"Eat this first and calm down."
"Bleh!" Erwin spat it down. Fortunately, it was still wrapped nicely, so it didn’t get dirty after touching the ground. He said with a panicked tone, "Why are you so calm? We have to get away immediately. That person is a Tier 9 human!"
Clovis smiled gently. "Take a look at your surroundings again."
"…" Erwin raised his head. Now that he thought about it, that person hadn’t done anything when Erwin was panicking like this.
After taking another look at his surroundings, he realized that the woman was nowhere to be seen. "Huh? That person… Was I hallucinating?"
"Calm down for a bit and eat this. She bought this for you." Clovis shook his head while waving his hand down a few times, gesturing that he would explain everything once he calmed down.
"That person bought them for me?" Erwin looked at the burger carefully. On the one hand, he wasn’t in the mood to eat. On the other hand, rejecting her gift would be rude.
Ultimately, Erwin opened the wrapper and started eating the burger.
Clovis noticed his shaking hands. It seemed that Erwin had seen something so terrifying that his body was trembling the whole time. He wondered what kind of thing he saw in her.
Nevertheless, he should calm him down by explaining the situation. "That person came for me."
"!!!" Erwin was startled at first but soon regained his composure. Considering Clovis’ background, it wasn’t that weird to have a Tier 9 human visit Clovis. "I see. I guess I should have expected that from you."
"No, no. You misunderstand the situation. While she came for me, the reason wasn’t my family. In fact, she didn’t appear to know me."
"Not your family? Then why would she come here? It wasn’t normal for a Tier 9 to come to a town in the countryside."
"I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can answer that question." Clovis let out a long sigh, disappointed in himself. In the end, the system and the glitch weren’t something he could talk about easily, even with his teammates.
"Is that so? It doesn’t really matter for me." Erwin shook his head.
"Still, what did you see for you to be this scared?" Clovis tried to change the topic.
"I saw…" Erwin paused for a moment, hesitating. "Madness? No, an apex predator. I could do nothing but simply let her rip my body apart."
Clovis recalled what Mara said about Erwin. "Now that I think about it, she said that you have rather unique eyes."
"Really?" Erwin frowned, falling into deep thought. He mumbled, "But these eyes are normal. And I have Muscle Affinity, which is not related to senses or eyes…"
"I don’t know much about it myself." Clovis shook his head. "Still, an apex predator, huh?"
"Yes. An absolute existence where you felt powerless against."
"According to her, you needed a stronger heart."
"Stronger heart? Ah, you mean stronger mentality. I guess…" Erwin let out a long sigh. He looked at his hands, which were still shaking. Even after talking for a while, it didn’t show any sign of stopping.
Clovis took a look at the time and asked, "Can you keep this entire meeting a secret?"
"Well, everyone will be panicking if they know a Tier 9 human is inside this city, especially Mara Leverstrike. She is famous for an incident that killed a thousand people. Although they were from terrorist organizations, she leveled the entire operation base, and each of the fallen terrorists got their bodies chopped into pieces, their blood smearing all the walls of their headquarters.
"People call her Bloody Queen because when people saw her and recognized her to be a Tier 9 human, her hair, her clothes, and half of her exposed skin were dyed red by blood.
"What do you think will happen if I tell them such a person comes to their city uninvited?"
Clovis smiled wryly. "I can see a bloody manhunt. We can’t have that when the city is facing such a problem."
"There you have it." Erwin pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Still, that person looked harmless. From her behavior to her action, it was fine as long as we didn’t provoke her."
"Is that so? That’s good news. At least the city wouldn’t face a disaster for now." Erwin let out a breath of relief.
"Anyway, do you know a beast known as Dunkleosteus?" Clovis asked.
"Mhmm? Why do you ask?" Erwin tilted his head in confusion. "I can search in the Skynet, no, you can do it yourself."
"I’m talking about Tier 9 Dunkleosteus." Clovis shook his head. If it was the regular one, he wouldn’t ask about it. But a Tier 9 beast would definitely cause a commotion. And if it was hunted down by his grandfather, Erwin might have heard about it since the person he admired was his mother.
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"Tier 9…" Erwin fell silent for a moment. "I think I have heard about it somewhere… something about a Tier 9 human hunting down a Tier 9 fish."
"I see." Clovis was able to confirm Mara’s words about his sword. It seemed that his sword was more amazing than he originally thought.
A Tier 9 fish that was known for having one of the toughest scales was enough for people to covet it. Mara only realized the identity of his swords simply because they didn’t break when she struck them.
And it didn’t seem that the swords were exuding a special aura or triggering people’s instincts. So he might not need to worry about people finding out about the swords and trying to steal them from him.
Clovis stood up. "Anyway, after you’re done, let’s go to our original destination. It’ll be good for you to calm down there as well."
"Yeah." Erwin agreed. He just stuffed everything inside his mouth and started walking. His legs were still weak, so Clovis ended up helping him walk.
Fortunately, they managed to reach the bus before anyone else. Clovis just gave him all the equipment he promised and told him to sit down to avoid showing his current condition.
He should be fine after one or two more hours.