Another World Mall

With the success of the joint training, the government became more and more pleased with Clovis.
They skillfully handled all the administration work regarding the new city. This way, Hana could start moving the construction workers to this new city and rebuild it.
With the military helping with the defense, they should be able to hold them back.
Of course, Vina had been informed, and through Clovis’ channel, the people connected to Stefany began to enter the country.
They didn’t swallow everything. Instead, they let other companies from the country take a piece of the pie as well.
What Clovis wanted was country growth. As long as the country grew stronger, he would have a better backer.
Besides, his reputation would continue to soar thanks to them.
Still, Clovis would get at least 70% of the revenue. It was true that he didn’t intend to make the Hacfield family as big as in his grandfather’s era, but it didn’t mean he would remain as a small group.
His goal was an empire. So, the money he had gotten would be used to create that empire. He invested in a lot of fields, including Hana’s company.
Rather than building them from scratch, Clovis chose to take over a company. After all, raising people from zero took a lot of time.
Once the project had stabilized, Clovis let the rest take over the job. Meanwhile, the Libation Fiesta had to prepare for an expedition again.
Vina had brought the news from Silvia regarding the event. So, Clovis knew he had to be extra alert for this mission, fully aware that the enemies were lurking around them.
To ensure their safety, Clovis chose to strengthen the group even further.
Hence, for the remaining four months before the event, they focused fully on hunting down the beasts and using all their loot to get even stronger.
Thanks to Another World Mall, they progressed even faster. In fact, the sports equipment had helped them improve their individual abilities.
As a result, Clovis decided to let them use the money to buy as much essence as possible.
Thanks to their relentless efforts, all the people in the group except for Clovis, Kanaria, and Jay managed to reach Tier 7.
However, those at Tier 7 still had a hard time reaching Tier 8. Now that they were categorized as high-tier humans, the number of beasts of that level had decreased significantly.
They could take down a few Tier 7 beasts at the same time, but they had to share the resources with the rest of the group.
It would have been even harder when they reached Tier 8.
Hence, the Tier 7 members’ progress had slowed down significantly.
Unfortunately for them, because Clovis hadn’t reached that tier yet, he couldn’t provide them with ingredients of that tier.
So, they had no choice but to use a huge amount of money to buy the Tier 7 essence.
At the same time, they would store all Tier 8 beast essence whenever possible.
...
Four months later.
Clovis entered the bus. Thanks to Another World Mall, the interior had changed a lot. The bus used the furniture from the mall, making it a comfortable second home that would allow them to recover their strength quickly.
Clovis announced out loud, "We will now be joining the Center Alliance. We will meet up with the rest of the group and head straight to the event. Jay, Erwin, Ragna. You three will drive."
"Got it!" Ragna nodded.
"Why don’t you drive as well, Clovis? You rarely drive." Erwin crossed his arms.
"I don’t mind, but someone has to take care of the networking and stuff. There is still some work left to do, no, Melody?"
Melody raised all her fingers. "There are at least ten more."
"..." Erwin looked away. "Fine, fine. So, something is going to happen during the event?"
"According to the information, yes. I have been trying to get more information, but there’s no clue about anything yet.
"However, based on our conflict so far, the Melesviet family or the Prophet’s organization might be the ones aiming for us. I don’t know the exact plan, but we will overcome it just as we have done up to this point.
"Melody will handle the details, but for now, our destination is the Grand Union Hotel. That’s where we will meet the representatives from other countries.
"Erwin. If you can find anyone outstanding who doesn’t really have a good affinity with the rest of their group, you should tell me about it."
"Oh?" Erwin’s eyes lit up. "Our new member?"
"I’m thinking about recruiting an 11th member. Then, we will get stronger and try to recruit Mara."
"So, you’re serious about inviting her." Erwin smiled wryly. He still remembered how he got knocked out just with eye contact.
"Of course. Mara will be the strongest person we can recruit. I do have a way to invite her, but as expected, even if we have to fight her together, we will have to overpower her once." Clovis nodded. "We need her for our goal."
"Fine. Do you have the type of person you want? Maybe, their role in this group? Mara is a fighter like you, Jay, and Luci. It must be too much to have another fighter. Do you have a suitable role in mind?"
Clovis smiled as he answered Erwin’s question. "I want..."
Erwin was surprised at first but soon nodded in understanding.
...
Meanwhile, in a huge underground palace, a blindfolded woman walked to the central stairs and knelt down.
"Master. We have received the news that our target is moving. Our people are ready to move out."
"We have prepared plenty of experts to handle this problem. Do you have any other instructions, Master?"
An old man with a blindfold turned around. "No. Do everything by the book."
"Understood." The woman acknowledged the order and disappeared.
The old man looked up at the ceiling while muttering, "How long are you going to toy with me?"
Even though he was wearing a blindfold, he could see things that not many could see.
[Mission: Kill Clovis Hacfield]
[Requirements: Tier 8 or lower]
[You don’t meet the requirements.]