Another World Mall

[The truth about Lucente has been revealed. Now, we will see who is still supporting those bastards. They’re truly thinking that they’re invincible.]

[Hey, even Clovis Hacfield can’t say that those guys are the ones responsible for it.]

[If they’re not responsible for it, why hide this fact for so long? If Clovis Hacfield hadn’t entered that tower, we wouldn’t have known all this.]

[Not only that, but they even tried to discredit him by showing those pictures on the Skynet. Don’t get me wrong. Murder is bad, but these people are doing things worse than murders.]

The war of words created a massive blaze on Skynet. Of course, not all of them were real people. There were a lot of keyboard warriors who would come there to change the situation.

Even Clovis needed those keyboard warriors, but he wasn’t the one who hired them. Both the Hacfield family and the Ghost were the ones handling the dirty work.

Meanwhile, people couldn’t help but admire the Libation Fiesta for showing the truth.

In one channel, a middle-aged man explained, "As you can see here, this is the part where we believe to define the barrier. There is indeed a problem with the hardware, so there might be a device that is sustaining this world.

"Of course, this is just speculation on my part, but there might be people who want to destroy this world, not just from the inside, but also from the outside.

"However, I can confidently say that what the Libation Fiesta’s operator has said regarding the code is true."

[So, it’s true. Those bastards are hiding the truth from all of us.]

[Unfair, unfair. They’re serving the Lord. Now, who is the Lord? Give us his name!]

[They’re trying to destroy Lucente. No, it would have been worse if someone hadn’t stopped it. They must be panicking because Clovis Hacfield is close to the truth.]

Of course, the Prophet’s side couldn’t allow this to continue. They had to diminish Clovis’ influence as much as possible.

If this continued, they would be weakened. Some countries might leave the alliance because they couldn’t afford the consequences.

It wasn’t like they could tell them the truth. Hence, they were in a bind.

In order to weaken Clovis’ influence, they began to attack him personally.

So, they released a few articles.

"Breaking News: Clovis Hacfield’s true assets. Earning so much without contributing to society?"

"The Libation Fiesta is hiding its assets?"

"Clovis Hacfield is not the person people think he is."

"Clovis Hacfield sexually assaulted actress Moon?"

Hana couldn’t help but shake her head helplessly. "They’re really getting shameless."

Angelia chuckled. "Well, that’s why we are here. I guess everything has been prepared."

"Of course. They can’t do anything to my company, and I have made sure that Clovis’ record is as clean as possible." Hana nodded. "Fortunately, Clovis’ Another World Mall works in a way where he doesn’t need the money after being used. This way, we can use the money for a lot of other things."

"Very well." Angelia nodded.

She came to the press and explained, "I’ve come here to address the allegations. First of all, one’s assets are a private matter, so why should anyone tell him how he should spend his money?

"However, I can’t forgive anyone who says that he hasn’t contributed to society. Please take a look at this.

"Clovis Hacfield’s earnings so far are about four trillion union dollars. Out of those four trillion, one trillion of them have been donated in various fields, such as nursing homes, retirement plans for veterans, and so on. The list is as follows.

"Two trillion have been invested in reconstruction projects. The president of Absalom has requested Mr. Clovis’s help in order to restore the fallen cities across the nation. He will hunt down the beasts and reconstruct the cities, and allow people to get more places to live.

"You must have heard about the projects of Surian City, Mendow City, and Qualan City. All of them have been reconstructed with his own money. He risked his life to reclaim the city from the beasts.

"The remaining assets are split into various investments and various things."

The moment Angelia came forward, she convinced people on Skynet. As expected, Clovis’ momentum grew further.

[Clovis Hacfield has actually donated a quarter of his earnings all this time? He has also used half of his earnings to reconstruct the fallen cities so that more land can be inhabited? Most fallen cities originated from the chaotic era where the political structure hadn’t stabilized.]

[Why didn’t we know about his donation?]

[You think all people are like you, who flaunt everything they’ve done? He doesn’t need glory from us. If this kind of matter hadn’t reached the public, he probably wouldn’t have revealed that.]

[Let’s go, new lord. Lord Clovis will defeat the old lord.]

[Those guys are shameless. They are creating fake things to badmouth our great lord.]

[I know, right? What about that actress?]

[What actress? He personally has multiple fiancees, such as the mayor of his own city, Kanaria, the rich Hana Skylark, the genius Lucifania, and a few more. Those women can become actresses if they want, with their good looks, but they are good at other things. Why would he bother with a mere actress?]

Clovis had been maintaining a clean life. He never went to bars or other dubious places, so it was hard to find dirt on him.

Besides, Hana carefully took care of the most troublesome aspect of his life, which was his money. They could accuse her or the OpenSky Company, but they could never accuse Clovis. In the end, she could ignore the accusations since she used to have them.

He didn’t have any connections in political circles, despite those people wanting a connection with him. Clovis wouldn’t go his way to crush them as long as they respected his neutrality.

That was why a lot of people found Clovis pleasing. They actually defended Clovis as if he was going to become the new ruler of the world that would free them from the hidden alliances that controlled this world.

While they were having a war on Skynet, Clovis focused on what he needed to do. It was to get stronger.

Yes, Clovis, along with Jay and Kanaria, was making a last stretch to reach Tier 8.