The first one to make the move was Principal Vhalor.

The world was stunned when Absalom and the First Academy announced their merger.

[First Academy of Absalom and the Seilk Military Academy will now merge into a single institution.]

The country wanted to take advantage of the First Academy to get the benefit from Clovis.

The First Academy had beaten all other academies in the country thanks to Clovis. The Seilk Military Academy was the best military academy in the country, producing many officers. General Sanders was one of the graduates.

As expected, the expansion was necessary. And the first expansion came in the form of the new vault.

To produce many strong fighters in the future, the First Academy publicized the painting they had just acquired. Of course, the painting had been embedded in a massive safe vault.

The glass was two meters thick. Other sides had been blocked by concrete and steel.

There would be guards all around the facility. With this, anyone would have a hard time stealing the painting.

To prove to the country that this wasn’t a stupid move, they allowed their students to see the paintings.

A lot of people were stupefied when many students suddenly got enlightened.

In an instant, the news spread throughout the entire country. This meant more and more people would come to the academy.

After all, the significance of the painting was clear to all people.

Everyone knew how long it took them to master a single technique. By having this painting, they wouldn’t have to worry about learning a couple of techniques related to the painting’s themes.

This allowed them to have more time to learn other techniques, making them one step ahead of their peers.

The position of the First Academy would practically be unmatched for so many years in the future. And that was simply because it was connected to Clovis.

Obviously, such news couldn’t be hidden for so long.

In just twelve hours, it spread to the entire world. Clovis’ paintings became a hot topic on Skynet.

And people were confused because they couldn’t get the enlightenment from the photo. They had to go there personally to see the paintings.

As expected, various organizations and countries were stunned.

"Heh?" Kayne, the Tier 9 human who once almost kidnapped Clovis, smirked. "As expected of Lily’s child."

"Sir, this is not a joking matter. We should have kidnapped him when we had the chance."

"Well, you kidnap him." Kayne shrugged. "Mara Leverstrike might be the youngest among all Tier 9 humans, but you seem to have forgotten something. If I were to fight her at that time, even if I could defeat her, I might end up succumbing to my injuries.

"In other words, you would end up losing me. And even then, my chance of winning against her was only about 50%."

"..." His agent couldn’t help but furrow his eyebrows. "Then, what should we do? This kind of painting will be huge for the country."

"Isn’t that clear? Either steal from him or become his ally."

The agent fell silent.

...

The same thing happened in Lutvia, one of the world’s superpowers.

"..." Khain, the man who led the team to kidnap Clovis, couldn’t help but furrow his eyebrows.

Back then, he had done a lot of things to mend the relationship between them. However, it was just to mend the relationship, not to make Clovis their ally.

However, it looked like they had made the wrong choice.

"I should have known that this child is not normal. To be able to get Mara’s help... his unique ability must be the reason. And now, we have lost the chance to get such a painting." Khain facepalmed.

Of course, just like Curea, they also had their own unique ability users. However, Clovis’ unique ability might be more beneficial to the country than any other unique ability in the world.

"A unique ability that can change the world..." Khain frowned. "It’s no wonder the Libation Fiesta is able to become this strong so quickly. Clovis’ unique ability must have been helping them the whole time.

"Although I want to believe that the painting is everything they’ve been given, I simply can’t believe that’s the case.

"Clovis Hacfield has only shown a portion of his unique ability. And the fact that he can tame beasts must be related to his unique ability.

"His unique ability must be so unique that it can help others. I don’t know what it is exactly, but it’s clear that Clovis Hacfield is worth more than just a single Tier 9 human."

Khain massaged his forehead, having a headache. He regretted not getting Clovis back then. "What are we going to do now?"

The other three superpower nations in the world were obviously panicking.

Two out of these nations had joined hands with the Prophet in order to protect the unique towers.

They believed possessing Clovis’ paintings would help them in maintaining their sovereignty or even enhancing their power.

On the other hand, if other nations received it, there was a high chance they could become a superpower nation in the future.

After all, being able to train stronger soldiers, not in the thousands, but in the millions, could technically change the prospects of the country.

More importantly, Clovis definitely had more paintings.

Meanwhile, Clovis’ allies were celebrating.

RAID and the Three Swords ended up losing, but they understood what they were dealing with this time.

The same applied to the Dark Moon Mercenary.

Matthew couldn’t help but smile after receiving the report. "Hahaha. As expected of Miss Lily’s granddaughter. I guess the world is going to change now. I won’t be able to predict how the world perceives the Hacfield family or Clovis anymore.

"For now, I think it’s time for us to settle the matter about the successors. The madam has taken a successor from me, so we have to settle everything here so that I can step down from my position."

Just like the Dark Moon Mercenary, the RAID and the Three Swords were preparing for what Clovis wanted to do next. If it were a huge favor, they might have the chance to get their hands on the painting directly from Clovis.

Or they might be rewarded with something else.

Still, it didn’t change the fact that Clovis Hacfield had become the most-discussed person in the world.