Another World Mall

They agreed with Clovis' plan. In that instant, they began to gather all the essence inside the vault, using everything they could find to evolve.

To everyone's surprise, the first one to evolve was actually Reolf. That was right. It was Reolf. Even Clovis thought Reolf would take longer than the two Tier 4 people, but it turned out he had the highest progress among them.

The second person to evolve was Melody. It was probably because she was fired up with the potential of helping her brother that she didn't rest much in the last couple of days.

It allowed her to absorb more essence, surpassing Ragna, who was supposed to have similar progress.

Still, Ragna managed to evolve to Tier 5 one day later, so it didn't really matter.

Last but not least, Christina. Christina reaching Tier 6 was the biggest reason Clovis looked so confident in taking down a Tier 7 beast. While it was true that they still didn't have enough strength to take down a Tier 7 beast, they had food from Another World Mall.

People understood that the gap between Tier 6 and Tier 7 was extremely massive, so they understood why Clovis needed food to boost them.

…

While Clovis and the others were inside the vault, the people on the surface couldn't help but sense something was wrong.

"This is weird…" Hana looked down, falling into deep thought. "I haven't heard anything from Clovis last week. He promised to call me at least once a week just to make sure everything goes according to our plan.

"But it's unlike him to remain quiet for so long without informing me. Has something happened to him?" Hana frowned. "But Clovis is not someone who will take a risk, but he's not reckless enough to challenge something he can't even face.

"Don't tell me… Someone has come to kidnap him? But it's too fast. They shouldn't have known anything about his location yet. Is it because of the people from the government?"

Hana fell silent. There was indeed a number she could contact. It was Rena.

"This is Delia Litan. May I know who I am speaking to?" Rena was clueless. Although she had heard about Clovis' relationship with Hana, this was the first time she was called by this number.

"This is Hana Skylark. Clovis has told me about your number, Miss Rena. You don't have to use an alias on this call. It won't take too long so as to avoid this conversation getting tapped."

"!!!" Rena fell silent for a moment. Considering Clovis trusted Hana a lot, Rena dropped the act. "This is Rena. May I know why you called me, Miss Hana?"

Hana asked, "You must be 'there' right now, correct?"

"Yes."

"Has something happened there?"

"I'm not sure I'm following you. What do you mean? Sir is strong, so I don't think there's anything going on. He has informed me that he will call me once everything is done with the underground city."

"…" Hana paused. On the one hand, that was how Clovis indeed operated. But he never broke a promise except when he was troubled by a special circumstance.

Still, should she inform Hana about her suspicion? She would just cause problems because of it. Besides, there was also a chance Clovis was fine and he just couldn't send a word to her at the moment.

Even Rena noticed something was off. Still, there wasn't a single beast climbing the tower for the last 9 days, so she thought Clovis was doing just fine. That was why Hana might be just paranoid in her mind.

"It's nothing." Hana let out a long sigh. "Just monitor the situation over there. Sorry for bothering you."

"No. That's fine." Rena politely ended the call, thinking Hana was just worried about her 'little boyfriend,' which was understandable.

What Rena didn't expect was that the reason there was no beast climbing the tower was because all those beasts gathered around the Essence Bank. They were sitting quietly as if they were waiting for Clovis' team to come out.

They tried to break the vault multiple times, but to no avail. The only thing they could do was to starve them out, but the beasts around the vault could still sense their presence inside, meaning they were still alive.

As long as Clovis hadn't died, the Tier 7 beast chose to remain vigilant. After all, this was the first time its peace had finally been disturbed by humans after twenty years. It wanted to thoroughly eliminate the humans that threatened his life.

On the other hand, the last evolution was done after 11 days, with Christina being the last one.

All of them had increased their strength as well. With Clovis revealing everything about his Another World Mall, he could actually give the items they requested.

After all, while he understood their fighting style, they might have another intention, like Melody asking for a stealth item to avoid getting detected by the beasts, allowing her to have more time to focus on being an operator or Christina, who wanted speed and strength because she was already confident enough with her durability.

Of course, Clovis also took out several other items to adjust the team's strength. Their opponent was Tier 7, so they needed an appropriate strength to challenge it.

Clovis stood up while taking back all the junk from Another World Mall to its special inventory. "It looks like everyone is ready. Everyone understands the plan, right?"

They all nodded in unison. They had been preparing so much in the last 11 days, so it was time to challenge the Tier 7 beast one more time.

With an excited smile on his face, Clovis turned around, heading to the vault door. "Let's kill the Tier 7 beast this time."

…

Hana was leaning back in her chair while staring at the ceiling. "Is something happening to Clovis right now? Why am I getting bothered by this? He rarely called me anyway, so it didn't matter…"

Hana fell silent for a moment before scratching her head as if she was contradicting her own words. She clicked her tongue and muttered, "Fine. I will gather my own team to descend to the underground city if there's no news about him after two weeks…"