The sword strike hit the deer, but it just hit. The deer got slightly pushed to the side, but there was almost no mark left behind by the sword.

"..." Jay fell silent. He didn't expect that he could barely scratch this Tier 7 beast.

Christina said, "It's fine. Continue this way. We have to handle this beast by ourselves for now."

Jay couldn't help but agree. In the original assignment, there were only two of them who could fight this deer.

Due to their numbers, Erwin had actually stayed slightly further behind.

When the mutated beasts were coming to intercept them, they would be ambushed by Erwin's net instead. Erwin had to lower their number first before he could join the fight.

At the very least, Christina was strong enough to withstand the beast's onslaught. As long as she maintained her performance, she could stop the deer from going anywhere.

Tianna and Tienna, on the other hand, slipped past the beasts and headed straight to the Tier 6 beast. Their job was to injure this beast as much as possible, killing it if possible.

Ragna and Luci split up. Ragna was taking care of the beasts that came to Christina and Jay, while Luci supported the twins.

Reolf kept antagonizing the remaining beasts, maintaining the balance. Of course, this delicate balance could only be achieved through Melody's control over the battlefield.

On the other side, Clovis had been swarmed by the beasts. He had been pulling back for a while. Aileen had gone past them, and it looked like she was about to arrive on the other side.

The biggest problem would be this Tier 6 beast that came to him. Clovis had two options. The first one was to kill this Tier 6 beast himself even if it took a bit longer, or head straight to the deer.

In the first scenario, he might exhaust a lot of his stamina before facing the deer, considering he had to avoid all the surrounding beasts.

It looked like the original plan was better. So, Clovis muttered, "Kanaria, Rin. Get ready to go to the other side."

Rin and Kanaria had been flying from one building to another, avoiding the beasts. Once they heard this order, they realized there was indeed some distance between them and the deer.

"Got it."

"Clovis." Before they moved, Aileen suddenly spoke.

"Have you reached the other side?"

"Yes, but I have an adjustment that I want you to consider. Looking at the situation right now, how about buying a bit more time? I will try to kill all the beasts around Erwin. Then, Erwin can set up a net between the two sides, slowing the beasts even further. Erwin and I will deal with them instead. Of course, Melody and Rea's support will be necessary."

Clovis raised his eyebrows. Now that he thought about it, this might be better for them. "How about Rin going with you guys and trying to kill this Tier 6 beast while slowing the rest?

Erwin and Aileen had their unique ways of fighting. When both of them joined hands, their strength skyrocketed because Erwin's threads were extremely useful for Aileen's mobility.

"That works fine for me." Erwin and Rin agreed immediately.

"In that case, Tianna, Tienna. You two will focus on killing your target as soon as possible. Then, move to the other side to help them. Melody and Rea will be moving to the other side instead." Clovis immediately made an adjustment.

Due to this Tier 6 beast, it looked like they found a much more optimal plan in the midst of the battle.

"How many minutes do you need?" Clovis asked with a solemn tone.

Standing on top of a building while assessing Erwin's situation, Aileen answered, "10 minutes… No, give me 7 minutes."

"7 minutes. Starting now." Clovis nodded. With this new strategy, Clovis became bolder. He struck some beasts. Even though he had asked them to slow them down, there were still 140 beasts on this side.

They had killed about 20 beasts, but that only lowered the number to 120. In the seven minutes, Clovis wanted to lower them down by another 50. It would be impossible for him to do it alone. Even with the help of Rin and Kanaria, it wouldn't be enough.

It seemed they had to start the bombardment soon.

"Melody. Change of plan. Divide the bombardment into three phases. We will soon begin the first phase. The second phase is for the transition when switching sides. The last phase will be reserved to handle anything unexpected."

"Got it." Melody hurriedly split their resources into three. Then, he asked Rea to finally take off.

Rea, eager to fight, immediately took off into the sky.

Melody checked their positions first before finding the perfect place for the bombing.

"Rea, go there to there." Melody pointed in two directions.

Rea immediately shifted her path, adjusting her position to line up with the street.

"Let's go." Melody grinned. She pulled the pins of some grenades while activating the C4 in succession.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

A series of explosions occurred, engulfing dozens of beasts.

The beasts let out a cry as some of them died while most were just injured. As expected of the mutated beasts, they were much tougher, not accounting for their regenerative ability.

However, it managed to slow down the beasts a bit, and Clovis got an opportunity to kill some more beasts during that time. Rin and Kanaria focused on killing the injured beasts first, not giving them a chance to recover.

Of course, Melody and Rea didn't plan to just watch from the sky.

Once the bombing succeeded, Melody pointed to one spot. "Rea. There!"

Rea didn't hesitate to dive as she ripped apart a beast with her talons. At the same time, Melody shot them with her shotgun, injuring another beast, which would end up becoming prey to Rin's arrow.

Clovis only smiled. He had the radar in the corner of his vision from the Skyglasses, keeping track of the progress.

Thanks to Melody's perfect timing and positioning, they had good stability. But the reason Melody could perform so well was because of Clovis' absolute trust in his teammates' ability as well as his insight that would allow him to make an adjustment to their plan while still killing so many beasts by himself while dragging most of the beasts on this side.

Three minutes left until the seven-minute mark Aileen promised.