Clovis woke up, feeling a bit sluggish. His body was hurt, but his wounds had been either covered in bandages or recovered.
As soon as he entered the mall, the first thing he did was to get all the recovery items and treat his wounds.
It was quite effective. However, the thing that shocked him the most was the fact that he could stay at Another World Mall.
"This is truly amazing." Clovis looked at the system and noticed that the visit hadn't reset. "The fact that I can stay here for a long time is huge. I can escape from my enemy easily and make them think I'm not there. Unfortunately, the visit and the item limits haven't been reset.
"Then again, if that happens, I would be able to stay here forever. But if we consider the item limit and visit as the price for saving my life, it's a cheap price to pay.
"Still, to be able to test this pretty early is a good thing for me. Unfortunately, there is no connection here, so I can't really tell anyone about my condition. They must be very sad right now.
"Then again, it's better to let those people who are trying to kill me believe I have died first. It's going to be impossible to hide the news that I'm still alive, but it's enough to see what kind of things will happen if I die. If something big happens, I'm sure that my grandfather knows about my news as well."
Clovis thought about it for a moment before grabbing his weapons again. "I can't stay here forever. Let's go out and inform them that I'm safe."
Clovis exited the mall and immediately raised his guard, searching for the beasts around him. Since there was more blood than what he saw before coming here, he knew that the assassins must have come here.
Fortunately, there were no other beasts. He took out his radar and found the scattered dots around him.
"It seems I'm safe for the time being." Clovis took out his device with a smile on his face. He hurriedly sent a message to Kanaria and turned it off again so that the latter didn't call and ended up producing a sound that alerted the beasts.
'What should I do next?' Clovis took a look at the window while holding both swords. 'It's been a while since I last hunted by myself. I guess I should take my time here. I have plenty of time after all.'
Kanaria was heading straight to the hospital, wanting to inform Melody and Jay about Clovis. Unfortunately, she couldn't call Clovis and probably had to respect his decision to remain low.
When Kanaria reached the room Jay was in, she saw Jay had woken up while Melody was peeling some fruits for him.
Melody turned around when the door was opened, surprised to see Kanaria. After all, the one who was hurt the most by Clovis's death was her.
On the other hand, Jay opened his mouth. "I've heard the news. Clovis is dead? Do you believe it? The commander told you both that Clovis said that he could manage, right? So, why do you kill him off?
The first thing we should do is search for him."
Jay wasn't someone who loved to encourage people. He was simply stating the facts and fully believing in Clovis's words. Clovis was his captain, so if he couldn't trust him, who would?
He was slightly annoyed to know that Kanaria and Melody actually believed that their captain couldn't survive such an ordeal.
Kanaria bit her lips, unable to refute Jay's words. After living with Clovis for so long, she thought she was the closest to Clovis. Yet her trust was much lower than Jay's. She felt ashamed.
Still, she came here to bring the news. After taking a deep breath, Kanaria said, "Clovis hasn't died. I've just received a word from him."
Kanaria showed them the message from Clovis.
"This…" Melody was surprised, but if this message was true, it meant that Clovis was alright.
Jay simply nodded his head as though this was just what he expected. "He should be just busy and making any sound would give his position away. Hence, he turned off all items that could produce the sound and waited until he was safe before sending that message."
Melody agreed with the explanation.
On the other hand, Kanaria thought for a moment before asking, "I'm thinking about getting the reward for the raid while waiting for Clovis to return. By doing so, we will be judged as people who love money more than our team captain. However, I don't care about that and will treat it as my punishment.
"And I think this can respect his wish for staying low. What do you think?" Kanaria's tone was hesitant since he didn't want to implicate them.
"Go for it." Jay nodded with a serious expression. "I should be able to move soon, so I might be able to come with you."
"No. You can rest here. I and Kanaria will go." Melody thought that she should also get punished for not believing in their captain.
Besides, the reward this time would be extremely big. They had killed two Tier 3 beasts and helped them escape after all. In addition, Clovis was considered a 'casualty' in this raid. So they would definitely try to compensate for what happened.
"By the way, Kanaria. Have you seen the news?" Melody asked.
"What news?" Kanaria tilted her head in confusion. Because of what happened to Clovis, she wasn't in the mood to read the news.
"The one that pushed Clovis off the truck died along with his family. It was an arson, they said, but a Tier 3 human would certainly not die from house fire… So, I'm assuming that he was murdered."
"…" Kanaria paused for a moment before saying, "I haven't retaliated yet. The murderers are not among us."
"Then, it might be those suspicious people." Melody sighed.
"If that's the case, it will also confirm that no one can kill Clovis directly."