"Clovis. There are ten incoming beasts." Melody informed.
"Got it." Clovis checked the direction and immediately rushed over once he stabbed the corpses around him with the essence collector.
As usual, Clovis continued his outstanding performance, killing a lot of beasts easily.
Meanwhile, Melody couldn’t help but raise her voice when it came to Erwin. "Erwin. There are four more beasts coming!"
"I know. Give me a sec! I’m not as fast as Clovis!" Erwin had a hard time keeping up, even with the equipment from Another World Mall.
’Kh. How in the world am I supposed to keep up with this? They’re moving too fast. After engaging with these new four beasts, I have to go back to the other spot to gather the essence collectors.’ Erwin complained inwardly.
However, Melody simply said, "Just cut their head and be done with it."
"It’s easy for you to say that!" Erwin clicked his tongue. He waved his hand, releasing his wires toward a beast. The beast sensed the danger from the wires and tried to avoid it, but the wires suddenly dropped and circled around its neck.
After that, with a single pulling motion, the neck was sliced apart by the wires.
Now that all the beasts had died, Erwin planted the essence collectors before attaching a wire to two trees, turning the wire into a slingshot.
He launched himself into the air, closing the gap between him and the four incomming beasts in a single leap.
Before the beasts could get close to the vehicle, Erwin had fallen on top of them. He killed two beasts in the same manner.
Still, he needed to launch back to grab the essence collectors while keeping up with the minibus.
On the one hand, he was overwhelmed by the task. On the other hand, he finally understood why Libation Fiesta was considered to be the most aggressive team during the competition.
It seemed that Jay had been the one doing this. Considering both of them having the same affinity, he realized that Jay might have another method to kill the beasts and collect their essence.
But for now, he had to keep up. He had told them that he would be contributing to the team after all. As someone with too much pride, there was no way he could admit he wasn’t up for the task.
Meanwhile, Kanaria was observing the status of the operation. "Aileen seems to stay on the mountain for a bit longer. Sir Albert has gone to the second checkpoint."
Melody simply projected Aileen’s message so that she could read it.
Kanaria frowned. "The mountain is dangerous? She has found more than twenty Tier 3 beasts and more than five Tier 4 spiders? We are still thirty minutes away from the mountain. Should we slow down our pace to conserve our energy?"
"No. We’ll continue this way. Erwin can take his time to recover by staying on the back once we reach the mountain. What we currently need right now is speed." Melody shook her head before commanding the two again.
"In that case, the main vanguards on the mountain will be Ragna and Jay." Kanaria nodded.
"Yes."
…
While they were advancing quickly, Aileen was actually standing on top of the mountain, watching them with a binocular.
"Are they insane? Advancing that fast requires a lot of stamina." Aileen frowned. "Granduncle told me to check on them and assist them if it’s necessary, but I might have to make my move quicker than I expected."
That was what Aileen thought at first. It wasn’t a mistake either. She was preparing to help them the closer they got. After all, Erwin and Clovis looked pretty exhausted.
Still, Clovis’ face remained calm as if he already knew that this plan would tire him out. During this time, Aileen got another idea.
What if the Libation Fiesta could continue advancing in such a bold manner? The hardest enemies on this mountain were the Tier 4 spiders. Meanwhile, the mountain itself wasn’t too big. There were some gentle slopes they could use to climb it.
If the Libation Fiesta could keep up at this pace, she might need to go to the second checkpoint rather than helping them.
How could she test them? There was one way to do it.
…
"Hmm?" Melody couldn’t help but furrow her eyebrows. "Guys. There is a wave of beasts coming from the mountain. It’s climbing down the mountain at high speed. There are about twenty of them."
"!!!" Kanaria hurriedly opened the door and took a peek at the mountain. "We have a problem. A Tier 4 spider is spotted."
"That spider matches the picture Aileen took half an hour ago."
"There seem to be two Tier 2 and the rest are lower than that. I don’t spot any Tier 3 spiders." Kanaria squinted her eyes. "But it’s a bit hard to see them when they’re hidden in the trees."
"We’ll go with our original plan. Get ready for full combat!" Clovis immediately took over the command. "Erwin. Finish all the beasts in your direction and kill the weak spiders. Ragna, Jay, and Kanaria will take down the Tier 4 beast."
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"Roger."
Jay and Ragna immediately exited the car. Meanwhile, Kanaria grabbed some equipment before coming out. She first tossed Ragna’s shield before climbing to the top of the minibus.
Ragna nodded to Jay before taking the lead. His role was simple. It was to stop the enemy’s attack and create an opportunity for Jay.
Meanwhile, Clovis had cut through the enemy and approached the enemy from the right.
Erwin still needed some time, but he could easily catch up just by leaping toward it.
Aileen felt amazed by their reaction time. "To think that they can get ready so quickly… not only the operators, but all of them are already aware of their roles. Still, can they defeat a Tier 4 spider with several other beas—! What’s that?" Aileen gasped when she saw Kanaria on top of the vehicle. It wasn’t her position that shocked her, but her weapon.
"Hehehe. Thanks to the minibus, I can finally carry multiple weapons with me. For this unlucky spider, I guess I’ll test this one." Kanaria smirked while setting up her sniper. "Get ready to be blasted with my Eclipse-X50. I guess a Tier 2 bullet is enough to pierce through the spider’s body."