though her evolution rate was below Jay’s, her progress was actually much faster.
Kanaria didn’t expect that she would be able to surpass Jay. However, their evolution rates weren’t that different, so it was probably just a matter of how much essence they had absorbed so far. There was no deeper meaning to it.
Just like Melody, Kanaria had her senses enhanced even further. While it wasn’t at the level of Melody, she could see an enemy from far away without binoculars.
However, Jay caught up to her a day later. Jay’s strength surpassed even Clovis’s with this.
Jay knew that it would just become the same again when Clovis reached Tier 2. So he didn’t show much happiness when becoming a Tier 2.
Still, Jay’s strength allowed them to explore an area they hadn’t visited before. A Tier 3 beast might pose some challenge, but it had become much easier compared to when he was only a Tier 1 human.
They had two more weeks before the competition started. So they had to be fast since they hadn’t registered themselves.
They had to wait until Clovis reached Tier 2 so that there wouldn’t be any false information. It was the rule after all.
But two days after that, Ragna reached Tier 3. As he expected, even though he became a Tier 3, he didn’t get the qualitative leap he was looking for.
Without the help of Clovis’s magical items, he would still remain a useless guardian.
Ragna had also become closer and closer to the group. He helped with a lot of other things such as chores and miscellaneous stuff. However, Clovis ensured that it didn’t become excessive. He didn’t want the other members to become lazy and end up getting into trouble if Ragna suddenly disappeared.
However, having everyone become much stronger in a short period of time was definitely amazing. Everyone was fired up, wanting to challenge the people in that competition.
In the remaining days before the competition, Clovis only held a short exploration and immediately isolated himself in his room, telling the others that he would come out once he became a Tier 2 human.
The people thought that Clovis had bought a lot of essence and would focus on absorbing all of it, considering there would be some reaction if they ingested a lot of essence at once.
That was why Clovis isolated himself, which wasn’t abnormal in people’s eyes.
While Clovis focused on his own task, the rest of the group chose to make their own preparation.
…
Three days before the competition’s registration was closed, Kanaria gathered everyone in their room.
"By the way, I’ve heard from my mother that the mayor is going to reach this city tomorrow. He will bring all the participants," Kanaria explained while giving them a form.
"What is this?" Jay asked immediately, not bothering to understand what it was.
"The form for the competition’s registration. I’ve filled up mine and Clovis. I want you to fill that up as soon as possible."
"This is surprising. I thought we would get an e-form instead of a physical form." Melody sighed, annoyed because she was used to typing instead of writing.
Kanaria only shrugged. "Just fill it up. It won’t take five minutes. It’s not only for the competition, but also for the mayor. We have agreed to get the sponsorship in three parts. The second part is once we reach Tier 2, so yeah…"
Jay shrugged, not caring about it. "Are we going to snatch someone’s participation ticket?"
"No. We’ll join the competition independently, but we will probably need to wear something to show our affiliation with that sponsorship."
Ragna pointed at himself. "But are you sure it’s fine for me to participate? I’m from this city. Although I’ll be coming with you guys after this competition, I’m still registered in this city."
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"It’s fine. We aren’t representing our city in any case, it’s just a sponsorship." Kanaria shrugged. "Besides, there are two things that I want to tell you. First of all, Clovis said that it’s time to remove someone, so we’ll be humiliating him with the result. Our goal this time is the championship… if possible."
Ragna didn’t deny that possibility after knowing the strength of these people. They were not ordinary. If they played their cards carefully, they might be able to take down a Tier 4 human.
"Who is this person that you want to remove?" Ragna asked.
"His name is Ivan. He is probably joining the first competition, so he won’t be competing with us. As long as we get a result, that’s fine."
Ragna nodded in understanding. Talent gave birth to jealousy, so he just nodded his head.
"The second matter is regarding the aftermath. If we have a good result, we’ll be targeted even more. Hence, we have to be prepared."