Another World Mall

"This is the layout of the Essence Bank in this city. We first have to secure everything on the first floor and make our way up. However, we can't ignore the possibility of a basement, so keep that in mind."

The Libation Fiesta recalled the briefing Melody gave a moment ago while entering the Essence Bank. The group was split into two.

Clovis led the first group while Jay took care of the second group. Clovis moved together with Reolf so they swiftly discovered the beasts living in this place and cut them down.

However, their true objective was the basement. According to Reolf, he could hear beasts coming underneath them, so Clovis split up to find the entrance to the basement.

On the other hand, Jay focused on killing all the beasts on the first floor before moving up.

With their current strength, not a single beast was their match. There was one Tier 5 beast in the basement, but Christina and Clovis worked together to cut it down in less than a minute.

Meanwhile, Jay, Erwin, and Aileen wreaked havoc on the upper floors. Of course, they didn't forget to scavenge everything they could find, but there wasn't much. After all, there were a lot of people who had scavenged this place in the past. They could see a lot of drawers had been opened, and the safe had been discovered.

In the end, they cleaned up the entire building in less than two hours.

While standing on top of a beast's body, he asked, "How is it going up there?"

Melody, on the top floor, squinted her eyes. "Everything has been cleaned up, as expected. Right now, I'm searching for a Tier 6 beast. Although I haven't figured out their location, there's something that piques my interest.

"Right now, I'm looking at a big hole located not far from the city center. This hole might lead to the sewer system, so there might be an unexpected beast hiding there."

"Sewer system? Is the sewer system of this city big?" Clovis frowned.

"It's a hurricane prone area, so yeah. I don't know how big, but our entire group shouldn't have a problem entering there. We should clean up the sewer from the beasts anyway."

"I see. In that case, we'll go there. Just wait for a few minutes. I'm about to finish as well."

"Understood." Melody nodded.

"I never thought she would be this efficient." Christina looked surprised, listening to the entire conversation, considering they were talking on the group channel.

"Yeah." Clovis chuckled.

"Is it really because of her brother?"

"Indeed. I just hope she doesn't push herself too much." Clovis shrugged. "If she's sick, it will be a problem for our group after all."

"Fair enough." Christina agreed. Melody's help was definitely top notch. It could rival even the top operators in the family. In addition, her combat strength wasn't that weak either.

Coupled with other skills she had, Melody was definitely considered a rare operator.

Clovis fell silent for a moment before giving an order. "We'll regroup in 45 minutes. Make sure you get all the essence before regrouping. We'll then make our way toward the sewer. Kill all the beasts in sight."

"Understood."

With Clovis' order, everyone sped up. They managed to accomplish the task faster.

While on the way, Clovis and Melody remained at the rear, letting the rest of the group handle everything in their way.

"This is the layout of the sewer we got from the government." Melody pointed at the map. "Judging by the hole, we should enter from this part. There are two main ways, so I suggest splitting up."

"Do you have any visuals on the sewer?"

"Not yet." Melody turned to the screen and controlled the drone, gradually approaching the hole. When it hovered above the hole, they could see a massive storm sewer.

"This is quite big, isn't it? Is it really that prone to a storm?" Clovis asked.

"Pretty much. That's why this place is built to withstand such a thing. Despite the situation, the location is simply too strategic, so this city is quite big and equipped with a lot of things. Depending on the damage of this system, we might also have to rebuild it… meaning more money to burn."

"Well, money doesn't really matter right now." Clovis crossed his arms.

"The size of this system is 2 meters in radius, so we can fit easily there. Even if there's a beast hiding there, it won't be over three meters tall and its body won't be too big."

"How about going down with the drone and checking whether the beasts reside in it or not?"

"OK." She nodded, controlling the drone to go down into the sewer. Unfortunately, there was no light, so it was hard to see.

Nevertheless, Melody still spun it around, trying to see any beast. To their surprise, before the drone could make a 360 degree spin, it suddenly went offline, the camera shaking as though it had been struck from behind.

"!!!" Both Clovis and Melody widened their eyes before exchanging looks.

"It doesn't seem to be safe." Melody smiled wryly.

"Indeed. Do we have the nightvision ready?"

"Yep. It's in my backpack."

Clovis thought for a moment. "In that case, I will once again split the group into two. The first group will be led by me. It consists of Jay, Ragna, Kanaria, and Luci. The second group will be led by Christina. Erwin, Aileen, Melody, and Reolf will follow her.

"If the first group finds a Tier 6 beast, Jay and Kanaria will take care of it while the rest will support them. For the second group, Erwin and Aileen will take care of it.

"Melody. Guide us through the entire system and check if there's any other entrances."

Once they reached the edge of the hole, everyone stopped for a moment and put down all the unnecessary luggages in the house not far from the hole. After that, they set up some ropes while Kanaria released her butterfly wings.

Clovis nodded before jumping off. "Let's go!"