While Hana was doing her best to set up everything that could lead to the Heshton family''s ruin, Clovis and the others were doing their best to make Gillian have a hard time.

    "There are too many beasts coming in this direction!" Erwin shouted at Gillian while punching a beast. "Can you even change the position or send one person in this direction?"

    "Shut up!" Gillian shouted back. Even he had a hard time. Unlike Clovis'' group, they had a limit to how many beasts they could handle.

    On the other hand, Erwin and the others were restricted due to them not using their main weapons.

    Only Jay could perform like usual.

    "Kh." Gillian gritted his teeth, looking around. The situation didn''t look great after facing more than three hundred beasts at once. They managed to hold up, but their positions weren''t great.

    If more beasts came, they had to retreat.

    In this situation, the one who shone the most was actually Aileen. She sneaked up on one beast after another and struck a killing blow.

    With her talent in erasing her presence, she was able to hide her presence from the beasts, which allowed her to kill every single one of them without the other parties fighting back.

    As a result, over 50 beasts died in rapid succession, lessening their burdens.

    Still, it was quite hard due to the fact that higher tier beasts had much sharper senses. She had been targeting the lower-tier beasts, but the moment she encountered a Tier 4 beast, she couldn''t kill it in an instant as the beast sensed her at the last second.@@@@

    As a result, she had to correctly manage her movement, ensuring that she could flow smoothly from one place to another without getting stopped by those powerful beasts.

    Of course, Aileen let out her presence from time to time. She directed her gaze straight to Gillian, as if reminding him that she would be watching her performance and telling his family about the result.

    "Who taught me?" Melody harrumphed.

    Clovis chuckled. She definitely picked it up from him, considering she was the one managing all his plans.

    "Sure. We can do that. Please handle it properly." Clovis thought for a moment. "The closest ones to reach the next tier are Luci, right?"

    "Yes. I and Ragna have become Tier 4 before we came here. I guess Erwin is pretty close to Tier 4... but Luci is much closer. No. Maybe you, Jay, and Kanaria are closer to Tier 4." Melody tilted her head.

    "Mhmmm..." Clovis recalled that he, Kanaria, Jay, and Reolf were the only Tier 3 in the group. Melody, Ragna, Erwin, and Luci were already Tier 4, while Christina was the only Tier 5 in the group.

    Luci and Erwin had been Tier 4 for a while, so it wouldn''t be weird for them to reach the next tier at any moment. In fact, he predicted Luci would reach Tier 5 after this small expedition. Meanwhile, he, Jay, and Kanaria would reach Tier 4 before returning to Absalom.

    He didn''t know much about Erwin''s progress.

    Clovis considered it carefully and said, "In that case, we should get going. Kill as many beasts as possible. We''re close to reaching the next tier, so we should take advantage of this time to reach the next tier. I''m afraid that once we''re back, we''ll be facing a lot of problems.

    "Hana had told me that other academies had begun to make their move. The dean had warned me that they were planning to invite someone to challenge me or something.

    "To have such confidence meant they would bring a famous and strong person."

    Melody sighed. "It''s hard to be famous, eh?"

    "Hahaha. Well, isn''t it fine? I''m going to be Tier 5 soon. If possible, within a year after I become a Tier 4. This way, I can meet my parents and your brother..." Clovis just smiled, not continuing his words. He couldn''t guarantee it, but the intention was there. He just hoped that his mother could do something about it.

    Melody smiled. "Yeah. Let''s work hard. I won''t slack until next year. We''ll focus on killing more beasts even until you throw up after seeing so much blood."

    Clovis chuckled. "Let''s go."