Another World Mall

"..." The Sword Saint felt troubled. On the one hand, having air support would allow him to buy time more efficiently. On the other hand, he needed to keep a close eye on Clovis and the others.

Clovis continued to attack him from one side while Christina locked his position. When the opportunity arrived, Aileen would attack the Sword Saint from behind, injuring him.

Still, as one would expect from the Sword Saint, he didn’t go down so easily. Even when he was injured, he would strike back.

...

Meanwhile, the team continued toward their original route as Melody monitored the danger in their path.

Jay took the lead, killing some soldiers, but he was holding his power back. According to Clovis, they could kill people, but they shouldn’t massacre all of them.

They should focus on running away.

As a result, Ragna had to shield them all the time while Erwin made some traps.

Melody checked the situation, thinking, ’It’s going to come. The problem will be the tanks and the helicopters. Currently, Clovis doesn’t have someone that can shoot down the enemy in the air.

’At the same time, the enemy will have a hard time entering the jungle. Still, Clovis has Another World Mall.

’He could always escape if he wanted to, but the problem would be the timing. If he disappeared too fast, the Sword Saint would be able to catch up with Jay and the others. Waiting too long would weaken Clovis and the others severely, since there was a time limit to their food.

"..." Clovis checked the timer. It said six minutes. In other words, there were only six minutes left before the food became ineffective.

At the same time, Melody was quite happy with the result.

Melody waited for another minute before giving an order, "It’s time. You will see a fallen city to your left. On my signal, we will be using the fallen city to lose them. There are no walls over there. I will give you a personal route to escape. We will meet at the rendezvous point."

With a single glance, they could see the ruins that resembled a city. They knew where they were supposed to go.

"Jay, Angelia, hit them!"

"!!!" Both Jay and Angelia were surprised at first, but their expressions soon turned grim. Jay gathered all his strength into one swing and sent it forward. On the other hand, Angelia launched a barrage of arrows.

It was a very taxing move for Angelia because each arrow felt like a missile.

Jay cut a lot of soldiers while Angelia blew them apart.

"NOW!"

With the soldiers slowing down significantly because of those two’s attacks, Melody sent the signal.

All of them immediately shifted their direction and increased their speed.

Ragna was the slowest, so he had to get on Reolf’s back. Of course, he used his shield to continue protecting their rear.

On the other hand, those who could fly started raining them down with barrages of attacks, not letting them catch up.

As soon as they reached the ruins, they saw their own paths and immediately split up.

"They’re... splitting up?"

"Is this a trap?"

"What are we going to do?"

"Bombard them!"

"Send the fighter jets here. Hit the city!"

"They’re useless against Clovis and the other two anyway, so we might as well receive their assistance."

The people were quite frustrated because all the support focused on Clovis, but they had no choice since Clovis was the enemy leader.

However, Clovis cleverly positioned himself in a way that their support would be useless. That was why their reinforcement was useless on Clovis. It would be better to put them in this place instead.

They requested them, but it was a bit too late. Each of them was Tier 8, except for Jay and Kanaria. However, Kanaria was flying in the air, while Jay strengthened his legs to gain more speed.

There was also Reolf carrying some people. As a result, their speed was much faster than anyone would have expected.

A normal Tier 8 human could cover two hundred meters in just ten seconds. However, Jay and the others had been boosted by the food and items from Another World Mall. They could cover those distances in six seconds.

With them running at top speed, only Tier 8 soldiers could catch up to Jay and the others, but if they moved too far, Jay and the others might turn around and kill them.

If they waited for the rest of the soldiers, Jay and the others might escape. That was why they were in a dilemma. The best choice was to have the air support to slow the Libation Fiesta down.

Unfortunately, that air support would take time to reach this place. Of course, the tanks fired at an angle, dropping their shells on the Libation Fiesta.

Several explosions occurred, but instead of humans, they hit the beasts, which made more beasts go crazy.

In the end, this was the wilderness. There were still beasts around. They would be more than enough to slow the enemy down.

Meanwhile, the Libation Fiesta boasted of their skills at killing beasts, so they never had a problem with beasts standing in their path. They cut down all beasts with minimal loss of time, allowing them to increase their distance from their pursuers.

Finally, with two minutes on the clock, Melody smiled as she informed, "Clovis, we’ve made enough distance. You can begin the second phase..."

Melody checked the map for the second time, ensuring that the danger had passed. In that case, all she needed to do was find a way home.

Meanwhile, Clovis, Christina, and Aileen had been waiting for Melody’s confirmation.

With the distance between them and Jay’s team, the Sword Saint wouldn’t be able to catch up with them anymore, not to mention that the soldiers had lost their position.

Hence, Clovis glanced at Christina and Aileen, signaling them to begin.

"Provoke!" Christina activated her unique ability.

"Kh!" The Sword Saint’s position was locked again. Aileen unleashed her strongest attack.

Clang!

Their swords clashed, but Aileen couldn’t gain any advantage. No, she was about to be blown away even though she was the one who attacked him.

Clovis came right after and hit his sword with the strongest Beast Manifestation Technique.

Bam!

The Sword Saint was pushed back twenty meters, crashing into two trees before stopping. However, this wasn’t enough to stop him.

To his surprise, before he could even leap toward them, Clovis and the others turned around and ran away.

"!!!"