"!!!" The one-eyed swordsman widened his eyes in surprise. He wanted to get away, but Rin's arrow flew in his direction, forcing him to dodge it first.

As a result, he couldn't afford to dodge the Tier 8 beast's charge.

The one-eyed swordsman took a step forward and struck the Tier 8 beast instead, but as one would expect, he was the one getting launched away.

Still, the injury was not as bad as Clovis imagined. Then again, the one-eyed swordsman was a Tier 7 human with a pseudo unique ability.

With that kind of skill, it was no wonder he had the ability to do so.

In other words, Clovis could focus on killing the Tier 7 human by taking advantage of the Tier 8 beast, but it would take too long. During that time, a few of his people might have fallen.

He couldn't afford to lose even a single person here.

So, Clovis gave an obvious order. "Retreat! Aileen, grab Luci. Erwin, take Jay with you."

"Oohh!" Aileen and Erwin nodded, heading to their respective targets.

Aileen lifted up Luci and leaped onto Reolf's back, while Erwin had no choice but to carry Jay on his back. Rin, of course, got on Reolf's back.

She could shoot the beasts from his back, so Reolf had to take care of her mobility.

Meanwhile, Reolf swung Christina up so that she would land on top of him as well. With Christina protecting them from any danger, he didn't have to worry about the people on his back anymore.

"Eid, tell your people to hold up the rear and catch up with us. You, me, and Nart will be the vanguard and open up the path!"

"Got it." Eid nodded. The only people from his group were the Tier 7 humans. With their strength, holding the rear shouldn't be much of a problem.

The one having that hardest task would be Clovis.

Still, now that the one-eyed swordsman was getting surrounded by the beasts, Clovis could finally focus on his battle.

Clovis activated his Beast Manifestation Technique and swung his sword forward.

The beasts charging his way suddenly stopped and fell to the ground as their bodies were sliced cleanly.

In just a single strike, Clovis had killed over 20 beasts. Eid and Nart, who had just caught up to him, couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Even with their skills, they didn't think they could kill so many beasts in a single swing. Then again, Clovis might be more specialized in ranged attacks while they were in a different area.

Still, this kind of achievement was rare, even among Tier 7 humans, let alone Tier 5 humans.

With both strength and mind, they realized accepting Clovis's offer might have been the best decision they had made.

"Let's go!" Clovis shouted as he utilized the Abyss Time to the full extent, increasing both his power and speed.

Every single strike carved a path for the entire team. Still, there were so many beasts that had surrounded them.

Nart and Eid had been helping him, but breaking through was much harder than they expected.

Aileen, who had been applying first aid to Luci, stood up. "Christina. Take care of the rest. I will help at the front."

"No need." It was an unexpected reply, not because of confidence, but because it didn't come from Clovis or Christina.

That reply actually came through their communication system.

All of a sudden, a loud cry filled the air.

Two arrows suddenly fell to the ground and blasted two beasts. However, the Soul Weapon made an even greater impact.

It fired a bullet so powerful that it looked like a cannon. A single bullet actually took down more than five beasts.

And more projectiles were about to arrive.

"!!!" In that instant, Clovis could see an escape path. It was narrow, but with their combined effort, they could widen it large enough for the entire group to pass.

And obviously, they came because of Melody's instruction. The one who arranged this escape route was also Melody.

Before he jumped in, he turned around and checked whether the one-eyed swordsman was still alive or not.

It looked like he had managed to escape from the Tier 8 beast, but he must be seriously injured. At the same time, the Tier 8 beast was turning its way toward him.

With this development, there was only one decision.

"Let's escape." Clovis jumped forth and struck down as many beasts as possible, widening their escape route.

The moment the escape route was created, Christina changed its target to the Tier 8 beast.

"Oohhh!" The bison was not going to let them get away so easily.

It was at that time that the bullet flew toward the bison.

The bison tried to take it with its strong head, but the bullet only stopped it for a second before leaving only a small scratch.

It was a bullet that could kill multiple Tier 5 beasts, yet it only left a single scratch on a Tier 8 beast.

Seeing the effect of her bullet, she just grabbed a few grenades and tossed them forward. She didn't pull the pin, but she released a single bullet to do all the work, causing a chain of explosions right on the bison.

Although the grenade didn't do much damage either, it managed to stop the bison for a bit longer.

During that time, Clovis managed to break through.

"We are good. It's time to run. Melody, arrange our route." Clovis gave an order while checking his back. Reolf had managed to get away, especially with Rin shooting down all the beasts that were about to grab him.

There were a lot of unexpected things. If he could have forced the R.A.I.D. to leave back then, things would have been much easier. But the one-eyed swordsman's betrayal was something he didn't expect.

There might be something going on that he had no knowledge of. Or he might have the knowledge, but he didn't realize it was them.

There were many people who wanted him alive or dead. And from the approach, it looked like the one-eyed swordsman belonged to the latter.

Now that his affiliation with the Hacfield family had been known to the entire world, the Hacfield family's enemies might have begun their attack.