Chapter 1116: The Most Important Thing

"Right? That’s what we should do. Engagement party. Since Mara also joins us, we will have to adjust the schedule a bit," Christina agreed.

"However, can we actually show Mara?" Kanaria asked.

"That’s true. Mara is our trump card. Showing her will make us lose the advantage. In addition, the enemy will make preparations for Mara as well." Melody frowned.

"Still, it will be unfair to Mara." Luci tilted her head in confusion. "Maybe we can find another solution."

Mara shook her head. "I appreciate your thoughts, but you don’t have to worry about it. I don’t particularly care about the engagement party. If necessary, you can remove me entirely.

"All those ceremonies are not necessary. You are merely showing the people that you’ve done something. The acknowledgement from other people didn’t matter to me. As long as two people who are involved acknowledge it, there’s nothing else that needs to be done."

Clovis looked at Mara before scratching the back of his head. "How about this? We will split the schedule into two parts. The first one is for the big family. Mara doesn’t have to attend here. The second one is for the close family. Only trusted people from each family can attend. Mara should attend this one."

"That is not a bad idea." Melody snapped her fingers, liking the option. "The most important one is the close family."

"That should work." Kanaria agreed. "If Mara doesn’t mind this arrangement, then we can proceed."

Mara nodded. "Sure. I don’t mind. You guys can decide it yourselves. I will just follow your arrangement."

Hana smiled. "Since we’re done talking about this world, should we move on to the next topic?"

"What kind of topic are you talking about?" Clovis tilted his head in confusion.

"The towers, of course. Which one are we going to attack again?"

"Oh. I have a target already." Clovis nodded with a serious expression. "If we succeed, we might be able to severely injure one Tier 9 human or even kill that person. For now, everyone can get some rest. We will continue with our usual hunt later, trying to increase our progress as much as possible.

"My mall will also aid you, but it’s going to be slow since we have to share everything. Of course, we have plenty of food. It’s just... Rin might be too tired to cook all of them and you guys might be too full to eat more." Clovis chuckled.

"I can do it. Others can’t, but I can." Jay nodded. "I’m going to become a Tier 9 human in the future, even if the process involves a bit of cheating."

Clovis shrugged. "Does it really matter? The reason people are having a hard time reaching Tier 9 is that they have to gather the Tier 8 essence.

"Not only are Tier 8 beasts rare, but they’re also dangerous since they command so many beasts. Another World Mall will ease that burden.

"However, we still need to hunt. As for the money, it won’t be our primary source anymore. If necessary, I intend to sell my items again and upgrade my mall one more time.

"There are only two more levels. The next upgrade will open the last store, while the last upgrade will allow me to do a lot of other things, which I don’t know yet."

Hana agreed. "If you want to sell more items, you can contact me about it. However, with the last auction, you should have a lot of money right now."

"Not enough."

"In that case, I will pull in your royalty. Do you think I haven’t done anything in the past few years? I have been rapidly expanding my branches to sell our beast souls. My company is now rivaling my grandfather’s company, you know?" Hana grinned. "I can gather as much cash as you want."

"Oh, you’re right." Kanaria couldn’t help but check her claim, only to find that Hana’s net worth had surpassed her grandfather’s. "Isn’t this amazing?"

"Thanks to you, my reputation has skyrocketed. In addition, the money from selling those items is used either for our projects or for charity. The charity boosts my reputation further, while the projects make even more money.

"If I slow down just a little bit, the money will be piling in quickly. If you want, just wait for three months. I can probably give you another trillion." Hana winked playfully, confident to gather so much money.

"Will it not hurt you?" Clovis raised his eyebrows.

"Nope. That’s your portion, so in the end, it will be directed to either the construction project or charity." Hana shrugged. "Just leave the money to me."

Hana could probably reach the top in the business world if she didn’t have to take care of Clovis. After all, if all that money had been used to enhance her business properly instead of worrying about charity or construction projects, she would have made even more money.

However, she could get all this money so quickly because of Clovis. There was no way she was going to abandon her fiance.

Clovis nodded. "In that case, we will focus on the engagement party for now. Then, I’ll upgrade my mall in three months. After that, we will attack the fifth tower to deliver a significant blow to the enemy’s side. For the attack, I might have to push it a bit further to make it unexpected. Then, we will attack the sixth tower not long after, so that they don’t have time to deal with anything.

"They won’t be able to recruit the two strongest people in the world." Clovis smiled. All that was left was for them to defeat the enemy in that last battle in the Tower of the Lake.

Clovis had seen the path to the end, but there was no guarantee whether he would succeed or not.

"Sure. Since we know our path already, it’s time for you to handle the next problem." Hana smirked. "I might rarely join you guys, but you know, I don’t mind sitting this one out."

"Oh!" Melody nodded in agreement, while Luci chuckled. "That’s true. That’s important."

"Yeah." Vina gave a thumbs up.

"We’ll leave Clovis in your care, Sister Mara." Kanaria politely bowed to her.

"!!!" Clovis widened his eyes in shock, but before he could even react, he could feel a hand grabbing the back of his collar and dragging him away. "Wait—!"

Mara was even more forceful than Aileen, even though she was more quiet than her. In just a few seconds, Clovis and Mara were already gone.