The road from the previous civilization was still intact, even though most of the infrastructure, like freeways, had been destroyed. They had also done a lot of work pushing away all the remaining cars and other scraps off the road.@@@@

    In fact, a lot of them had been taken back to the city to be recycled into another item.

    So, there wasn''t much left to plunder on the road.

    Of course, they often heard about bandits that had been hiding in the ruined cities, raising explorers. However, the city had done a lot of work in eradicating all the bandits near their base.

    As a result, the bandits usually only appeared far away from the city.

    Clovis couldn''t help but look at this desolate road in reminiscence.

    ...

    A year ago.

    "Evacuation!"

    "Send the truck away."

    "Mama!"

    "Don''t leave me."

    "No!"

    The situation was chaotic as the city was overrun by the beasts. There were a lot of evacuation buses and trucks, but a lot of them were attacked by the beasts.

    Clovis was in one of the evacuation trucks, hiding his face while trying to hold back his tears.

    "Open up the way!"

    "Oh!"

    It was the voice of his parents. That was right. The moment the city gates were destroyed, his parents immediately began the evacuation.

    They were doing their best to escape from the city. Unfortunately, it was impossible.

    Suddenly, Melody tugged on Clovis''s arm while showing him a projecting device. As soon as she activated it, a 3D model of the fallen city appeared.

    "This is..." Clovis sucked a cold breath while Kanaria took a peek at what was going on.

    "This is the model that I got after collecting all the data I have regarding the city. If I''m not wrong, you are planning to hunt other beasts as well, right?"

    "Yes."

    "Do you want to have a trade? If I give you information about other beasts, especially ones related to missions from the association, give me more commissions."

    Clovis looked a bit surprised and asked, "Kanaria. Let me see the mission post again."

    "Here you go." Kanaria projected the mission post so that everyone could see it.

    Mission: Mutated Thylacoleo

    Description: Hunt the Tier 2 Mutated Thylacoleo in the Tier 3 Fallen City, Severend. The beast has distinct purple horns as a result of the mutation. The requester also has the priority to buy the essence and beast soul.

    Reward: 20,000 Union Dollars.

    The mission itself didn''t generate a lot of reward, but if they actually sold the essence as well, it could reach fifty thousand, let alone if there was a beast soul.

    "Hmm..." Clovis took a look at the mission before asking, "Why do you propose this trade? Aren''t we just Tier 1 explorers?"

    "You should include the troublemaker accident where a group of three defeated a Tier 2 snake while they were only Tier 0 explorers. From the looks of it, all of you have become Tier 1, so there should be no problem in killing a few Tier 2 beasts."

    Clovis thought for a moment. "10% of the reward?"

    "It''s too little. I need at least 40% since I have put everything into my database, especially the missions. You can exchange it once we return."

    "15%. 40% is simply too much since we''re the ones doing the fighting. Besides, the hiring contract is per day, so we might stumble upon them in one way or another."

    "30%. With my help, you can get more money than you can imagine. Earning a hundred thousand shouldn''t be that easy with my help. In fact, my estimate is that your group can earn two hundred thousand. So, giving me 30% of the mission reward shouldn''t be a problem, right?"

    Clovis thought for a moment. "Fine. 30%. However, we are the ones getting the essence and any beast soul may drop."

    "Deal."