Jay clicked his tongue while looking around. There were nothing but corpses around him.
Even though he had killed more than thirty beasts by himself, his thirst for battle hadn’t been quenched.
"Kanaria. Are you alright?" Jay asked while looking at the building. He soon noticed Kanaria on the building’s roof, attaching herself to a rope as she leaped down the building like a trained soldier.
"Yeah. If you have any time to chat, you better go to Clovis’s side. There are a lot of beasts approaching from that side, so we have to help him. I will take care of the beasts chasing after me," Kanaria replied while looking left where Clovis was fighting all those beasts by himself.
"What? There are more?" Jay widened his eyes in shock. "Melody. You should have told me about it."
"I was planning to tell you once you cleared up the area." Melody responded with a slightly monotonous tone as though she wanted to say she was lazy.
Kanaria couldn’t help but furrow her eyebrows. She wanted to comment on her reply, but she chose to let it go for the time being.
They had other tasks to do after all.
"I’m going." Jay immediately rushed to Clovis’s side, finding those beasts. It seemed that Clovis was also taking a beating.
Even though he was a Tier 1 human, there were more beasts in that wave than the beasts Jay killed in the parking lot. And he didn’t have Kanaria’s support, so it was hard for him to handle all those beasts by himself.
"Huu…" Clovis took a deep breath while slashing one beast after another. However, one of the beasts suddenly emerged from the opposite side and struck him.
Although he wanted to block it, he wasn’t fast enough to do it. Even when he shot the beast, the momentum caused the body to crash into him.
Clovis hurriedly stood up and continued the fight.
Fortunately, the reinforcement he had been waiting for had finally arrived.
When Clovis was about to shoot these beasts, a blade came from the sides, slicing several beasts’ necks.
"Yo! You’re having fun by yourself." Jay smirked. "I have never seen you without wounds during a battle."
"It can’t be helped." Clovis shrugged. "Let’s kill these beasts. According to Melody, there is no Tier 2 beast among them."
"Alright. But I will be fighting the next Tier 2 beast we find."
"Don’t chat too much." Clovis harrumphed but didn’t respond to his claim since he wanted to fight as many Tier 2 beasts as he possibly could.
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Rizben Underground City.
A few days ago, Lovelia grabbed Vina’s shoulders while asking out loud. "What did you say? You were left behind?"
Vina gave a wry smile. "That was the agreement. Since I have to remain in the city and not cooperate with you, I will follow through on the promise. Besides, I want you to remember that I am not the main problem."
Lovelia shuddered. If Vina didn’t follow them, her life would be in danger. How could she explain this to her grandfather?
"What are you doing? No, why are you asking me this?" Vina tilted her head in confusion. While they were in the same group, she wasn’t like Lovelia or Elina.
She remained in the group because her master told her that they would be the rising group and that it would provide her with a good experience.
However, she was kind of disappointed by Ivan’s action. He kept challenging things beyond his level and somehow saved himself in one way or another.
At first glance, it looked like he did something amazing. For Vina, he was simply reckless.
On the other hand, Lovelia had fallen too deep. She gritted her teeth, unable to answer Vina’s question.
Vina looked at Lovelia before shaking her head helplessly. "Lovelia. I will just remind you of this. At the end of the day, you are just a substitute. No, we, including Elina, might be the substitutes. His eyes never looked at us.
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"Just look at our names and compare them to Kanaria. That’s right. Vina, Elina, or you, Lovelia… If they are combined, it rings similar to that of Kanaria. This is my advice, as someone who has been in the same party as you, don’t fall too deep."
"What do you know?!" Lovelia grabbed her collar, looking frustrated. She had a lot going on.
At the same time, it didn’t change the fact that Ivan saved her… even though it was the trouble he brought himself. However, Lovelia only saw the first part while Vina was calm enough to see the second part.
Vina grabbed her hands and shoved them away. "Well, the bet should do you good in one way or another. Since you are not at the party anymore, you don’t have to be in danger. If your only purpose is to marry him, then you can approach him in another way. This way, you won’t break any rules and maintain your integrity.
"But if you think you can’t do it, then I have nothing more to tell you. After all, I will still remain in the city… or maybe return to the surface while waiting for the ban. I still have to maintain my integrity for my teacher after all. If you understand that, I hope you can leave."
Vina extended her hand toward the door, implying that she wasn’t invited here anymore.
Lovelia couldn’t refute her words at all. If she still came to Ivan, she would definitely be judged and the reputation of their Rusth Family would be hit once more. At that time, her grandfather would definitely disown her.
Lovelia had no choice but to walk away.
When she left the room, she looked at her device as Elina replied to her message.
Elina: Sorry, I believe it’s better if you don’t contact me anymore. The current situation is rather perilous and the president is angry.
Elina had chosen to cut contact with her, most likely due to the pressure from above. There was also a chance that she had known the matter from her grandfather.
Lovelia bit her lips as her eyes were filled with extreme anger.