'Fast? How can he be so fast?' Ragna gasped, never thinking that such a thing would be possible. Clovis was exhibiting a speed faster than even a Tier 3 human. And they even said Clovis's evolution progress was actually the lowest in the group.
However, there was one question that appeared in his mind. Since Clovis was so strong, why didn't he just go as a mercenary or even train solo? With this, he could be able to get a lot of money for himself instead of giving money to his teammates and investing in the group.
In addition, with how fast he was, he could easily escape from the beasts without worrying about others. Even if he wanted to get someone's help, an operator was all he needed. It didn't have to be a mobile operator.
Clovis paid no attention to his shock. Now that he didn't have to protect Kanaria and Melody, he could go all out.
Once he reached the terror bird, the latter spread its wings and waved them toward him, creating a powerful gale.
Clovis hurriedly leaped to the side and cut down two beasts in his way before looping around the bird.
Shocked, the bird chased after him and extended its head.
Clovis waved his blade in the opposite direction, trying to slash the bird's neck.
However, the bird only needed to tilt its head to the sides in rapid succession, knocking the two swords away.
"!!!" Clovis raised his eyebrows, not expecting the bird to have this kind of strength just by moving its beak. In addition, there were three beasts approaching him from behind.
Clovis had no choice but to spin his body and use the momentum to strike these beasts.
The terror bird saw this as an opportunity and rammed its beak at Clovis's back.
As if knowing what the bird was doing, Clovis slightly tilted his body, causing the beak to actually hit the metallic armband connected to his short sword.
Using the inspiration Ragna showed him last night, Clovis allowed the beak to slide off the armband, missing him completely.
Still, it was pretty hurt and because of the attack, he had a hard time stabilizing his posture, which resulted in him being unable to attack the bird even though there was a big opportunity in front of him.
Clovis hurriedly jumped away and chose to engage with another beast. It was a Tier 2 lizard. The latter tried to pounce on him before Clovis could regain his posture, but the latter skillfully stabbed the long sword to the ground and used it to support his entire body. After that, Clovis impaled the lizard's head from below.
Fighting a lot of enemies while being surrounded was definitely harsh. Even when he blocked attacks from one or two directions, the enemies would come from the other two directions, which he couldn't defend.
Last time, Jay had his hand full in just stopping a Tier 3 beast, so the second Tier 3 beast managed to injure him.
After that fight, Clovis had been wondering what kind of tactic he could use to defeat a lot of opponents or even multiple Tier 3 beasts.
Every time that question appeared in his mind, the answer remained the same. It was speed.
As long as he could fight the beasts fast enough and move around, he could limit himself to fighting fewer beasts than he could handle at once.
This whole time, Clovis had been implementing the idea like how he first struck the beasts near the bird instead of the Tier 3 beast.
Once there was no beast around him, Clovis could send a few strikes to the bird before the other beasts arrived.
The bird let out a cry, ordering the rest of the beasts to aim for Clovis.
There were only a dozen beasts going to Kanaria and the others, which was pretty lucky for him.
Since the bird wanted to take him this way, Clovis shifted his direction from the bird to the beasts on his left.
"!!!" The bird was startled and saw Clovis killing multiple beasts while trying to make his escape. Not allowing Clovis to escape, the bird chased after him personally.
The beasts also did the same, but because the terror bird could absolutely not allow Clovis to leave, it just pushed away all the beasts in front of him and reached Clovis.
It spread its wings, trying to capture him.
Clovis couldn't help but smile and shift his direction back to the bird. He closed the gap between them and struck the bird's body multiple times.
*Reeeee!* The bird was wailing in pain, but the wings still moved toward each other to capture Clovis.
Clovis swiftly hit the body, especially the joint connecting to its wings.
The bird was screaming in pain, but the wings didn't show any sign of stopping.
'Too shallow, huh?' Clovis muttered. He wanted to thrust the chest, but he didn't know which one would be fatal to this bird. He could aim for the neck, which would be an easier target, but the beak was long and sturdy, so it would be parried.
Clovis had no other choice but to toss the short sword into the air. Fortunately, they were fighting in the forest. The short sword circled around the branch as Clovis jumped into the air before he got captured.
The bird would have been able to capture him if it had hands instead of wings.
Still, the other beasts leaped into the air and tried to chase after him, but Clovis managed to kick every single one of them away due to his vision.
He pulled himself up and stood on the branch while staring at the entire situation. Fortunately, the beasts were fully focused on him, so he didn't have to worry about them going to Kanaria and the others.
In that case, there was only one thing to do.
Since the beasts had gathered around him, the only thing he needed to do was reduce their number. Hence, he leaped to the top of the biggest beast among them.
As he expected, the other beasts immediately tried to climb this beast, putting a smile on his face.