*Bang!*
Kanaria seemed to have begun with their plan. As expected, the beasts turned around and started running back.
After that shot, Kanaria escaped through the route Melody had prepared, allowing her to return to the group without being found out by the beasts.
However, she was still concerned about the hidden enemies. Those humans would definitely not take this matter lightly, considering they were here to kill Clovis.
Meanwhile, Melody was observing the beasts with her camera to capture the beasts that came to them earlier. Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, the beast was not among them.
Hence, Melody came out of her hiding spot and started gathering the essence after the beasts left the area.
It took them quite a while, but they managed to retrieve everything they had hunted for.
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Main City.
"Sir." A young woman entered an office. Inside was a muscular man who once helped Clovis get his explorer identification, Gregory.
"What’s wrong?"
"The situation seems to be unstable right now." The woman showed him a paper. "Please take a look at this."
Gregory furrowed his eyebrows.
"Hmm?" Gregory’s expression turned solemn the moment he read the information. "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes."
Gregory let out a long sigh. "Alright, I understand. You can leave the room first."
The assistant politely bowed before leaving the room. Gregory, on the other hand, covered his face with both hands.
The paper contained two pieces of news that seemed directly printed by the news media.
The first one had a title, "Commercialization Battleship." The image contained a giant boat that flew into the sky. However, it had a few engines that let it fly. And it also showed a lot of weapons that would be used to attack the beasts.
The second one was the culprit for his frustration.
"A Beast Wave destroyed Swolden City."
"…" Gregory furrowed his eyebrows. "Swolden City is located not far from us. There are a lot of Tier 5 Explorers in that city. To think they would fall just like this… This is not looking good for our city.
"If this continues, all the bases on the eastern side of our city are going to collapse. And if the cities in the south go down as well, it means that we won’t be able to protect them anymore."
Gregory let out a long sigh. He couldn’t help but remember Clovis, whom he met not long ago.
"I don’t know if I have to say this is fortunate or unfortunate… The reason why those beasts don’t attack us right away is because of the existence of Clovis Hacfield. At the same time, the reason they want to attack us is because of him. I don’t know if the beasts have reached an agreement with a human organization or not, but I’m sure of one thing.
They are afraid of the third madman being produced."
Gregory thought for a moment. "If I’m not wrong, Vania Renvolt was directing those kids to go on a raid on Starion City Base. Right now, it’s only a Tier 3 Fallen Territory, but… I’m not sure what’s going to happen there."
After some contemplation, Gregory muttered, "I don’t think the Rusth family and the Drake Group will be silent for long."
It seemed that Gregory had made his decision. "Yuna."
"Yes, sir?"
"Investigate the Rusth family, especially the flow of their money. And track down that genius Ivan."
"But doing this will…" She looked worried. The action had a simple meaning. Their group would stop being neutral, which would cause a conflict with these people.
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"I won’t say it the second time."
"I understand." She had no choice but to do it when the leader asked her to do so.
"To think that they would kill tens of thousands of people just to eliminate a single kid." Gregory sighed.
…
Rizben Underground City.
Vina was training her body until she heard her device ringing.
"Mhmm?" She was confused at first since no one was supposed to call her during this time. But her doubt was cleared the moment she saw the word ’Master’ in the call.
"Teacher?" Vina hurriedly picked up the call. "Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"I’ve heard about it." The voice looked playful as though he didn’t mind what happened not long ago.
"I apologize for causing trouble for you, Teacher."
"It’s alright. In fact, this Clovis piqued my interest. To think that he would be capable of defeating a Tier 2 beast…"
"Actually…" Vina told him about everything she could figure out from the corpse of the snake.
"So, you’re saying that it was due to Ivan leaving a few wounds on the snake that allowed them to plant poison inside the beast?"
"According to what I saw, yes." Vina thought that this information would make her teacher less excited.
On the contrary, it seemed that he was becoming more interested in this guy called Clovis.
"Interesting. No matter what everyone says, it doesn’t change the fact that Ivan is the loser now. I never thought that there would be another interesting guy in this city."
Vina fell silent for a moment. "Teacher. Why did you send me to Ivan?"
"What’s wrong? You don’t like it? He’s helped you, hasn’t he?"
"I do admit that he has helped me, but most of the time, he is the cause of the trouble." Vina wanted to say Ivan was foolish, but without actually saying the words.
"In that case, you may go back to the surface. There is no need to follow that kid anymore. I’m sure that the current situation is going to change."
"Alright. Since I’ve got your permission, I’ll return to the surface immediately."
"You don’t really need my permission. Why are you so stiff? You should be more flexible."
Vina sighed. "I’m hanging up."
"Wait, wait. There is one more thing."
Vina paused, waiting for him to tell her about it.
"Before completely cutting off from Ivan, you should tell him about the raid that will be happening in a few weeks. He will definitely go there to restore his reputation."
Vina didn’t understand the last request, but she still said, "Alright. I’ll try."