A few hours later.
"We’re finally back." Kanaria stretched her hands up. They had fought so hard today.
"Melody. Do you want to join us for some good food?" Clovis asked.
"Nah, I’m good. You guys can have fun." Melody shook her head. "Just don’t forget about my payment."
"Since the contract lasts until tomorrow, I will send you the money tomorrow." Clovis winked his right eye. If they stopped today, it meant they only had to pay Melody for two days. But Clovis chose to end it tomorrow as compensation for her help this time.
"Mhmm. Thank you. If you need anything, you can contact me. As long as it can increase my reward, then I will gladly help you. And I hope you don’t give me a rating."
"Are you sure?" Clovis furrowed his eyebrows.
"Yeah." Melody nodded. It wasn’t that she cared about the rating. She simply didn’t want to attract more trouble from those trying to kill Clovis.
"I don’t really mind if you’re alright with it." Clovis agreed with her.
Now that they were done with the mission, Melody left the car, ready to take a taxi to go back home.
But before closing the door, Melody added, "Well, the hunt was fun. If you still need me, I don’t mind if you hire me again. But I might have to raise my rate since I have to bother with your unknown enemies."
Clovis gave a wry smile, not being able to refute her words. This was the reason why Melody didn’t want to join them after all.
"So, we’re going to Clovis’s home now?" Jay asked. "Kanaria, are you going too?"
"Yeah. I still have some clean clothes I can use, so I’m going to celebrate with you guys together." Kanaria nodded. Now that Melody was gone, Kanaria positioned herself on the backseat with Clovis, leaving Jay alone in the front.
After Jay stepped on the gas, Clovis turned to her. "By the way, have you done the calculation?"
"Yep. First of all, we have completed these three quests." Kanaria projected three panels between her and Clovis.
Mission: Mutated Thylacoleo
Reward: 20,000 Union Dollars
Mission: Megalania Subjugation.
Reward: 15,000 Union Dollars.
Mission: Proconsul Overlord
Reward: 100,000 Union Dollars.
"That’s quite a lot. 135,000 union dollars just from the mission rewards. We still have essence to sell, huh?" Clovis squinted his eyes.
"Yeah. As for the essence, that depends on how much you plan to sell. Unfortunately, we’ve got no beast soul."
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"Well, Beast Soul is said to be an extremely rare item that will only drop once out of one thousand beasts. So, it can’t be helped." Clovis shook his head helplessly. "Besides, we still have two beast souls in our possession. We just don’t have anyone who can utilize it right now. As for how much I plan to sell… I’m thinking about selling 80% of my portion."
"What?" Kanaria looked like she was going to object. However, Clovis managed to catch up to them with that kind of reckless behavior, so this 80% might have been calculated carefully.
On the other hand, if she pitied him and sold the same amount, her progress would definitely be much slower than Clovis.
In the end, Kanaria said, "I’m only planning to sell 30% of the essence."
"Me too," Jay interjected.
Kanaria calculated the essence they had. "If we’re following the market price, we should get about 150,000 union dollars from the essence. So, close to 300,000 overall. That’s only the money. The rest of the essence can still be sold for another fifty thousand. Unfortunately, we have to cut short our trip or we would get another hundred thousand."
"It’s not bad." Clovis nodded with a serious expression. He was going to register all the money at Another World Mall first before distributing their portions.
"It’s not bad? If Melody were here, she would be saying that we’re freaks. Normal parties would only bring back about a hundred thousand union dollars. And if they cut out the cost of the bullets and other things, each person only gets about ten thousand. That is, if they sell all their essence and are not using some for themselves.
And if you are affiliated with a company or organization, you will get less than that. In fact, most Tier 1 explorers only get about a thousand to two thousand per expedition. Although the number adds up if you keep going on an exploration for a month, it’s barely enough for a decent life in the base, let alone purchasing a good house or equipment." Kanaria sighed.
"Well…" Clovis gave a wry smile. Because of the uniqueness of his group, his sense of money was already distorted. "Anyway, let’s have some celebration tonight, and we will submit the rewards and sell the essence after that. Then, wire the money to Melody tomorrow, which ends the contract."
"Sure." Kanaria nodded.
Still, Clovis felt a bit excited but, at the same time, faced a dilemma. On the one hand, he could rank up the membership and open a new store. On the other hand, he might not have enough left to increase the visit limit. He had to sacrifice one of them this time.
"Either way, I am going to tell my mother first that we’re already back, and I’ll go back tomorrow." Kanaria sighed while searching for her mother’s number.
But at this time, she received a message from her mother.
Mom: It seems that you’re back already. What? Going to stay at Clovis’s home? I think I should pack up your luggage soon so that you can permanently stay there. By the way, I have noticed that a backdoor has been set up on your device. You must haven’t paid that girl.
She is probably using that to make sure the payment reaches her. Anyway, have fun.
’How the hell did she know about all this?’ Kanaria was screaming inside.
"What’s wrong?" Clovis looked worried since Kanaria only stared at the screen without calling her mother.
"Nothing. It seems that my mother already knows about it."