Kanaria couldn''t help but cross her arms after listening to their conversation.

    ''Is he serious about this? But when I think about it...'' Kanaria''s expression turned serious. It seemed that this plan was worth it. As long as she could destroy Ivan''s group, especially the rival of her family, it was worth it.

    It seemed that Clovis truly wanted to help her get what she wanted.

    "Seriously, what a reliable captain." Kanaria smiled, feeling grateful.

    After reaching an agreement, Clovis started moving in a random direction before curving back to Jay and Kanaria once he couldn''t see those people anymore.

    "Do you understand what I''m trying to do?" Clovis smirked. Jay and Kanaria nodded with a solemn face. "Alright. On to the next one."

    Clovis led the group to rescue the people and propose the same deal. After feeling pressured by the beasts, the group realized that they actually had no shot at the ranking.

    That was why Clovis''s proposal looked like a gold mine. While they might not be able to reach the highest rank, they would still win the battle or at least reach the top ten groups.

    Although there were some arguments, most of the people they encountered actually looked at the idea positively.

    They thought that it might be a competition, but in the end, the real purpose of this competition was to thin out the number of beasts in the area. So they didn''t break any rules by working together.

    Clovis had set up one net after another, creating a connection between a lot of people.

    However, not all of them were fond of their ideas, especially the people who attacked other people to get their loot.

    Clovis and Jay had just killed more than ten elasmotheriums. After moving for so long, they were pretty exhausted.

    Clovis simply gave the recovery water so that they could keep going.

    "By the way, Clovis. While we don''t break the rules, do you think that the military will accept this method? What will you do if they actually back up other groups by punishing us?" Jay asked.

    "That is also a possibility." Clovis nodded in understanding. If they somehow lost, they would definitely suffer greatly. "How many Tier 1 beasts have we encountered so far?"

    "Three Tier 1 beasts. It''s kind of hard to find a Tier 1 beast in this territory, especially since thylacine territory is much closer to the border of Tier 1 territory."

    Clovis thought for a moment before saying, "In that case, do you want a radical solution?"

    "A radical solution?"

    "Yeah. We just have to cut them up." Clovis smiled evilly.

    *Thud!* Jay''s heart sank. What Clovis said wasn''t false. If they eliminated Ivan and the others, they would be able to win. Even if they couldn''t win against them in close quarter combat yet, they had Kanaria. She could hit him from afar.

    However, it also depended on the terrain. A good group like them would choose difficult terrain for a sniper to strike. If they came too close, the radar would pick up their presence, alerting the entire group.

    So, unless they had a good spot to kill them, it would be hard to eliminate Ivan''s group.

    Then again, Clovis had his pistol, which would be extremely useful in close-quarter combat.

    Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, there was no gunshot resounding across the area. They didn''t know if the sniper was not there or wasn''t fast enough to shoot Clovis. Nevertheless, it gave Clovis an advantage.

    He hurriedly swung his blade toward the guy with the radar. The latter tried to block it with his dagger, but Clovis overwhelmed him with his strength and the weight of his blade before slashing the guy''s body.

    The blade hit his heart, so Clovis hurriedly turned around and took out his pistol. The one with the shield was in plain sight.

    "He''s here!" The guy with the shield hurriedly turned around, trying to cover his entire body with the shield.

    *Bang!*

    *Clank!*

    The bullet hit the shield. When he thought that the shield was able to repel it, he was completely stunned when he noticed a hole in it.

    "Eh?!" The guy looked down, noticing blood on his body. "Aaahhhh!"

    His voice alerted the others, but Jay quickly came out from his hiding spot and ambushed one of the sword users with a single swing.

    The guy didn''t even realize that he had died as it was a swift and clean hit.

    Clovis also didn''t hesitate to go straight to the shield user to end him, but when he was about to strike him, another sword appeared from the side, blocking his swing.

    "!!!" Clovis hurriedly moved back when another guy stepped in, ready to use his pistol again to eliminate them. However, the other guy also had a pistol on his other hand. Without hesitation, both of them aimed at each other while moving away to take some cover.

    *Bang!*

    *Bang!*

    A few shots were launched as they both reached a safe place.

    "Kh." Clovis clicked his tongue while looking at the bullet hole in his left arm. He still managed to endure the excruciating pain, but he had to defeat his opponent in this condition.

    The opponent wasn''t in good condition either. The shield user was bleeding profusely from his wound. It appeared that Clovis managed to hit one of his vital areas. Meanwhile, the other guy had a few wounds on his body.

    While they were focused on engaging the enemies, all of them didn''t realize that Jay had actually disappeared once again before ambushing the spear user.

    He kicked the spear user''s stomach, knocking him out of the corner of the corpses, causing him to be a bit more exposed.

    But to his surprise, there was a gunshot coming from afar, hitting this guy''s body. It didn''t seem that it killed this person, but the shot still splattered a huge amount of blood on the grass.

    In that instant, Kanaria came out of her hiding and followed the direction of the sound, finding her target.

    *Bang!*

    Another gunshot resounded across the field as a report came in.

    "The sixth guy is down. Go all out. I will watch your rear," said Kanaria while jumping off the tree.