The Australian dungeon was a vast field-type dungeon.
According to the initial exploration team, the monsters lived in the canyon in the dungeon center, and only dungeon creatures that didnât impose any threats lived in the plains. They were species that maintained their ecosystems by becoming prey to monsters.
If the hunters that counted around 50 of them traveled by flight skill, it would save time, but if they did so, an astronomical amount of Mana Potions would evaporate, and thereâs the danger of potion shock, so they moved by walking all day on the first day.
âLetâs take a break here.â
Regardless of the huntersâ body clocks, camping and bedtime were set according to the middle dimensionâs time zone where the dungeon belonged.
They set up their combat tents and went to bed or exchanged information with hunters from all over the world. As usual, Hibiki planned to train alone quietly.
âMiss Amano Hibiki? Can we talk for a moment?â
That was the plan until an uninvited guest came to her from the darkness.
â⊠What is it?â
Having kept her contact with others to a minimum before coming to Korea, she still wasnât comfortable talking to strangers. That meant she wasnât welcoming around anyone except Seo Jin-Wook and Nate.
The name of the approaching hunter was Fujiwara Naomi.
âItâs nice to be close with the same Japanese people, right?â
She sat on the outdoor chair without her permission.
Hibikiâs mental assessment of her was reduced by one notch.
âAlthough we familiarized ourselves through the briefing beforehand, group video calls arenât the atmosphere for private conversations.â
Naomi was the only hunter whom Japan dispatched.
She made some meaningless small talk then asked about Hibikiâs life when she was in Japan.
It naturally only made Hibiki, who didnât even want to think about those days, show the adverse effect of shutting her mouth tight.
ââŠâ
Naomiâs eyes became filled with embarrassment.
However, she still seemed determined to move on to the main point.
âThis, please take it.â
When Naomi manipulated the terminal, her contact number was entered on Hibikiâs screen.
She whispered.
âIn fact, the real reason I was dispatched to this dungeon was to meet you, Ms. Hibiki.â
When Hibiki acquired A-Rank, followed by S-Rank in Korea, the Japanese government attempted
The threat-filled recommendation to return to her country and work had continued tirelessly.
When they didnât have a family to hold as a hostage, they even mobilized a distant relative whom she had never met and an old colleague with whom she was only acquaintances, but honestly, it only made her snort.
With such attempts thoroughly blocked and nullified, the government had to mobilize a different method.
âI have no thoughts about it.â
She refused firmly.
âHow long are you planning to be active in Korea? Pardon me, but the term of the contract isâŠâ
âI have no reason to answer you.â
âThink about it.â
Naomi didnât give up persuading her.
âTo miss Amano, who achieved the S-Rank in her first year, thereâs a promised exceptional treatment.â
Hibiki, who roughly knew of the profits of Japanâs S-Rank Awakened, didnât necessarily mention that her salary and performance bonus she signed with Seo Jin-Wook had already exceeded Naomiâs offer by ten times.
âMoreover, Korea is much more dangerous than Japan. You know that more people are registered in Japan, but there are more Gates in Korea, right? The burden of roaming around many dungeons with limited hunters eventually comes back as life-threatening risks. Also, think about whatâs on the border of that country. Can you trust the U.N. army? You donât know when the monsters will flock from the old North Korean land.â
While she thought she was annoying and bothersomeâŠ
Hibiki countered in a quiet and calm voice to drive her out.
âFirst of all, isnât the ratio of Awakened similar in both countries in terms of population?â
ââŠ!â
âThe reason why the number of Gates in Korea has increased these days exponentially is that the Celestial Dragon is working hard to find them. Also, those dungeons are strictly monitored. Donât you think itâs much safer this way than leaving the Gates undiscovered and allowing it to collapse beyond observation?â
Hibiki added a few more words using a monotonous voice.
âHunter activities are dangerous because thereâs a lot of Gates? The âvery unstableâ Gates have disappeared in Korea because of the incident you already know. It means that thereâs no reason to overdo exploring, being chased by the minute.â
She then ended her rebuttal with a story about how the U.N. forces stationed at the old North Korean land would be supplied with the worldâs first mass-produced artifacts designed by the Celestial Dragon.
Naomiâs expression hardened when she refuted every point she dished out.
â⊠You really must have been in Korea for a long time. From the way you talk, you sound more like a Korean than a Japanese.â
âIâm just telling you what Iâve figured out.â
Naomi replied in a somewhat exasperated voice.
âThink carefully about it. Do you think you can live in Korea forever? Someday youâll miss your hometown.â
âYeah, right,â Hibiki thought.
Naomi continued to talk persistently.
âMs. Amano, I wasnât going to tell you this, butâŠâ
âThen donât.â
â⊠The high-ranking government officials are angry at the fact that miss Amano Hibiki belongs to the Celestial Dragon Guild.â
âSo what?â
There was a part Naomi didnât speak of.
The incident about the [Aurora of Stability] covering the Korean territory worsened the public opinion about Japanâs governing body, which offended the government.
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The peopleâs torches were directed at the government and the Awakened beings, asking why Japan couldnât do what Korea could.
In that situation, a Japanese S-Rank hunter worked in Celestial Dragon, so they somehow wanted to get her back.
âMs. Amano, let me give you some serious advice as an Awakened. If you think you donât have to watch out for anyone just because weâre in a world that canât function without hunters, then youâre mistaken. You canât just do whatever you want. It is still the State system that moves the world, and the reputation of the people at the top should be considered. A country can do more things than you can ever imagine. Even if you can enter the dungeon and shoot flames out of your hands, you are only an individual. Donât forget that you canât win against the organization of a nation.â
At that point, it had become a threat.
âThen⊠What kind of weakness does a woman have that sheâs trying so desperately to cling on to me?â
With such a question in mind, Hibiki replied without expression.
âIt was nice to meet you.â
ââŠ!â
Naomi clenched her teeth and got up from her seat.
When Hibiki thought that she would turn her back on herâ
âWhatâs wrong with your attitude? Why arenât you listening to others? Are you a single-minded person who believes that only your ideas are right?â
Hibiki looked straight into her eyes and spoke.
âI judge whatâs right or wrong. I might leave this guild someday. But it wonât happen because of the âemotionâ or âreputationâ of a high person. Itâs my choice, and Iâm going to move based on my own will.â
Naomi, who was unable to speak for a while, asked one last question, which she was clearly instructed to do.
âWhat do you think the Japanese government can offer to change your will of choice?â
A person came into Hibikiâs mind and disappeared.
Fiddling with the [Renaceâs Ring] on her finger, she spoke like it was a final warning.
âSomething you people canât ever provide.â
â⊠Youâre more stuck up than I thought.â
Naomi shook her head and left.
*
âI can see it!â
The next day, after waking up early in the morning and crossing the dungeon, the expedition team reached a huge canyon.
The monsters that needed to be wiped out in the dungeon were the Ogres.
Their habitats showed signs of civilization. As they must have started to use fire, there were traces of bonfires everywhere, they had carved wood to make a bulwark, and hut-like things were built by peeling off the skin of the dungeon creatures.
The expedition team magically examined the enemyâs base from a distance, keeping away from the guardsâ sight.
They hadnât noticed us yet.
âLong-range, forward!â
Eight Awakened, including Hibiki, stood at the front.
Due to the lack of other predators and the nature of the species that were vulnerable to moisture, they lived outdoors in a hut instead of digging caves.
It was the perfect condition to bombard them remotely.
âPrepare to attack!â
Each hunter prepared unique long-distance skills and magic spells, respectively.
âAttack!â
They followed the orders of Greg Myers, the captain of the expedition team.
[Energy Storm!]
[Arrows of Annihilation!]
[Ring of Fire!]
[Lightning Arc!]
The Ogres were helpless against the bombardment from outside their sight and range.
Flash, black arrows, fire, and rainbow-shaped lightning covering the sky struck the habitat, drawing a smooth trajectory of death!
I could see it in my eyes as I had been observing separately. A fierce attack out of nowhere from the sky tore and burned the ground.
Many of the Ogres that were caught up in the mess died instantly.
But there were more that survived.
âKaaaargh!â
Shouts full of pain and anger rang through our ears from where they were.
âTheyâre rushing in!â
Rumble!
I could hear the earth vibrating.
âThatâs a quick response.â
Instead of panicking because of the sudden attack, the Ogres figured out the attackâs direction and rushed in groups.
A daunting battle cry and chilling murderous intent flooded over the clouds of smoke.
Greg continued to command the team.
âLong-range! Fall back, close-range! Forwardââ
Even before Myers could finishâŠ
âScreech!â
A piercing cry tore through our ears.
But the direction where it came from was a little different.
âWizard, confirm the source of that scream!â
âOn it!â
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The wizardâs expression hardened as he looked in the direction of the sound with light in his eyes.
âDamn it. Itâs a Wyvern!â
âWhat?â
Black dots flew one after another from the peaks rising beyond the canyon.
That was another kind of monster that the scout team couldnât identify.
Suddenly, the form of those that covered the sky black became larger. The direction was clear. They were also after the expedition team.
âTwo or more species of monsters formed a regiment with each other?â
It was the Ogres that was attacked, but the Wyverns decided to retaliate as well.
It was a phenomenon that they had never experienced before.
âDamn it!â
The countermeasure tactics were different if they were only fighting land-based monsters and if they flocked from both the ground and the sky.
The long-ranged types, which were going to switch positions with the close-ranged and reorganize themselves, returned in a hurry.
Most of them chugged down potion bottlesâ contents since they emptied their Mana capacity due to the previous attack.
But one of them wasnât the same.
Woong!
While other wizards were busy charging their Mana capacities and reciting spells, Hibiki had already completed a spell.
A golden magic circle came up before her.
âWhatâs that?â
A wizard, who took his mouth off the potion bottle, muttered without him realizing it.
A magic circle that the people of that era witnessed for the first time.
In fact, I had never seen it in my previous life either.
Hibiki activated the skill.
[Gravitokinesis (Rank: SSS)!]
It was a newly created spell with SSS-Rank enchant mastery.
She gave âgravity transformationâ properties to a much wider range than my gravitational magic.
The spell that managed the gravity within the control area in a wider and more sophisticated way struck the flock of Wyverns that flew in.
â⊠Screech!â
The wizardsâ jaws dropped.
âOh, my days!â
As hundreds of Wyvern flocked in the area, Hibiki didnât exert strong gravity to crush the guts of all of them.
There was a much easier and simpler way.
âCr-crack!â
It was a distance away, but I could hear it.
The sound of something hard and tough being bent and broken satisfyingly.
And thenâŠ
âScreech!â
The Wyverns, which had been rushing in fiercely, fell down one by one to the ground.
They became a meteor shower of staggering trajectories. Each of the falling monstersâ wings was slightly twisted.
Hibikiâs magic crushed only the delicate parts of their wings.
âThatâs ridiculous!â
The faces of the veteran wizards who identified the reason behind the phenomenon turned pale.
There was also a burst of exclamation between the close-ranged ones.
âOh, look at that! How could they fall like that?â
Hibiki didnât leave the falling trajectory of the Wyverns to natural gravity either.
Weeing!
[Gravitokinesis] was still activated.
As if she was controlling a bunch of R.C. planes, the direction of the drop changed with Hibikiâs guidance. The Wyverns, whose wing bones were broken, could not resist her will.
Whatâs in front of them was the Ogre unit rushing in from the ground!
The ending of the Force Majeure Air Show created by magic was a bloody ground collision.
Boom! Boom!
Boo-boo-boom!
Thunderous noises struck everyoneâs ears. The wildly falling Wyverns beat the earth like a percussion instrument.
Screams and shrieks soon followed.
Screech!
Squeal!
Blood, flesh, scales, limbs, and innards splashed all over the Ogre unitâs vicinity, which was bombarded by head-on collisions like Kamikaze fighters.
After causing such chaos, Hibiki simultaneously unleashed spells she had already memorized.
[Inferno (Rank: SSS)!]
[Greater Force Wave (Rank: SSS)!]
[Prismatic Rain (Rank: SSS)!)
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Without warning, terrifying heat rose under the feet of the Ogres. A lot of them lost their lives just because of the intense temperature alone.
Boosh!
Finally, the soaring hellfire and the storm-like shock waves danced together, burning, crushing, and destroying the monsters like balloons.
color flashes fell like rain and penetrated through them.
It was like watching hell be released to the world.
ââŠâ
It was a scene so overwhelming the expedition team couldnât even properly breathe as they watched the tragedy unfold in front of their eyes.
â⊠What did I just see?â
A wizard shouted as if he couldnât understand at all.
âHow could sheâ No, even if we disregard the fact that there is almost no delay. How can she do that consequently without drinking a Mana potion? They said sheâs an S-Rank!â
Itâs a natural reaction because they didnât know the identity of the ring sheâs wearing.
[Renaceâs Ring (Rank: SS)]
Item description: A ring that reduces the userâs Mana consumption by 30%.
â» Even if the user wears items with the same function, the effect does not overlap, and only the item with the greatest effect is activated.
Furthermore, none of the SSS-Class spells that were unleashed just then were the original versions of what was obtained from the card.
There were skills that I had never seen before, but I used my previous lifeâs knowledge to think about it and complete the modification.
Those were spells that maximized efficiency and destructive power.
Only after devastating the battlefield with three SSS-Class spells did she step back and drink a potion.
âSqueaaaal!â
But the battle wasnât over yet.
Many monsters came again behind the battlefield where the Wyverns and Ogres had been intertwined and scattered.
The second wave was coming.
That time, the spells prepared by the rest of the wizards except Hibiki were unleashed a beat later, butâŠ
âThey just kee[ coming!â
Unlike when Hibiki fought them, many survived the attacks and rushed in.
âI swear itâs always like this in dungeons that press down with quantity!â
Greg Myers instructed the team one after another. Perhaps he had gathered his shaken spirit.
âClose-ranged!â
Hunters came forward with various weapons such as swords, axes, and lance.
I was among them.
The opposing frontlines, which were surging like waves, were about to collide with each other.
Swoosh!
The wind blew.
ââŠ?â
As if he had found the right timing, Nate created a long procession in front of him.
The black figures appeared in the space where there was originally nothing.
âRarghâŠâ
Zombified monsters created a new front line.
âIt was possible to summon that many?!!â
They knew about Nateâs unique skills, but the hunters, who first encountered its power, looked at it as if they were frightened.
Nate, who summoned hundreds of zombies at once, clapped his hands.
âKill them all.â
âRaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
Leaving the hunters behind them, the zombies ran in unison and clashed against the monsters!
âKaaaargh!â
âRarghâŠ!â
Nateâs subordinates no longer fought with only their fingernails and teeth as before. Each of them, who emerged from the shadows, had a mass-produced artifact in their hands; Weapons supplied separately through the joint venture.
âKwaaaa!â
Zombies clung to them with battle cry-like screams.
Shhhhhh!
Crush!
The swords they held were enough to cut the muscles and disconnect the bones of Ogres. Even when they swung violently and sliced, they struck them with their elbows whenever an Ogre charged from behind, causing sharp bones to pierce through their skull.
While the close-ranged hunters hesitated while looking at the hell on the ground, the Wyvernsâ second wave was already making its way towards us.
The thing that blocked them wasâŠ
â⊠Dragon!â
The undead dragon, which revealed its magnificent body, spewed fire from the sky. The torrent of flames across the air enveloped the flock of Wyverns. In the place where the flames passed, they collapsed like a group of torched fruit flies.
In the meantime, Hibiki, who had finished charging Mana, stood on the front again. While she was chanting another spellâŠ
âShall I get started?â
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We-ing!
The blade of the devilâs sword vibrated.
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Boo-boo-boom!
Purple sword energy that released from my sword swept through the monster horde.