"!!!" The Spear Saint widened his eyes. "What? Are you not joking?"

"Do I look like a person who will joke around with you? Do you know anything?"

"Yeah... I’ll talk to you later." The Spear Saint hung up right away. He couldn’t waste any more time.

He immediately exited the building and ran back to his city.

Carrick called another person.

"Sir Carrick?"

"Mr. President. We have code red. I have a credible source that makes me believe that the Libation Fiesta might be coming to our tower."

"Do you mean... that tower?"

"Yeah."

"!!!" The president was stunned. He didn’t expect Clovis to be aiming for their tower this quickly.

There was a chance Carrick was just being paranoid, but protecting the tower came first. Even if it was a false alarm, they couldn’t allow anyone else to enter that tower. "What do you want?"

"I need you to alert them right now. Have the people surround the bottom of the tower. I believe we have a camp not far from there. Also, I need reinforcement. If they’re truly coming, they must come prepared."

"Understood."

"Also, you need to watch out for yourselves. I don’t know if the Ghost is coming to shake our economy or not. You may not be able to reach me from this point onward because I have to focus on everything here."

"I know. Good luck to you."

"Good luck to you too, Mr. President."

Once he had informed the highest decision-maker, Carrick called his family, asking them to immediately send reinforcements to the special tower.

Carrick possessed two towers. In fact, the first tower was given because its location was near the special tower.

Carrick was tasked with guarding the special tower. Of course, they had set up a base there, but the Libation Fiesta managed to enter the tower even with such a base.

Hence, Carrick believed he should go back to ensure Clovis wouldn’t be able to reach the tower.

At the same time, he wondered if he had reacted too late. He wasted too much time on the investigation.

There was a chance Clovis had been moving the entire time, and they had entered the special tower.

Nonetheless, it didn’t stop him from going to the special tower.

Once he reached this conclusion, everything that had recently happened to him became rather obvious.

After learning that his ally had just taken over a company, Clovis assassinated that person.

This way, people would believe that the one responsible for the assassination was the leader of the other company.

Due to the relationship he had with his in-laws, his uncle-in-law would beg him to investigate this murder, and Carrick couldn’t refuse it.

If this were Clovis’ plan. He had succeeded in luring Carrick away.

Carrick couldn’t help but grit his teeth. On the one hand, he felt angry that he had fallen into Clovis’ trap. On the other hand, he couldn’t help but acknowledge Clovis’ strength.

This was precisely what he had been worried about. With Clovis’ ability, Tesron wouldn’t stand a chance against him.

In that case, the situation would become complicated for his family in the future.

"Is the Melesviet family going to be destroyed by the Hacfield family in the future?" Carrick could imagine what would happen after he passed away.

There was only one way out. Relying on the Prophet might be good, but the Prophet wouldn’t live forever. So, this wasn’t the way out.

Instead, he thought about pairing Tesron with someone intelligent. That person needed to be so smart that she could see through all Clovis’ plans.

This also meant that his wife might end up manipulating Tesron. But as long as his wife remained loyal to the family, at least the Melesviet family wouldn’t be destroyed.

Although he didn’t like this idea, he had no other choice. This was the only way to protect the family he had established.

His mind wandered for quite a bit until he suddenly received a call.

"Sir, I’m Sharon from the 040 Base. We’re getting attacked. We’ve just confirmed the enemy. They’re the Libation Fiesta."

"!!!" Carrick couldn’t help but grit his teeth. The Prophet was right. The Libation Fiesta was truly coming for him.

Now that the Hacfield family and the Ghost had been revealed, their movements became trickier and harder to track. The Ghost had been controlling the logistics network as well as the information network, so even the Prophet could only remind him at the last moment.

Still, had he stayed in his city instead of investigating the murder, he would have reached that place in time.

Like this, he would need at least fifteen more minutes before he arrived.

...

Meanwhile, Clovis led his team toward the tower. There was no city around this tower. There was only a single base, so Clovis made no plan on how to reach the tower.

There was no hidden access he could exploit either.

So, that left him with only one option. He had to go through the base in the old-fashioned way.

Still, the base was filled with soldiers. There were also two Tier 8 humans, but they were not necessarily a challenge for Clovis.

They slowed him down, but Clovis should be able to reach the tower before Carrick arrived.

"Go on!" Clovis shouted. They were taking fire from all directions.

Other soldiers were also coming to stop them by forming a rank.

Fortunately, Christina and Ragna remained steadfast as their main walls, protecting the two sides.

Clovis led the charge with Jay as usual, while others protected the rear.

The plan worked just fine. They didn’t need to defeat the Tier 8 humans in this base since their only goal was to reach the special tower.

He hoped that what happened last time occurred again, allowing them to investigate the tower in peace.

Nevertheless, he continued onward, trying to reach the tower as quickly as possible.

However, the base seemed to be fighting harder than he imagined.

Clovis might have underestimated the power of reputation. Carrick was like a war hero. And the Hacfield family was that hero’s mortal enemy.

Even when the people were defeated, they grabbed the opponent’s feet just to slow down even for a split second. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

That was why Clovis found himself using too much time to reach the tower.

Twelve minutes after the base raid, Clovis suddenly heard a voice calling his name from afar. "Clovis Hacfield!"

"!!!"