As Clovis said, now that there was no beast that could challenge Albert and Friday, both of them ended up leading the fight and suppressing the beasts. Both Albert and Friday split up, as Albert's role was to exterminate all beasts inside the city while Friday was taking care of the tunnel from examining it to burying it.
It could be said that this incident was a blessing in disguise. On the one hand, a lot of people might have died, and the city had been half-destroyed. On the other hand, the threat of a Tier 7 beast had completely disappeared. The mountain where the spider originally resided would be considered a Tier 5 zone since there weren't any high-tier beasts on it anymore.
Although the repair would take a while, there were a lot of resources they could use, especially the corpses scattered all around the cities.
The soldiers evacuated the citizens, while Albert remained in the city. Repairing one elevator out of the four wouldn't take too long, so as long as it was able to operate again, the city could pour in a lot of reinforcent and supply to rebuild the town.
And by revealing the information about the Tier 7 spider and their strength to subdue it, they should be able to raise morale.
Without long, the city would definitely return to its glory.
Clovis and the others decided to return since it was already beyond their capabilities.
With Albert and Friday's testimonies, the commander realized that this ti they succeeded because of Clovis' help. They didn't know why Mara ca for him, but if not for him, she wouldn't have destroyed the boulders and killed the beasts.
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Genzert Residence.
"This is peaceful. I guess you will be coming with us, Erwin." Ragna extended his hand. "We haven't done this before. I'm Ragna. I'll be looking forward to adventuring with you."
"Yep. It's going to be exciting." Erwin shook his hand before pointing at Clovis in the garden. "By the way, what is he doing?"
Ragna glanced at the garden, finding Clovis standing still. He was holding his sword with both hands and continued ditating for two hours. "I don't know."
"He probably understood sothing after seeing that fight," said Jay, while maintaining his blade.
"Understand sothing, huh?" Erwin crossed his arms.
Suddenly, the bell of his house echoed.
"Mhmm?" Erwin frowned and headed to the door. Once he opened the door, he couldn't help but get taken aback by the person who ca over. "Commander?"
"Hello." The commander smiled. "Sorry, I was a bit too busy recently to make you wait for two days. I'm here to talk about the reward."
"Please co in." Erwin nodded. "Let call Clovis for you."
The commander and Erwin walked to the living room and saw Clovis in the garden. When Erwin was about to call him, Clovis suddenly waved his sword.
Instead of cutting through the air, it actually generated a small gale that ended up dispersing after half a ter.
"Clo—" Erwin raised his voice but abruptly stopped when the commander said, "That's interesting."
"Huh?" Erwin raised his eyebrows.
"He is trying to send a ranged attack, huh?"
"Ranged attack?" Jay was the one who reacted this ti.
"Yep. Sothing like this." The commander flicked his fingers.
"Ouch!" All of a sudden, Erwin got knocked down to the floor as he clutched his forehead. "What the…? Did you just flick without touching ?"
"I'm not really that good at it, but this is what it ans to send a ranged attack. I simply gathered enough strength in my middle finger and released it in one go, generating enough pressure to create a small torrent of air to the forehead.
"Just seeing what he was trying to accomplish, I could understand what Mara Leverstrike used to kill the beasts. She is famous because her attack has the longest range in the world. Once, she cut down a flying beast and ended up reaching the ceiling of the underworld and causing it to collapse.
The ceiling might not be too far, but sending an attack that powerful for three to four hundred ters is insane, you know."
"Ranged attack…" Both Erwin and Jay sucked a cold breath.
"You don't need it, Erwin. Your wires' strength lies in your grip as well as your fingers. Learning this one will simply waste your ti. On the other hand, the swordsman over there might be pretty interested in it."
Ragna clenched his hands into fists. He realized that he would have to handle sothing like that sooner or later.
"Are you teaching us to lower the reward, Commander?" Clovis' voice soon echoed.
The commander smiled. "Was it that obvious? You truly sucked dry, and I had no other choice. You should have told that you know Mara Leverstrike."
Clovis smiled. "I t her after that eting."
The commander shook his head helplessly. "I'm wondering how I should reward you. After hearing a few suggestions, I've decided sothing."
"And that is?"
The commander raised three fingers. "First of all, Clovis, Jay, and Kanaria will receive a super injection each. The second reward is three beast souls. One of the Tier 4 spiders actually produces a beast soul, which we have determined to allow one person to climb on any surface. I think it's good for the sniper on your team.
"For the operator, Ditrodon Beast Soul should be good for her as it allows her to be sensitive to temperature change. The third beast soul is Gigantopithecus blacki, an ape known for its robust limbs. This one is for Ragna.
"Last but not least, I originally wanted to give you fifteen million, but because of the sudden rush of orders to get all the materials to rebuild the underground city, I'm a little low on cash. Hence, I'm thinking of giving only five million, but I'll give each of you personal advice. I'm not the best, but my advice should be worth that much, right?"
Clovis looked down, falling into deep thought. It wasn't a bad offer. In addition, he would also get so money by selling the essence he had acquired.
After so consideration, Clovis added one finger. "If you can agree to one condition, I will agree."
"Depends on your condition."
"We'll stay here for another two or three days. In the anti, please allow Kanaria to observe the restoration teams." He wanted to help Kanaria realize her dream, so this experience should be priceless for her.
"Oh. That sweetheart of yours? I heard that she managed to see through the city's condition from those supply trucks alone." The commander thought for a mont. "Alright. You've got a deal. It doesn't seem she is here right now, so just tell her to Ember Tower and ntion my na."
"Yes. Thank you very much."
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