Panicked, the bear switched his target to Clovis. The latter also swung both blades forward as if wanting to hit the bear's body.
The bear thought he would hit Clovis first before those swords reached his body. However, Clovis surprised him once more by tilting his body to the side, changing the trajectory of his strike.
Clovis struck the bear's arm with unprecedented strength, cutting the bear's tough skin.
The bear took a step back out of surprise that both of his arms were gone. But before he realized it, Clovis's two swords were already in front of its neck.
The bear widened its eyes in shock, unwilling to accept its death. Sadly, there was nothing it could do anymore.
Clovis sent the bear's head flying and kicked the bear's body down.
"Let's go. Escape from this hell!" said Clovis while glancing at Melody with a face devoid of emotion.
Melody smiled as she followed him. "Yes."
The beasts that hadn't died in Jay's hands tried to stop Clovis, but in this state, Clovis simply struck them down in rapid succession, breaking through much easier than Jay.
Finally, all five of them managed to escape from the encirclement. However, none of them stopped. They hurriedly climbed the hill, getting as much distance from the beasts as possible.
The Tier 4 snake and the paraceratherium had stopped fighting, realizing that both of them had let go of these five humans. They hurriedly chased after them with the remaining beasts.
When there was enough distance, Kanaria stopped for a few seconds and unleashed all her bullets on them. Melody also threw all the grenades she currently had, hindering the beasts from catching up.
While running, Clovis could finally gather his thoughts.
He raised his hand and felt the change in his body.
According to what he had found so far, his strength increased tremendously. It reflected the muscle affinity he wasn't supposed to have. Because he had read a bit regarding muscle affinity training, he knew that he could control his muscles a little bit.
In addition, his senses became much sharper. When Melody threw the grenade at him earlier, he could hear the buzzing sound of the dragonfly. That was why he managed to see through her intention and create a perfect opportunity to injure that beast.
More importantly, he noticed that the small cut on his arm was actually closing at high speed.
Despite having such injury, he didn't feel much.
As his grandfather said, it seemed that this mysterious power actually allowed him to wield all five affinities.
Although it was still insignificant right now and he had to train a lot to be able to utilize all five affinities properly, he knew this power would help him in the long run. Unlike the Another World Mall that mysteriously appeared and might be able to disappear all of a sudden, this power wouldn't betray him.
That was why Clovis had to train this power properly.
Clovis had just gotten a new resolve in his heart.
Clovis slowed down a bit while asking, "Melody."
"The enemies are chasing after us. But if this continues, we should be able to outrun them. However, we have used most of our resources just escaping from here…"
"Think about the third destination later. Focus on those beasts first."
"Got it." Melody nodded with a serious expression. Looking back, she didn't expect that they could actually escape from that encirclement.
There were three Tier 3 beasts and even one Tier 4 beast among them. It was simply too insane.
'If I have to say, the reason we're able to escape is because the snake and the colossal beast end up fighting each other.' Melody looked at Clovis's back as a smile appeared on her face. 'The biggest contributor is Clovis, who is able to come up with such plan in a short time and has the boldness to execute it.'
She didn't know why, but whenever she looked at Clovis's back, she felt at ease. It was as if there would be nothing wrong as long as she followed him.
Then again, after seeing what happened earlier, she understood why the Hacfield family was known for their craziness.
Other people wouldn't be so bold. Only the Hacfields were bold enough to do anything for their survival. And the same applied to his grandfather. If those top people pushed Clovis's grandfather to the corner, they should prepare themselves to be devastated.
Clovis didn't know what was in Melody's mind. He focused on another thing. "Kanaria, Jay!"
"I'm fine. No injury." Kanaria assured him right away.
"I can still fight. There is no problem even for the next destination." Jay did the same.
"Ragna, I'm sure you're confused right now. But let's escape from this damned place first before talking about it, okay?"
"Understood." Ragna nodded.
Finally, they reached the top of the hill and hurriedly went down, wanting to use the woods to lose the beasts.
However, when they were low enough to see the bottom of the hill, the people who had Brain affinity, like Kanaria and Melody or the awakened Clovis, could actually see two shadows at the bottom of the hill.
"They are…" Kanaria frowned.
"There are two people!" Melody sucked a cold breath, looking at the radar. "Clovis, they are…"
"Huh? People?" Clovis looked surprised, focusing on the two men, who seemed to be taken aback by their arrival. If there was another group here, they would have come to help them. Or at the very least, they would run away after seeing their number.
The fact that they didn't run away could only mean one thing in this situation. They were the culprits who tried to kill them.
Jay's position was the closest to them, so without hesitation, Clovis shouted, "Jay! Kill them!"
Jay's eyes turned bloodshot as he held his saber with both hands. His target was standing behind a tree, but it didn't really matter.
"Haaa!" He would simply cut him down along with the tree.