"I'm back!" Clovis waved his hand, finding Kanaria, Melody, and Christina together. "What are you guys doing?"

"Congrats." Christina waved back before giving him the tablet. "Take a look at this."

Clovis raised his eyebrows and sat down next to Melody. The tablet showed news about his paintings.

"Even after a whole week, it's still being talked about. However, people like this are most likely going to come for us. We will probably be in great danger if we leave right now. They will kidnap us for ransom or something else," explained Christina. "What is our capability right now?"

"With the addition of Angelia, we should be able to fight a group of 5 Tier 8 humans at once. Even if we can't fight them, we can escape," Melody answered.

"How are we going to handle them?" Kanaria asked.

Melody raised three fingers. "Clovis, Christina, and Rin can take one each. Erwin and Aileen will take the other. Jay and Ragna will be a pair as well. There are still Reolf, Rea, and Freud. Reolf and Rea have become Tier 7 beasts, while Freud is lagging behind, but it shouldn't take that long before Freud becomes a Tier 7 beast.

"Luci, Rin, and you, Kanaria, will secure the escape route. I will be maintaining the operation all the time. With the addition of Freud, I can finally focus on my job as an operator.

"However, I'm not going back completely. In the case I am needed in the fight, I will join without hesitation. However, I will just focus on stalling my opponent. I have to handle my work as an operator after all."

Clovis thought for a moment before nodding his head. "That should work just fine. They should know that they can't underestimate us. If necessary, we will have to use guerrilla warfare. The problem is when they use this trick." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"That's true. If they suddenly kidnap us by using one or two Tier 8 humans, there's a high chance they will succeed." Kanaria nodded, contemplating.

"That's why Melody and I have been coming up with a countermeasure." Christina raised two fingers. "First, you bring the skyglasses all the time. There is a tracker on it, so the moment you are taken away, we will know.

"However, the enemy may know about it as well, so we will need an additional countermeasure. We're still looking for this countermeasure.

"As for the second preparation, we will go out in pairs. Since we have 11 people, that means someone will be alone."

Clovis nodded in understanding. "I will be alone."

"No. You shouldn't." Melody stopped him. "Right now, you will be paired with Kanaria. Christina will go with me at all times. Ragna will be paired with Jay. Erwin and Aileen are already a thing.

"That means Luci and Rin will go together. Angelia will be alone. It's not that I don't trust Angelia, but right now, we can't simply trust her completely. Even though Erwin confirmed that she wasn't lying, I couldn't accept her yet, especially when she used our situation as leverage to join this group.

"Additionally, she is not well-known as our group member yet and is the only Tier 8 human in our group. So, she can take care of herself."

"…" Clovis frowned. "In that case, shouldn't she be perfect to escort Kanaria…?" Clovis suddenly fell silent. "Wait a minute."

"It looks like you've noticed something. I create the pairings with either one vanguard and one attacker or one vanguard and one support." Melody shook her head. "If Kanaria and Angelia go together, they will have a hard time. If you still can't accept it, there is another method."

"Another method?"

"Yes. It is to have Reolf or Freud with her. This way, they can also monitor her movements while telling the people that Angelia is now with us."

Clovis nodded in understanding. "That's a good idea. The people in this country have accepted Reolf to a certain extent, so I don't have to worry."

"Good. That's the arrangement for now." Melody sighed. "The problem now…"

Kanaria smiled wryly. "Our families…"

Christina continued, "The government is planning to give us some support regarding this matter. Hana will focus on Dante."

"I see." Clovis could imagine that they threatened their families. "So, any countermeasures?"

"Fortunately, the Hacfield family is willing to help. In other words, your parents are going to add additional measures to protect us so that we can focus on our own growth. I am not sure about your great-grandmother yet."

"That leaves us with…. Where are we going to go next?" Melody looked at Clovis.

Clovis crossed his arms. "For the time being, we won't go anywhere else. However, I do have three objectives for our group besides our own training.

"First, I want the locations of level 7 or level 8 danger zones in this country, preferably ruined cities. This will allow us to complete the work that the government asks us for and search for Tier 7 or Tier 8 beast essence.

"Second, we need to track the movement of Mara Leverstrike. I may have to ask my great-grandmother for this. I am thinking about asking Mara to join us again.

"Third, I want to track the world's movements. We will probably stay here for another month or two, so we have time." Clovis raised one finger. "Now that I think about it, how is the progress on the code?"

"I need more time. I will tell you in about a month. I have a lot on my schedule right now. Don't you know you've been overworking me lately?" Melody pouted.

"I was just asking."

"If we're going for ruined cities, I will make preparations for the logistics to rebuild the cities." Kanaria looked at her tablet. "In that case, I need to start contacting the suppliers."

"In that case, I will monitor the world's movement. I will also coordinate with all our allies to see if they notice anything." Christina nodded.

"You need to talk to your family." Melody pointed at Clovis.

"Right? I do."