After several hours, Clovis had gone to the next checkpoint, meeting with the representative of the second checkpoint.
Clovis extended his hand while saying, "I’m Clovis from Libation Fiesta. Our team has killed most of the beasts on the mountain."
The Tier 6 middle-aged woman shook his hand. "I’ve heard about you from Mr. Albert."
On the one hand, the Tier 6 woman couldn’t believe that Clovis had killed so many beasts. On the other hand, Clovis was currently a direct subordinate of Albert. If she ended up antagonizing him, it would be troublesome if Albert ended up harassing her later.
As if he could see through her worry, Clovis added, "We have killed about one and a half thousand beasts. It seems that most of them have gone to the underground base. However, the problem is that we don’t have enough manpower to search every nook and cranny."
"…" The woman fell silent. When Clovis mentioned the number, it made his words a bit more credible. Either way, she would press a complaint if Clovis hadn’t killed a lot of beasts. "I understand. My team will completely secure the mountain."
Clovis nodded. "On another note, have you found the tunnel leading to the base?"
"Not yet. We suspect that it’s on the mountain. My team is about to secure it and seal it completely. We have prepared plenty of explosives."
"Understood. In that case, my team will continue to the base."
The woman nodded.
They immediately went their separate ways. Little did she know, she would get the shock of her life after seeing how a single team could kill so many beasts within a few hours.
Although she had seen the exhausted faces of everyone in the group, it didn’t change the fact that this feat was impossible for any Tier 3 or Tier 4 group, let alone a group with half of the members only Tier 2.
Nevertheless, Clovis didn’t plan to meet her again. Even though they were exhausted, they still needed to go to the city.
And the situation was actually worse than they imagined. When the base was in sight, they could see a lot of beasts surrounding the base from all directions. The people on the wall were quite exhausted from holding them back.
In addition, the smoke inside the base had spread so widely that it appeared as if half of the city was engulfed in fire.
"This is awful." Kanaria clicked her tongue. "They won’t be able to last for another two hours."
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"Are we going to fight all those beasts in this state?" Erwin frowned. "I mean, we can still fight, but I don’t think we’re in a condition to kill another thousand beasts."
Clovis frowned before turning to Melody. The latter connected him to Albert.
"Sir Albert. This is Clovis. We have the base in sight, but there doesn’t seem to be any entrance here."
Albert looked surprised, but he immediately replied, "Got it. What’s your position?"
"We are southwest of the city."
"Can you create a wall on that corner? I’ll clean up the rest of the beasts, and we’ll begin the evacuation."
"Yes, we can. What is the situation over there, sir?"
"All the preparations are done. Once I give you the signal, we’ll commence the operation. There’s a high possibility that the beasts will be attacking us, so once the reinforcement arrives, you might need to enter the city and join the rear."
"Understood." Clovis nodded. Although he was curious about the base itself, he shouldn’t disturb Albert too much.
…
Inside the base, Albert looked at the few people inside the room. "Vice commander. Please inform all the fighters to head to the south wall. We’ll be abandoning this base."
"!!!" The vice commander looked surprised but immediately nodded. "Understood."
Albert then turned to Aileen. "You are to command all of our people and hold off the rear."
Aileen acknowledged the order.
"The rest of you will be protecting the two sides along with the soldiers according to our original plan."
"Yes, sir!"
Last but not least, Albert turned to the Tier 6 explorer coming from the third checkpoint. He looked at the middle-aged man while saying, "Although I hate to say this, I’ll be counting on you to be the second wall."
"Hmph. You’re not the only one who hates it. I’m just doing this because the beasts are their priority. If we return to the surface, you can expect that my family will still compete with yours." He harrumphed.
Albert smiled. "You need to remain alive before that."
"Hmph." The guy simply left the room.
Noticing the awkward atmosphere, Albert simply said, "Let’s go. We don’t have a lot of time."
"Y-Yes!"
From the outside, Clovis could see that the people had begun to move toward the south. They were still holding back the beasts, but they could hear a lot of ruckuses coming from the north after being abandoned.
It was only a matter of time before the city was breached.
"Clovis! Go!" Albert finally gave a signal.
"Kanaria. You’ll be alone this time," said Clovis.
"Don’t worry. I’m using my usual weapon, so I can take care of myself." Kanaria waved her hand. "You should worry about yourself."
Clovis nodded. "Let’s begin!"
Clovis and the others started advancing toward the corner of the wall.
Roar!
Roar!
Roar!
The beasts noticed him as expected. A lot of them turned around to eliminate them.
However, Clovis and Jay sped up.
Clovis waved his swords multiple times while Jay swung his sword with both hands.
"Raaa!" The beasts suddenly flew into the air, either getting sliced multiple times or split into two.
Ragna positioned himself to the left. As Clovis and Jay pierced through the enemy’s ranks, Ragna blocked all the beasts coming from the west wall.
Kanaria was unleashing all her bullets on the west wall, giving Ragna an easier time.
Meanwhile, the enemy at the south gate was handled by Erwin and Melody.
But before they could begin, a person had already jumped off the wall right above them.
"Focus on the enemies coming from the west walls, little friends. I’ll eliminate all the enemies from the south gate." The familiar voice echoed in their ears. "Annihilation."
When that person landed on the ground, all of a sudden, numerous beasts were going down as if they had been slashed from behind.