Meanwhile, Clovis learned the entire thing the next day.
"I see." Clovis closed his eyes for a moment. He thought that silencing the doctor was enough, but the scared staff might still spread the rumor. This result ended up making him realize how naive he was.
At the same time, he understood the power he wielded. He couldn’t care less about his enemy’s death, but it would be different for innocent people who were simply dragged into this.
"Don’t think too much about this." Kanaria patted his back.
"I know. It’s just… it truly sucks. I feel like I’m being a hypocrite. I don’t like people suddenly killing me for something I haven’t done, but those people are now dying because of me. I’m just scared that in the future, I’ll become someone who I hate… someone who will regard common people as nothing but ants, whose deaths don’t matter to them.
A hypocrite that will do ruthless things to people but feel like they’re the most unfortunate person when someone hits them a little bit."
Kanaria couldn’t say she understood him. While Clovis was from the Hacfield family, his view was similar to that of the common people. That was probably why the Hacfield family wasn’t active in politics or expanding their field of influence.
"Jay will probably punch you when that happens." Kanaria gently smiled.
Clovis smiled back. "This is when you’re supposed to say you would do that yourself."
"I just can’t picture myself hitting you."
Clovis took a deep breath. "It seems that it’s time for us to leave the city."
"Indeed. Are we going as planned?"
"Yes. We’ll hunt for a week before heading home. After that, we’ll begin our preparation for a long journey and head to the city that your mother talked about." Clovis nodded. After this one trip, he should have enough money for the store. And another two weeks should be enough for the remaining amount he required to increase the visit limit and buy the items he wanted.
"It would be a grueling month, but we’ll definitely succeed." Kanaria pumped her fists. This was a matter of life and death. If they failed, the city would be destroyed.
As soon as they heard about Clovis’ order, the team immediately packed up and left the city within six hours.
…
The two assassins were standing on top of a hill, looking at the numerous beasts at the bottom of the hill.
One of them looked at their Skyphone and said, "It seems something big has happened in Vasige City."
"Hacfield?"
"Probably. It’s hard to find information about it, but it’s true that they’re heading to that place."
The assassin looked down, falling into deep thought. "Either way, our plan won’t change. We’ll have to succeed this time."
"Of course. We have gathered a lot of beasts recently. When are we going to stop and bring all of them to that city?"
"Pretty soon. Those people are also unable to endure it for so long."
"Right. They have been pressured from all directions. If we let Clovis get bigger, our place might be the one getting swallowed up. In that case, why don’t those bossy people take action? They have killed his parents, no?"
What he received for that question was a glare.
"Oops." He rolled his eyes.
"If they’re making another move, there’s a high chance that they will die. Besides, even though his parents have died, their bodies have never been found."
"Are you hinting that they’re still alive?"
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"Do you think a Tier 8 explorer will die so easily?"
"Fair enough. So they’re searching for his parents while we have to handle this matter on our own?"
"Yeah. So don’t question more than this, or the boss will kill you."
"Alright, alright."
The assassin pointed at the beasts. "Anyway, we’ll need more beasts to ensure complete destruction as well as to surround him completely. If we can’t kill him this time, the boss might truly kill us."
"Why doesn’t just the boss do it personally?"
"I don’t know if you are bold or foolish. Haven’t you heard ’curiosity kills the cat?’"
"Well, I have also heard a legend that cats have nine lives."
The assassin glared at him, while the latter simply looked away while whistling.
The assassin shook his head helplessly. "Anyway, proceed with the plans. A mere ten thousand won’t be enough, let alone with their current strength. It’s hard to find a strong beast around the area, so we’ll have to use quantity against them.
"Those people are going to help us create the beast wave, so all we need to do now is prepare. The time limit is a month. After that, they’ll start moving."
"Finally." He grinned. "I want to pay back that boy for taking my hand."
"You are just too weak."
"It was because Clovis was standing on my way before I could cut that guy. I was surprised at that time that I didn’t know what to do since cutting him right there would bring trouble for us. This time, I’ll just kick him away and kill his teammates."
"Hmph." The assassin harrumphed. "Anyway, we have a target. One hundred thousand. If we can’t reach that number before the time limit, the mission will be considered a failure."
"One hundred thousand, huh? Aren’t they contradicting themselves? We need to be fast, but we have to get that impossible number."
"It’s not impossible. You just have to work even harder. From the previous beast wave, we already know that the city won’t have any problem taking a few thousand beasts at once. From their reaction, it’s clear that it’s not impossible to handle ten times that number, which is thirty thousand beasts.
"Hence, we need a hundred thousand. Even if they go past their limit, it will be impossible for them to handle it."
"A hundred thousand, huh?" The guy smirked. "Fine. I’ll work hard as long as we can kill them and finish this job as quickly as possible. Killing the grandson of Michael Hacfield will make me famous, right?"