"What the hell? Why are there no records about your hunts from the 2nd day to the 7th day?" Jay argued. "Are you pitying us or something?"
Kanaria also didn’t like the result. "You’re not going to say that you’ve lost the result because of something, right?"
Clovis’ expression turned grim. Melody looked away since she knew everything. Erwin was their driver as a punishment for losing to Jay, while Ragna was the one helping with the navigation.
"I will be explaining everything." Clovis nodded. He revealed everything that happened, from meeting Vina to the information.
The impact of the information was huge, especially for Jay and Kanaria. They were thinking about sending this information to their family.
Ragna knew the importance but didn’t have a lot of reaction. His city had been destroyed and his orphanage was no more. He didn’t have any attachment to Star City, so he didn’t think much about this problem. Libation Fiesta had been his home since that day when he joined the group.
Erwin, on the other hand, couldn’t help but say, "That’s rather dangerous. If we somehow lose against those beasts, we have no other choice but to escape to the south. However, my city is also there. If they gather more beasts along the way, won’t it cause a lot of problems for my city as well?"
"Yeah. That’s why I have a plan. And to do that, I want all of you to keep this information a secret, including to your family. Only after we manage to confirm it will I reveal the plan to you guys."
"Hmmm… Will that plan endanger my city?" Erwin asked.
"It would be in your and your city’s best interest to accept my proposal."
"I see." Erwin nodded. Even though he didn’t trust him completely, Clovis’ plan had been rather unique and effective, so he should trust him on this one. "So where are we going next?"
"Silver Moon City."
"Gotcha."
Jay, on the other hand, said, "It seems that we’ve lost this competition if we add that much money during that side mission."
"What are you talking about? During the competition, it was Melody who should be the leader. But because I broke that rule, there was no way I could include it in the calculation." Clovis shrugged.
"Do you think I like that? This is not fair!" Jay gritted his teeth. Clovis had all the right to include the result, especially since he did it for their sakes.
That was why Kanaria placed her hand on Clovis’ shoulder, her voice turning cold. "Are you sure you don’t want to include that?"
Kanaria was staring at Clovis with bloodshot eyes. It was a simple threat since Clovis knew what Kanaria would ask in case she won. No, it was for this exact reason why she was the one who tried the hardest during this competition.
Erwin couldn’t help but glance back. ’Those eyes… I remember them. They were the same eyes Aileen had when she dragged me away.’
Ragna remained silent, but he was still enjoying himself. He raised both hands, his left hand made an ’O’ symbol while his right hand moved toward it with the index finger pointing straight.
Erwin almost burst into laughter and slapped his hands playfully.
Even Jay was silent the moment Kanaria gave an ultimatum.
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Now that he had thought about it, Clovis and Kanaria had never taken the final step. Kanaria had mentioned that she would wait, but Clovis had no explanation either.
At the same time, Clovis remembered what Melody said about everything being calculated by the super AI that created this world.
Even Another World Mall had an age restriction, despite 16 years old being considered an adult in this country.
When Clovis thought about it, there might be something that could allow him to break free from the calculation.
That was why Clovis said, "Yeah. I’ve lost."
"…" Kanaria didn’t expect this answer, not that she hated it. She let out a long sigh. "Fine. Let’s leave it at that for now. We’ll be extremely busy for the next several days."
…
Following Clovis’ plan, the first city they visited was none other than the city he used to live in for more than 12 years. It was the city he was born in.
After getting attacked four years prior, the city’s condition was horrible.
The sturdy walls that reached as high as 20 meters had almost disappeared. Numerous buildings had been reduced to rubble, and nature had taken over.
Because of the city’s situation, they had no other choice but to park the minibus one kilometer away and approach the city by foot.
It turned out the information was correct. Even though they couldn’t confirm the number of the beasts, there were already a lot of beasts living outside the cities.
Clovis led his team carefully, making sure not to wake up all these slumbering beasts. After all, it would be bad if the enemies found out that Clovis had figured out their plan.
Clovis approached the city from the west gate even though the gate and the wall were no more. The reason why he was able to escape in the past was because of the location of his house, which wasn’t that far from the west gate. As a result, he got picked up by the evacuation team first.
When he remembered all those details, Clovis couldn’t help but wonder how much his parents had calculated. They might have realized that they would be attacked by beasts and bought the house over there.
Since it wasn’t far, Clovis managed to reach the place where everything started.
His house had been half-destroyed, but surprisingly, there was no beast around this area. In addition, Clovis remembered that his current house had a basement, so the important things might be located in the hidden basement.
He just had to find it.
Meanwhile, the others were quite amused. This was where the Hacfield family lived. Even though they were a mighty family, Clovis’ house was rather normal. It was only twenty meters wide and thirteen meters long. It was quite big, but it was affordable to most families.
’Is this really the Hacfield family’s house?"