Chapter 168 Trust

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"Yeah! Let's go down!" Clovis endured the pain. Fortunately, he was still able to use his left hand somehow. He did his best to retract his short sword and grab his long sword with his right hand. Since they were already at the foot of the mountain, the angle wasn't that steep anymore. Hence, Clovis and Kanaria hurriedly ran to the woods. Obviously, the beasts chased after them. They would never let their prey get away. While running away, Clovis glanced to the side. Thankfully, Jay and Melody had gotten down as well and seemed to be running into the forest. Still, they had to handle at least sixty strong beasts even if the flying beasts didn't interfere. It would be hard, especially since they hadn't regrouped or gotten into position. Clovis kept asking himself how to regroup in this situation. He had to come up with a plan fast before regrouping became impossible. When the woods covered his eyes for a split second, he realized something. "Jay! Come toward me and trust me! Melody, create a trajectory!" Clovis thought of something and informed the two. After that, he pointed forward while saying, "Move a bit further from this spot and get into the sniping position." 'Are you alright?' was what she wanted to say, but when looking at the beasts and understanding the severity of the situation, she knew she shouldn't ask such a useless question. She nodded. "Okay." Clovis halted his steps and turned around as if he were ready to fight the beasts. When the beasts were about to reach him, Clovis smirked and ran to the left. The beasts were confused as they split up, with the majority following Clovis. There were only less than ten beasts that chased after Kanaria. Still, the most important problem would be Jay and Melody. If they didn't play their parts, the plan would have crumbled. However, there was no sliver of doubt in Clovis's heart. In fact, before Melody could even react, Jay had already turned diagonally, heading straight to Clovis. Meanwhile, Clovis took a more elegant approach. He dodged the beasts at the last second while slashing his blades multiple times as he passed them, injuring them and even killing three of them. Their advances were so quick that the beasts couldn't do anything. Once Clovis broke through, he said, "Melody, help Kanaria and bail out Jay!" Melody looked in the direction where Clovis was going and immediately turned around, showing her back toward the beasts that chased after her. However, it didn't matter. Clovis had arrived from the side and plunged into the beast's rank, wreaking havoc. Melody took this time to reach Kanaria's position and started shooting and throwing grenades, suppressing the several beasts that chased Kanaria. "!!!" Kanaria stopped in her track and used the momentum to actually step on the trunk so that she could pull herself up. As soon as she landed on the tree's branch, she pointed her rifle at the beasts around Jay and started peeling them off one by one, allowing Jay to pick up the pace. Although the situation was still quite bad, they had indeed escaped the worst. Clovis continued killing one beast after another with his swift and precise movement, killing more than ten beasts in just two minutes. Some of the beasts did everything they could to harm Clovis, which resulted in him getting some light injuries all over his body. Still, Clovis looked like a demon as he continued swinging his weapons as if there were no injuries. The moment Kanaria bailed Jay out, Clovis had arrived next to the two girls, regrouping with Jay. Now that they had gotten into positions, nothing could stop them anymore. Clovis and Jay handled the front with their brute force, Kanaria supported them, and Melody took care of the small details. When they thought the battle would be concluded soon, they heard a roar coming from the enemy's rear. *Roar!* "!!!" Clovis raised his vision, seeing an ape that was more muscular than the Tier 3 proconsul he fought on the surface.

Chapter 168 Trust

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