Another World Mall-Chapter 989: Leaving

Meanwhile, Clovis continued to go down after recording everything they needed.

Unfortunately, there was no other unique stuff hidden within the tower.

It took the team more than an hour to reach the bottom after they had slowed down.

"As expected, it looks like there are no pursuers. I don’t know the reason, but isn’t this good for us?" Kanaria asked.

Clovis answered, "Yeah. I don’t know the reason. There might be things that we don’t know happening to them, preventing them from chasing us.

"However, I do know that there won’t be any pursuers. What we should do right now is to leave the tower and start heading west. If we take too long, the people from nearby towers might end up finding us and blocking our path."

Jay said, "Clovis. You should take the lead now. We’ve spent a considerable amount of stamina to take down all these beasts."

"I know." Clovis nodded with a serious expression. "What is your situation, Melody?"

"I’ve got everything. It’s best to leave right now."

"All right." Clovis gave his order, "I, Aileen, and Ragna will take the lead. The rest will follow us. We’ll go according to Plan A for the time being."

"Understood!"

The team moved down, taking down the remaining fifty beasts ahead of them before finding the exit.

Aileen first took a peek at the area around the tower.

Since she found no one, Aileen came out of the tower and took a look around to check the area.

"No one is here yet. We can go!"

Clovis nodded and summoned Rea from Another World Mall.

"Let’s go!"

Kanaria, Melody, and Rin immediately took out their wings. Kanaria grabbed Jay, Melody brought Ragna, and Rin pulled Christina. In addition, Rea let Erwin and Luci on her back.

Clovis, Reolf, Freud, and Aileen then started heading north, paving their way out of the forest. If anyone tried to chase after them, they would have to follow the trails that would soon end.

Yes, once they reached a certain distance, Kanaria, Melody, Rin, and Rea went back.

Kanaria and Melody took Clovis and Aileen respectively. Rin helped Freud while Rea was the only one big enough to transport Reolf.

This way, their track would end here unless they could find it somewhere else. This distraction would buy enough time for Clovis to escape.

Once they regrouped, Clovis immediately led the team away from the country. They didn’t bother to follow the usual route, especially near the body of water.

Instead, they fled in the most unlikely direction, which made them completely untraceable.

Thirty minutes later, a group of elites reached the area, finding their footsteps.

"Shit. Are we too late?" One of them clicked their tongue.

"We have to catch up right away. We can’t afford to let them leave."

"But do we have enough people? The Libation Fiesta is an extremely powerful group. They might end up eliminating our entire group at this rate."

"They must be quite exhausted right now. Besides, we have reinforcements." The captain moved to the tower’s entrance and touched it. "According to the report, there is a translucent barrier that prevents everyone else from coming down."

"There doesn’t seem to be one."

"..." The captain furrowed his brows before a group of people emerged from the tower.

"!!!" All of them immediately raised their stances and pulled out their weapons, only to recognize each other.

"You..."

The captain frowned. "Supervisor Delrick. I heard you were unable to come down."

"We were able to come down thirty minutes ago. Clovis Hacfield must have left the tower at that time." Delrick narrowed his eyes.

"Thirty minutes... That’s going to be hard to track. Nevertheless, we have to catch up to them, right?"

"Yes." Delrick nodded.

"In that case, let’s follow whatever we can find for the time being."

Since there were only footsteps available, they immediately traced them back, only to find the footsteps ended five minutes later.

"!!!" Delrick opened his eyes wide. "This is..."

The captain nodded with a serious expression. "I’m afraid that they expected us to follow them like this. They must be fleeing the country right now. Most likely, using their so-called outer beast soul that allows them to fly."

Delrick thought for a few seconds. "Either way, they still have to leave through the tower. It’s impossible to travel a long distance in the underworld. No one can tell how many beasts they have to eliminate on their path."

"Yes. There is a high chance that they will be using one of our towers to escape. Just like how they infiltrated this tower, they might have another spot to disguise themselves."

"However, we can’t rule out the possibility of them leaving the country and going back up through a tower in another country."

"What do you suggest?"

Delrick thought for a moment before turning around. "We need to split up. We will have to find the first trace to know where they’re heading. Since we can’t rule out the possibility of them going to another country, we will have to follow any spots with water, especially rivers.

"Also, inform HQ to tighten up security in other underground cities. We need to make sure the Libation Fiesta can’t escape." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Understood." They immediately split up according to their roles.

Unfortunately, it would be hard for them to find Clovis’ trail because Clovis never intended to take the normal path.

While Easton was having trouble with Clovis, the One Lion Group was under intense pressure from the Sky Group.

"What is our progress?"

"We’ve acquired 28%. We will be able to get 5% more before the market closes."

"Good. Tomorrow will be when we make our decisive move. How are our boys?" Jeremy asked.

"Don’t worry, sir. Everyone is still in a good spirit."

"That is reassuring. Keep up the good work." Jeremy waved his hand.

"Yes, sir."

Jeremy looked at the ceiling before muttering, "To think at my age, I will still be participating in a hostile takeover. And this is probably the easiest one to date. Now I know why people are so scared of the Hacfield family... I wonder if they have succeeded?"