"So, what are we supposed to do now?" Kanaria asked. "There’s no instruction or whatever. Clovis is still out of contact."
"I don’t know." lody shook her head.
"Since there are no other instructions, I will go shopping for the ti being." Aileen glanced at Erwin.
Erwin grinned. "Isn’t there a word you need to say?"
"Co with , please, darling."
"It can’t be helped." Erwin stood up.
"Wait a mont." Vina abruptly stood up. "I have found a clue."
"A clue?" Kanaria frowned.
"Yes, look at this." Vina projected her screen so that everyone could see. It was a recording of the city from the sky.
"Why are you showing this?" Kanaria crossed her arms.
"So, that’s how it is." lody looked like she was the only one who had managed to catch the clue. "Puzzle gas?"
"Puzzle?"
"Yes." Vina nodded. "This is a puzzle ga. If you look at this recording, it shows three characters. E, A, and S."
"And what do these characters an?"
"I am not entirely sure. To beco the owner of the Dark Moon rcenary, the successor is required to have three things: strength, mind, and connection. They are divided into three branches: the Blue Diamond Group, the Dark Erald Group, and the Red Ruby Group.
"Blue Diamond Group is a security company that works on the surface. They are the strongest in terms of strength. It can be said that they are the swords of the Dark Moon rcenary.
"Dark Erald Group holds the information network of the Dark Moon rcenary, which is currently under my control. We are practically the brain of the rcenary group.
"Last but not least, Red Ruby Group. If there is anyone who can negotiate and make even more connections, it will be them. Although they are not as big as top companies, they have controlled the finances of the rcenary group.
"Right now, our opponent is the Red Ruby Group. They have a connection to the Three Swords. Do you know why I chose you guys for this successor battle?
"That is because I believe you guys are the strongest under Tier 8. I believe in your growth. There is a condition during the successor battle. We are forbidden from moving a Tier 8 human in our group or outside the group.
"Hence, we’ll be fighting the successor of the Three Swords from the looks of it. And the one who will be our opponent is none other than a woman called Stefany Rashia. Stefany might be talented in business, but she doesn’t have the power to fight. Still, she is soone who is willing to do anything to achieve her goal.
"Our leader will be giving tasks for the successor battle. We have to decipher the code and figure out what he is trying to say.
"This is what I an by having three qualities. Although all three successors have been placed in the group they excel the most, they need to figure out the tasks because they require connection, strength, and mind.
"And this E, A, and S must be the code that has to be solved by our minds. Then, the second code and third code have to be solved with strength and connection."
"I see. So, we have to solve the first code as quickly as possible to take the initiative?" Kanaria looked up, contemplating.
"Yes."
"E, A, and S. It might be an abbreviation. That’s the only way to tell you sothing unless there are more clues." Jay looked down, unable to figure out anything.
"E stands for Explosion?" Luci tilted her head in confusion.
"Have your brain cells disappeared after tackling such a hard challenge, Luci?" lody sighed.
"Huh? Why are you insulting ?"
"Because this is what E and A an, no?" lody projected her screen this ti. It was a familiar building in this city. And underneath the picture, it was there they understood the aning of those two characters.
"Explorer Association?!"
"Ah!" Vina gasped. "Don’t tell , the S is..."
"You probably guessed it correctly." lody opened the next tab. It was the structure of the explorer association in this city.
"Salvatore Lee. The Explorer Association President of this country." As she expected, it was truly that person.
"So, will he give us the mission? No, judging from the puzzle, it looks like we have to find him? This shows ’connection.’" Kanaria frowned before turning to Hana.
"Why are you looking at ?" Hana tilted her head in confusion. "Well, I can probably try to have a eting with him. I guess I’m the only one who can sohow et him.
"Let’s see. Setting up a direct eting will be impossible without a big reason. If this is a test, the association president might deliberately not want to et us.
"What if I bring up the topic for my new branch? But this is for the governnt, not the exploration association.
"Throwing my money away? This doesn’t sound good... How am I supposed to et him?" Hana crossed her arms. "I don’t have a base in this country, so I can’t easily et soone like him."
"I see. Connection, huh? If it’s the Three Swords, one of the top influences in this country, it will be easy for them to et the president." Jay crossed his arms. "If Hana doesn’t have the connection to et them, how are we supposed to et him?"
"Well, I can try to use the president of this country or any high-ranking governnt official to et him." Hana sighed. "If that’s the case, we have no choice but to wait for two more days. That’s the day I will have a eting with the Health Minister of this country."
"I guess we have no choice but to follow the arrangent." Vina scratched the back. "Unfortunately, I can’t do anything here."
"Well, we will carry you in this task. You can repay us when you take over the Dark Moon rcenary." Hana grinned.
"Please go easy on ." Vina smiled wryly.
"Don’t worry. Clovis is the only person I will suck dry, no one else." Hana smiled. "So, who will accompany to this eting? Let’s see... I will bring two people with ."
"I should go since I’m the one responsible for the successor battle." Vina raised one hand.
It would have been better if Clovis had been here, but it looked like they needed soone to represent them.
"I guess I have no choice but to step up." Jay, the vice captain, volunteered.
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