Another World Mall

Chapter 105 Hidden Tier

"Oi! Move!" One of the terrorists kicked a kid who was dragged by the other terrorists.

"Mommy!" The kid was crying as he fell to the ground. The people wanted to say something, but they were too scared of the terrorists. They could only look at them with a pale face.

The terrorists didn't say much after the kid joined the other hostages. They didn't seem to be that bothered by the crying as if they had gotten used to it.

Meanwhile, all the Tier 3 personnel had reached their positions. Kanaria and Melody were next to each other, observing the enemies from the top floor. Vina was standing by on the ground floor, ready to head out once her help was needed. Clovis, on the other hand, remained on the first floor not too far from the hostages. With a single leap, he should be able to reach the terrorists.

Since Melody had tuned the equipment, she could finally speak through the transmitter.

"Get ready. We'll begin the operation in three… two… one…"

Each of the members of the anti-terrorism squad had their own skyglasses that marked their targets. Melody had assigned them four targets they had to defeat within a few seconds before the terrorists could harm them. At the same time, they couldn't do it that brutally or it would cause trauma for the civilians.

Hence, all of them were expected to unleash all their abilities in order to complete the tasks.

"Zero!" The moment they heard the last count, all four members leaped out.

"Huh?!" The terrorists widened their eyes.

"Enemies!"

"Kill them!"

They panicked and aimed their guns at them, not realizing that they should have just used the hostages.

Clovis was observing these four carefully, wanting to know the secret of their strength.

Obviously, the one he watched closely was the man who looked down on him earlier.

Even though his words were harsh, he wasn't wrong. And it seemed that he also had the skill to back up his attitude.

The moment he jumped out, he unsheathed his saber. He used the blunt edge to strike the terrorist's head, knocking him down without bloodshed.

The other terrorists were trying to react, but he swiftly reached the second person and struck from below.

"Gah!" What the guy struck were the terrorist's balls. Even Clovis could feel the pain from the second floor, let alone the terrorist. He simply fell down, his mouth releasing foam.

The other terrorists had been occupied by his teammates, so the guy could focus on the remaining two targets.

Since they were about to shoot, the guy tossed his blade at one of them.

It distracted the other guy, allowing him to close in to defeat both of them in succession. However, when he was about one meter away, a hostage suddenly rose from the floor and ran toward this guy.

"!!!" He glanced to the side, noticing the incoming, hidden terrorist.

At the same time, he also noticed that Clovis had actually jumped off as if he had started moving before the hidden terrorist acted.

With this, Clovis should have no trouble intercepting this hidden attacker.

'I guess he is pretty skilled.' The guy thought of Clovis as he focused on the two terrorists before his eyes.

'I got him!' Clovis thought as he was about to hit this guy with the back of the sword handle and then stepped on his body to land safely as a way to apprehend him.

However, the hidden terrorist actually smiled. Right before Clovis could hit him, the hidden terrorist sped up at a speed that was much faster than what a Tier 0 could do. No, even a Tier 2 would be slower than him.

"What?!" Clovis shouted, showing his shock as well as alerting the guy from the anti-terrorism squad.

"!!!" The guy turned around while waving his sword to blow the hidden terrorist away. However, the latter actually took out a dagger and struck the blade from below, knocking it up. "Imposs—"

He didn't have any more time as the terrorist stabbed him with the dagger.

"Kyaaa!"

"Aaaahh!"

Amidst the reactions from the common people, Clovis remained silent, but his face was ghastly pale. He never thought that there would be someone defeating the Tier 3 agents from the government.

Fortunately, it seemed that the guy managed to twist his body in the last second, causing the dagger to miss the vital area. He jumped away to avoid dying.

But for Clovis, this was a huge blunder. He never thought that the terrorist could reach that level of speed.

"Rain!" Another agent shouted in panic and looped around to help him, but another hidden terrorist had appeared and slashed him.

"Gah!" The armor absorbed much of the impact, but the cut was still pretty deep. More importantly, this hidden terrorist was much faster than reported. "Are these guys really Tier 0?"

"Not good!" Another one wanted to help, but this time, the same trick didn't work. The moment the third hidden terrorist appeared, the agent had expected something like this and blocked the attack, albeit barely. "What? This strength… is equal to a Tier 3 human!"

Clovis was dumbstruck. He had just made a blunder. If these people were actually Tier 3, he shouldn't have sent the two Tier 4 humans to defeat their captain.

At the same time, he finally realized why Melody only mentioned Tier 0 to Tier 2 terrorists. Their captain was Tier 4, so they should have expected a few Tier 3.

His only miscalculation was the fact that the terrorists could hide their Tier.

"What in the world…" Clovis sucked a cold breath. The last remaining agent hurriedly approached their friend, who had been slashed earlier, and stopped this terrorist from killing his friend. Still, there was one more Tier 3, who was about to kill the rude agent.

Clovis might slightly feel annoyed by that rude guy, but if they lost a precious Tier 3 agent just because of a little grudge, humanity would have gone extinct.

That was why Clovis had no choice but to act. He had fought against a Tier 3 beast before, so he should be able to manage to fight this terrorist.

Without hesitation, Clovis leaped toward this Tier 3 terrorist and swung his new blade.

However, this fight seemed to be different. He didn't sense the surge of strength like back then and his speed was much slower, allowing the terrorist to avoid his swing before punching his cheek.

His body flew to the side before crashing into the wall.

The battle didn't seem to be promising.