With the Prophet unable to provide any more assistance, the battle turned in Absalom’s favor.

Without hesitation, Absalom launched a retaliatory strike to achieve an overwhelming victory. This battle was observed closely by many countries in the world.

They knew that Absalom had just fought together with the Hacfield family. And this time, they won against a much larger coalition.

What they didn’t expect was Curea. They thought Curea was angry at Clovis for defeating their genius and even massacring Iskandar’s family, but it turned out they were wrong.

Not only did Curea not hate Clovis, but they also sent support to Absalom. At this rate, Absalom’s rise was just a matter of time.

Hana had stabilized the company after being hit by the One Lion Group. Since the One Lion Group was attacked by the Sky Group and got their ass on fire, the recovery of her OpenSky Company was smooth and swift.

Hana was watching how the battle unfolded.

As expected, the moment the Prophet began his retreat, the battle ended much faster.

Originally, people were angry because they didn’t expect Clovis to kill so many people. They thought Clovis was harming the country.

But when the war began, they realized they were actually much more powerful than they had thought. Obviously, the people were claiming that the battle was initiated by the Hacfield family.

No one knew the details, so the media were making things up. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Nevertheless, the moment they won this battle, Absalom forced their enemies to enter the peace negotiations.

This time, they demanded an absurdly high price as compensation. With this compensation, not only did Absalom manage to gain their prestige, but they also gained the citizens’ support.

What the citizens didn’t expect was that this war actually caused another movement.

Angelia, one of the top explorers from Estanya, suddenly chose to leave the country and announce her arrival in Absalom. It turned out Angelia had joined the Libation Fiesta, becoming their 11th member.

This news shocked the world. Clovis had disappeared for a while. People expected he was going to Easton, so there should be no contact between Angelia and Clovis.

That was why no one expected the news. Estanya, who joined the war, ended up getting another big blow as Angelia was actually an explorer affiliated with the government.

With this, the Libation Fiesta’s strength grew even further. The addition of Angelia meant the Libation Fiesta had two unique-ability users and three pseudo-unique-ability users.

Just having one pseudo-unique-ability user alone could make a group stand at the top. The Libation Fiesta had three of them, with two even more monstrous people.

Once the Libation Fiesta grew to its full potential, no one could imagine the strength it carried.

To ride this wave, Hana created a charity under Clovis’ name. Even though her heart was bleeding seeing all that money going away, she had no choice but to do it. The charity was meant to restore their name and boost Clovis’ popularity. This way, no one would doubt them anymore.

...

Seven days later.

Hana suddenly received a call.

"This is Hana Skylark. Who am I speaking to?"

"Miss me?"

"Clovis?" Hana checked the phone again, and it showed an unknown number. "Where are you right now?"

"I managed to get out. I can’t tell you where I am right now, but I just want to let you know I’m fine. I should be able to return in 10 days at most."

"Are you all right over there? Why so long?"

"I’m all right. Everyone is all right. But Jay and Kanaria are about to become Tier 7, so we are trying to get the last push. As for me, I may need a bit more time."

"I see." Hana let out a sigh of relief. "By the way, Angelia has arrived here. She is currently staying at my mansion, not yours. Do you want me to send her somewhere?"

Clovis thought for a few seconds. "No. Please let her stay in your mansion for the time being. How about you? Are you okay over there?"

"Yep. The company takes some damage, but it’s nothing big. My grandfather should be wrapping it up soon."

"That’s good. Well, you may want to set up an auction soon."

"An auction?" Hana frowned. There was only one auction she could think of. "Are you..."

"Yep. I’ll tell you about what we’re going to put in an auction, but for now, you should make some preparations first. Also, since other countries have helped us, please invite them too.

"Let’s see... Myhan, Curea, the RAID, and the Three Swords should be good."

"I’ll invite Myhan’s government. Curea should be the government as well, but since the Hatson family is also a part of us, I will extend the invitation to them. The RAID and the Three Swords are our allies, so yeah," confirmed Hana.

"That’s good enough for me. No one can win everything this time because I only plan to release 5 items this time."

"Let me confirm first. Is it going to be enough to become the main item?"

"One of them is enough, let alone five."

"That’s good then. In that case, I’ll make preparations in that direction. However, the invitation will have to wait until I know the items you plan to release."

"Okay. You know how to handle it better than me. Although it’s ahead of schedule, I think it’s the right time."

Hana remembered that Clovis planned to start releasing the items from Another World Mall after he reached Tier 7. It looked like he planned to fulfill his promise.

She just didn’t know which items Clovis planned to reveal this time. She had a few guesses after visiting the mall a few times.

Buying them wouldn’t cost much, but if the people knew their effects, they would sell for much more at an auction.

It looked like Clovis planned to rake in cash for the mall while rewarding his allies.

"I understand. Just make sure you come back safely."

"Yep. Thanks for taking care of the situation on that side. I’ll be back soon."

"Bye bye."

"Bye." Clovis hung up the call and turned around, looking at his team, who were done resting. Jay and Kanaria had already reached 95% overall evolution progress, so it would take at most a week before they evolved.

It looked like he needed to step up his game soon.