"Ragna?" Shion gasped. "Is he the infamous Ragna? I think the people in this city have heard the rumor about him. His evolution rate is very high, but he has a certain body’s constitution that makes him unable to fully utilize his power as a guardian. He is in this group?"
"Well, there might be a change. With their strength and potential, I don’t think they will just recruit anyone into their team, so we might be able to see his change. I’m looking forward to it." Shion laughed, neither completely dissing him nor praising him. She had to remain neutral after all.
"Wow!"
"Uoooh!"
"How can these people be that strong when they are so young?"
The people were flabbergasted. It was simply too hard to believe that someone could reach this level of skill at that age.
Some people were actually scouts for big companies. They began investigating the Libation Fiesta, wanting to know their affiliation and the possibility of recruiting them.
On the other hand, Mayor Revan simply clapped his hands nonstop as he excitedly asked the trainer next to him. "Did you see that? They are really strong! Is it true that their strength surpasses their current tier? No, it surpasses even the strength of the people above their tier."
The guy was completely speechless. He thought about the meeting a few days ago and how he hated Clovis for wasting his chance because he couldn’t abandon Melody.
However, it seemed that he was the foolish one. If Clovis participated in the first competition, he would be able to claim the first spot. However, it wouldn’t give them any challenges that could force them to grow even further. In addition, the impact of their victory in the first competition was much lower compared to the second competition.
If they managed to produce a good result, they would definitely become famous.
He had completely misunderstood them. "Yes. The commentator’s assessment was pretty accurate. I have to apologize to them after this."
"Is that so?" Mayor Revan didn’t think it was necessary, considering he just voiced his concern. But that was because he wasn’t an explorer himself.
However, there was one more person who was shocked to the core after witnessing Libation Fiesta’s performance.
It was a middle-aged man wearing a military uniform. He was the one holding the highest military power in this base. He came here to show his support for both the competition and his son, one of the three Tier 4 participants, Rafael.
However, he ended up getting shocked by the appearance of one kid.
Yes, his eyes were glued on the screen that showed Clovis.
"He… Why is he here? No, why is he competing?" The commander gasped, his body trembling. ’I followed my father in the past to meet an esteemed person in the neighboring city, and…’
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He couldn’t help but recall the face of a small kid who was standing behind his mother.
’Don’t tell me… Is he really that kid? Looking at his age, there’s no mistaking it.’ The commander suddenly dropped to his seat as his face turned pale.
…
Meanwhile, Clovis and the others had cleaned up the area.
"What are we going to do next, Clovis? Should we proceed as planned and achieve somewhere around 8–10th places?" Jay asked while sheathing his blade.
Clovis looked up, staring at the drones. If the beast was the only thing he had to consider, he would simply say, "Yes."
However, Clovis took another look at the group they had just defeated, along with the corpse of the Tier 3 beast.
The timing was simply too fast.
’Considering the distance between each group, there shouldn’t be a lot of interesting fights in the first few minutes. Because of that, our fight should be highlighted.
’I thought about hiding a bit of our power to lower our opponents’ guards, but… the enemies will definitely investigate us. Since some information has been given out, I’ll be a fool if I don’t utilize it.’ Clovis let out a long sigh.
He said, "We’ll change our plan. The battle plan remains the same, but we’ll seriously aiming for first place in this round."
"!!!" They looked surprised, but Jay simply became more excited. Since his restriction was lifted, he could finally go all out.
Kanaria and Ragna nodded, hiding their strength for the time being.
Now that they had a new plan, they continued to their original destination while accumulating as many points as possible.
Clovis and Jay cut down one beast after another, accumulating a pretty high point by itself.
It was a rather peaceful period since they didn’t meet another group during this time.
However, it didn’t mean that other groups didn’t encounter one another.
During the first hour, there were a lot of clashes among the participants.
Some managed to take down the whole group, while others failed and let a few members escape, which caused them to be unable to steal their points.
In total, ten groups had been eliminated. Another eight groups had lost at least one of their teammates, significantly reducing the number of people on this battlefield.
Just like Libation Fiesta, there were a few other groups that dominated the battlefield, especially the three groups under the leadership of a Tier 4 human and Erwin’s group.
They knew their points, but they didn’t know others’ points, which gave them a sense of urgency to take down other groups or beasts to get more points.
However, some groups were content with their current points and chose to hide, believing that their points were enough to be among the 16 groups that would advance to the next round.
Still, there were a few groups that became desperate because they didn’t encounter a lot of beasts or people, and they ended up with only a few points.
These people were roaming around, trying to either find a human or a beast.
And Clovis had to actually meet one of those groups.
Clovis raised his head, looking at the group consisting of three Tier 2 humans and three Tier 3 humans.
Unbeknownst to them, they would actually fight a battle they had never encountered before. The battle was against desperate people who would do anything to win.