The Archon
The Delayed Party

In the black dungeon located in the middle eastern country, where the fire field of the city was burned out completely, then followed by Rado's success in defeating Shenlong who had the ability to regenerate quickly. A cheer from the surviving hunters adorned the silence and deep sorrow of the loss of friends and companions of the struggle.

Desperation at the last moment they managed to pass with the presence of Rado as a hope for survival for all of them. Some of the hunters, especially those who belonged to the White Lotus guild, immediately ran over to Rado with a deep sense of longing. Rado could only see them coming towards him with a smile as usual.

"Buddy!!!" Shouted Geraldo approaching Rado with a beaming face and his former party members are now all gathered in front of Rado.

"You guys..." Rado greeted their presence with a smile.

"Boss, you're still great! I'm" Guren closed his eyes because he couldn't contain his crying.

"Oi-oi Guren's.. Aren't you ashamed to cry with your body and face?" Ejek Gai towards Guren.

"Shut up!"

"Captain Rado survived the successful defeat of the dungeon boss" Selica represented the words of all the White Lotus members present at the time.

"Hey, I'm not your captain anymore, so-"

Before he finished his words, Rudy, Levi and Rrossi came to him with smiles.

"Have not seen each other for a long time, has this been a month or so?" Ask Rudy to Rado.

"I don't know how long I've been away, but thanks for taking care of them" Rado smiled at Rudy.

"You know?! These fools are so hard to control! You have to pay for it" Levi said in protest to Rado for leaving them behind.

"Thank you. I'll reply another time"

"You're getting stronger.." Rossi praised.

"It's supposed to be so as not to be a bait again isn't it?" Rado a little flirting with past events.

"Ahahahaha" Rossi just laughed wryly.

"Buddy... I'm.." Geraldo seemed hard to say what he wanted to say with Rado's smiling face waiting for his words. "How are you doing?!" He changed the subject directly.

"As you can see, I'm fine" Rado said in a torn shirt, as well as some less serious burns from the blast against Shenlong.

As the conversation missed each other, several other hunters began to come to them with a roar of cheers towards him. Rado and the White Lotus guild immediately turned to them to welcome their arrival, nor did they miss the hunters from Indonesia coming to him with such a serious face.

"Thank you!" That's what they all said to Rado.

Now Rado is surrounded by hunters who are very grateful for his presence at the last moment, all the contents of the heart that they pendam when in the dungeon as their death catapulted all to Rado in the form of gratitude. Kan and other Indonesian hunters also approached in groups. Kan who at that time was in front of all Indonesian hunters looks like he does not like all this, his face is so serious without any smile lines he shows, and because of this condition a awkwardness occurs.

"You're great.." Kan stammered with praise by turning his face away.

Rado tilted his head slightly as he felt strange at Kan's unexpected behavior, "Is he a Tsundere type?" In Rado's mind when he saw Kan.

"Rado!!" From behind Julie breaks into Rado and immediately lands her arms on him.

Rado was a bit surprised by Julie's treatment of him. With the astonished face that Rado looked at, he immediately glanced at his old friend and there was a confusion implied in his expression. However, they all just smiled seductively at Rado because of the incident.

"Hoo... Since when did you get close to the vice-captain of the Nova guild, buddy?" Geraldo smiled seductively.

"Hey what do you mean Geraldo! It's all a misunderstanding" Rado tries to deny it.

"Captain..." Selica looks teary to see her former captain being hugged by another woman and she immediately runs whining like a child from the crowd.

"Y!!!!!!! Damn you, you are far from my beautiful vice-captain!" Watz seemed to want to rebel, but his body was held back by Kenny by hugging him from behind so as not to interfere with the moment.

"Hey Watz relax! Whoi!" Kenny's having trouble holding Watz.

"Bahhh... It looks like we have no chance of that" Din said from behind smilingly looking at the scene.

"It turns out we've been preceded by Julie" Karen who also resigned to her love rival.

"Hmphc... He's not my type either!" Kimberly looks upset.

They are currently looking at a scene that is quite romantic where Julie buried her face in Rado's body, Rado who initially felt confused, in the end received the treatment by rubbing Julie's head as his first step. Julie pulled her face from Rado's body and looked at Rado who was currently smiling at him with a short distance away.

"Why did you just leave?! When you left, I. I.." With puffy eyes and tears Julie asked the intention of her departure suddenly.

Rado tried to wipe away the tears before speaking, "I only left you temporarily to do something"

"Eh then are you going back to Indonesia?!" Geraldo immediately asked after hearing Rado's words.

Rado turned to Geraldo and other Indonesian hunter friends, realizing that the faces looking at him were the curious faces of the answers he later asked to answer the question. Rado also turned to look at Julie who is currently looking at her with a beautiful face and hopes for a positive answer.

"I.... I'm not going back to Indonesia.." Rado looked back at Geraldo after looking at Julie.

"Why?!" Geraldo's question rose, accompanied by their faces who were also disappointed by Rado's reply.

Rado soon breaks away from Julie's surprised embrace of her answer.

"You know, right now I am a president of a country, so for now I can't go back to Indonesia" Rado explained.

"Then take me with you, if you can't go back to Indonesia" Spontan Julie said with determined eyes.

"Julie!!!!" Watz didn't want Julie to leave.

"Watz, just shut up for a second.." Kenny tried to calm Watz down.

Rado turned to Julie, "Can't... I can't take you"

"Why?! Am I going to hinder you?!" Julie's question rose slightly and Rado only looked at her for not wanting to answer.

"Hey. Can you please shut up and let him explain his reasons?" Kan said starting to cross both his arms.

"You said for now. Brati there's a chance you'll come back, right?" Rudy smiled from the direction where Geraldo was standing.

"Buddy so you mean, you're gonna..???" The initially disappointed Geraldo was again excited.

"Well, I'll be back but not for now"

Hearing the clarity of the meaning of Rado's words earlier, made them all relieved. Meanwhile Lucero, Joon Sung and Kirisaki who were in front of the remaining hunters behind, finally joined them. They did not come to thank Rado, but they protested and blamed Rado for the deaths of the hunters.

"Why do you look happy?! Don't you feel sad or mournful with the fallen hunters?!" Said one of the hunters started a dispute.

"You too! You are the enemy of the hunters and the people who have faced this calamity!" Cetus is a male hunter who leads to Rado's action that topples the Alavonte family along with the black dungeon disaster.

"Well, that's right, if only he was selfless, maybe our friend wasn't killed enough" the cheers went to Rado to corner him.

Hunters who were already pro to Rado can only be silent and try to defend Rado as much as possible, but they lost the vote to the one who cornered Rado, while Rado himself he can only quietly listen to them protest.

"You calm down first.." Kirisaki tries to calm the hunters, he looks confused with the disputing side.

"Why are you here?" Asked Lucero who also stopped the cheers of the hunters.

"A stupid question..." Rado smiled in a slightly disdainful tone.

Hearing that, Lucero and those who were against Rado looked very upset. They felt that the talk they uttered was not heard at all by Rado.

"What do you say?! Aren't you ashamed of what you did?! When the world is being hit by a disaster you even harass one of the countries protected by PPMD. Now you come here and take the role of a hero... You are shameless!" Lucero heightened emotions.

"If you were not selfish and went with them on the first raid, then... Aamber isn't..." Joon Sung looks upset given Aamber's death while throwing his face aside.

"Basic is not ashamed! Just die you!" The hunters who counter Rado back to corner him.

The current state of Kirisaki and the pro hunters against Rado can do nothing to help Rado. The cheers that were directed at Rado made him even more upset, he tried to hold it back since then. But they all kept cornering Rado until his patience rope ran out. Rado immediately let out his aura of force spontaneously and made them all fall silent instantly due to the frightening bullying pressure from Rado. The aura force was like a strong gust of wind and disappeared just like that, but the effect of the force pressure was very influential to them.

Rado's facial features that did not show his expression while giving off a deadly aura made them feel that Rado was a cold-blooded person.

"Are you satisfied with raving?!" Rado opened his opinion after the situation calmed down.

"I'm Selfish?! Huh..! No kidding! I asked you... When I found out the black dungeon appeared, where did you and the other top 10 hunters go?" Rado tries to reverse the situation by asking Lucero.

"I-i'm.." Lucero gasped at hearing that.

"What?! You just wait in your country? And top 5 hunters are only ordered to keep PPMD investors out of fear of losing money right?" Rado seemed to know this.

Hearing Rado's words, made all the hunters surprised by the fact that haunts them about the reason the top 5 hunters did not participate in the raid this time and now they began to whisper about the newly revealed fact.

"We heard that the top 5 hunters will be on standby for the crucial moments only.." I was surprised to find out the facts.

"Th-that's not true! The proof is we're moving! The investor is not right!" Lucero tried to argue and protect the names of the 5 people.

"Are you telling the truth? Then why don't you just take part in the first raid operation and prevent many casualties? Are you telling me because you're not allowed to go down by PPMD or anything else? If it is like that.. What the hell are you thinking? you have no right to corner me and call me selfish or trash... Look atyou! You look more like a dog that can't move around freely because of an employer who's been tricked by money.."

The words of Rado are like a checkmate to Lucero, it is so difficult to reply to the words of Rado. Disilain the hunters who counter to Rado began to mutely made.

"And to all of you... I move according to my own will because I never feel part of you being shaded by PPMD... Besides...why do you protest like that? If only you were strong then the percentage of failures or deaths of hunters would not be great.This is all purely your fault because you are weak! Stop complaining and throw your mistakes at others...!"

Rado walks past them after silencing them all with his words, and asks his former members to bring him the pearls he found inside Shenlong. An afterthought flashed through their minds after Rado snapped at them. A deep regret was implied on their faces. Fists clasped tightly together show their inability to cope with danger.

Gai and several others who were trying to bring the pearl out of the dungeon, took the time to glance at Lucero and the other hunters behind them.

"Captain Rado.. aren't you outrageous about talking like that?" Gai asked as he followed Rado towards the exit portal.

"Accordingly it should be done so that they are not forever in the safe zone" Without turning his head Rado said.

Gai did not ask anything more because he thought the words of Rado had a point as well.

"What are these pearls for?" Geraldo asked while looking at the large pearl.

"Hmmmm maybe Rudy knew it" Rado turned his head back to look at Rudy who was currently behind him.

"If my guess is correct...this is the core of the Force in a different class...Maybe it be used as a weapon or a defense or it could be in medical terms?" Rudy who is still confused determine the function of the pearl.

"Don't ask me. You're more expert" Rado turned back to the front and smiled.

"He... Then can you make me a kaka weapon?" Geraldo asked Rudy.

"Sad.. If you want to, you have to pay!" Rudy was slightly irritated by Geraldo's request.

"You're really stingy.."

"Then what about Shenlong's body?" Levi asked looking at the corpse.

"Hmmm I don't know.it's your business" Rado said as he continued walking.

In the middle of the journey to the exit portal, Rado had thought of checking the status of the system because he had not opened it in the slightest after the fight, but he had abandoned his intention now and chose to open the system outside the dungeon. After he got out of the dungeon, a rapturous welcome awaited him. The citizens had been waiting for him outside the dungeon since then.

Enthusiast ensued with thousands of speeches to Rado for his success in closing the dungeon. Television and social media stations are now back on fire after Rado managed to finish and rescue the hunters who were allegedly trapped inside. The name Rado became Trending Topic on a social media platform, they expressed their gratitude and praise for him.

But that excitement and exuberance must be marred by a call from Yoga. The smartphone that just got its signal back, was showered with a message and continuous vibration as Rado just came out of the dungeon. He immediately checked his smartphone and saw several incoming messages, as well as missed calls from Yoga and Jaquile.

"Eh?! Don't tell me that" he immediately opened the contents of their message.

The message said.

"Black dungeons in the United States are experiencing a breakdown.. We are all overwhelmed.please come quickly!" - Yoga Message.

"Rado! In Brazil it is terrible...! The monsters that came out of the Black Dungeon were extremely difficult to deal with! Hurry here! - Message from Jaquile.

Rado was surprised that the other dungeons had a breakdown. Before he entered the dungeon in the middle east, he received word from Yoga and Jaquile that the dungeons in the two countries had been entered by top 5 hunters. Got the news Rado was a little relieved because there is a possibility that the dungeon can be handled, but the estimate this time missed. A disaster feared by the world occurred on a larger scale than ever before.

Just now the world was happy about the success of Rado to close the black dungeon in the middle east, news flow and trending topic on social media was changed with information about the breakdown. Their momentary delight turned into a terror of fear over the monster invasion from the black dungeon. Rado is forced to think hard about the difficult choice, which is that he must choose quickly about which country he must save first.