Clovis's group had finally arrived at the meeting place. It seemed that they were planning to use the battleship instead of normal cars.
It was a good plan, considering the battleship could pass on any terrain and was much more efficient. They even had defensive systems.
"So, this is the rumored battleship," Clovis muttered.
"Yeah. I'm quite surprised that such a thing can exist. I mean, the airplane should suffice, but they are prone to attacks from flying beasts. It's said that this battleship is used for the new generation of airplanes."
Clovis pointed at the airship. "Can't they just put those big guns from the walls into this battleship?"
"I think they've done that." Kanaria shrugged. "I don't know much about the battleship though."
Melody was simply staring at the battleship as if she were mesmerized by it. "Why a battleship… I want a robot. It will be cool to fight inside a robot."
"Do you think our technology has reached that point? Even this battleship is known to be using the most cutting edge technology." Kanaria shook her head helplessly.
"Maybe we should have one in the future. Not the big one… Just a small one for our group." Clovis looked at the battleship, imagining himself traveling with his friends on that ship.
"That sounds nice. But it's not nice for our wallet. I'm sure that it will cost at least tens of billions of dollars."
"Yeah. I'm talking about the future, not now." Clovis shrugged. When he got even stronger, he might have started selling the items from Another World Mall, which would have given him an unimaginable amount of money.
So, it might not be impossible.
"Still, there are a lot of people here." Clovis looked around, not finding a single person he knew.
Most of them were Tier 1 humans and the rest were just Tier 0. Since they had never publicized themselves, Clovis's group wasn't known by a lot of people, which was actually convenient since he didn't have to deal with their stares.
"Sadly, Melody can't go with us since it's only under 20." Kanaria sighed.
"Don't worry. This will be like my day off. I'll be watching you guys fly into the sky." Melody waved her hand.
That was right. Hana could put them inside the expedition team, but she couldn't change the rule she had set. So, Melody couldn't participate in this expedition.
"Get some fun out there, will you? Make sure that the Libation Fiesta won't be looked down on by others. Of course, since I'm an operator, I can still support you from my home… It's just the connection and the ping will be a problem. But I'll do what I can."
"Thank you." Clovis nodded.
Melody smiled, gesturing that she would be fine.
While they were chatting, Jay tugged them in the shoulder while pointing at the side.
"Mhmm?" Clovis and Kanaria turned around and found Ivan's group coming to the meeting point.
Ivan had changed drastically. Most of his face had been covered with a mask. He had lost one person from his previous team and Vina, as usual, remained on the back.
When they made their entrance, the people began to look at him and whisper to each other.
"Yeah. I heard that he did something bad and got his face disfigured."
"What? Wasn't that too cruel?"
"I heard it was only a rumor."
"Rumor? But if that was only a rumor, why would he put on a mask?"
"Ssshhh. Don't say anything. It would be bad if he unleashed his anger at us."
"But if I'm not wrong, he had been beaten multiple times by another group. What was their name again? Libation Fiesta?"
"Yeah. I saw them not long ago. There might be another clash between them. We should just stand on the sidelines and watch the show."
"Agreed. No, wait. We don't have popcorn."
"I prepared hot dogs for us by the way."
"This is going to be interesting."
The people were talking about Ivan and Clovis as if they were eager to see what kind of conflict would arise in this expedition. While it was true that it would create danger, they simply wanted Ivan to get knocked down.
It might be out of pettiness, but Ivan had it all. He had multiple women by his side, unparalleled talent, and even a handsome face.
However, ever since meeting Clovis, his face was ruined, his talent didn't look that much, and the women that flocked him previously began to disappear.
On the other hand, they had heard rumors about Clovis. From one source, it was said that Clovis had done a much better job than Ivan's group. They were humble and put the credit where it's due.
There was simply not much information about them. If there was one, it was most likely to be positive.
It might be because of the lack of information that Clovis became even more mysterious. People wanted to cheer for the underdog.
Some people even went all the way to say that Ivan looked good because the Drake Group portrayed him that way in the media. It was just a facade because they needed to hide his bad behavior.
Ivan was annoyed when he listened to their nonsense. But they heard that the president had prepared something to mess with Clovis, so they should just stay out and not do anything to make it worse.
It only took a minute after Ivan appeared before the mood changed once again as new visitors arrived.
"Hey. Isn't that the police?"
"Why are the police here?"
The people began to whisper as they saw multiple policemen coming into the scene. All of them had a stern face and walked straight to their target.
Clovis turned his head around because he felt a lot of people were staring at him, wondering what was going on.
At that time, the police were already in front of him while projecting a screen of his identity that showed his evolution rate.
"Mr. Clovis. You're under arrest for bribing the Exploration Association to get your explorer identification. Please to the station."