The Goddess Of War
Chapter 74 - Foreign Women

The gate at the center of the dungeon break was closed just before midnight.

The Dungeon break that occurred on that day, left behind many stories that made the citizens of City C, even the citizens of Southeast Asia, abandon their need to rest at night.

Southeast Asians were awake until the morning, even many of them took time off work, only to keep up with the post-dungeon break developments reported by all national and private television channels without stopping.

There are some interesting discussions and speculations that make Southeast Asians hypnotized on their televisions and smartphones.

The first was of course about how quickly the dungeon break was overcome.

Usually, even with the strength of the entire national Hunter or assistance from abroad, a new dungeon break can be overcome at the earliest for 3 days.

If any SS-ranked Hunter were to help, then the fastest time ever recorded would be 1 day.

The exception was the big break dungeon 11 years ago. The Dungeon break can only be ended after lasting for 1 month. With the Hunter coalition from all over the world, even the entire SS-ranked Hunter in the world, stepped in to overcome it.

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History was engraved at midnight last night. City C, managed to handle it for only 1 hour!

The most important talk and question from the dungeon break was about the figure who had helped City C to overcome it.

Costumed figure bear.

The City C Hunter Association had already clarified regarding the figure.

Ronald Stewart, in his brief interview, said he had absolutely no idea who the figure behind the costume was.

More surprisingly, Ronald Stewart confirmed that the figure might be part of the Orc, as he himself saw and heard the costumed figure of the bear communicating well with the monsters.

《”I don't know if you'll believe what I'm saying, but we saw for ourselves, the costumed figure of the bear seems to be in conflict with those monsters.”》

《”I say so, because the bear costumed figure immediately brought the Orc army back into the gate after he killed the High Orc army. Our current guess, perhaps the costumed figure of the bear is the leader of the Orcs who are at odds with the High Orc.”》 army

That is the explanation of Ronald Stewart in a press conference that aired live at 3 am local time.

That explanation is completely acceptable and makes a lot of sense. Moreover, everyone can also see firsthand the incident through a live broadcast on the official website of the City C Association.

The only question is; where can monsters get a costume that looks like it is man-made? The costumed figure of the bear also uses a stick that has the head of a teddy bear on one end.

Ronald Stewart also described the kidnapping of one of the Hunter Associations, Gina, as an act of holding a costumed bear hostage to keep the Hunters from following them into the Dungeon.

This was evident because they had just let go of Gina after being inside the Dungeon. And finally Gina gets a chance to destroy the magic pillar.

The gate was finally closed.

At least, that's the answer Ronald can give to treat the curiosity of Southeast Asians.

Gina had not told her the truth while she was in the Dungeon at all.

Ronald Stewart simply delivered what Gina said, citing what her daughter told Brandon Lloyd, by adding a little spice here and there.

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The next news that was the subject of discussion was about the Black Diamond guild that lost 25% of their total assets in the form of magic crystals, which had been ‘buried’ in the Dungeon with the gate closed.

Because of this, finally emerged various conspiracy theories that are hotly discussed on social media.

However, the conspiracy theory most in demand by Southeast Asians, especially residents of City C, is a conspiracy theory that is being discussed in a newscast on one of the Phantom guild's private televisions, the third largest guild in City C.

In the conversation that is being broadcast live, some sources suspect that the figure behind the bear costume is the Hunter who is responsible for the loss of 25% of Black Diamond guild assets.

Suspicion is first, the Black Diamond guild allegedly deliberately formed a cooperation with one of the unknown SS-ranked Hunters, to 'steal' the asset 'smoothly' behind the dungeon break tragedy.

Gembong Susanto, vice-chairman of the Phantom guild gave his opinion, saying,

《"Can they work together to eliminate guild assets. According to our reliable sources, the missing magic crystals are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. They could have split the results in two. Aren't they going to get a lot of benefits from the insurance?"》

The second theory suggests that Brandon Lloyd may be the man behind the bear costume. Recalling, he had only arrived at the scene when the dungeon break had ended.

However, the first theory that most people believe, considering that even Wang Zhu Ming alone can be defeated by the mysterious figure easily.

They did not dare to accuse even thinking Wang Zhu Ming was cooperating. Since they knew, Wang Zhu Ming was a truly straight Hunter.

He was even willing to help a small country that did not have a powerful Hunter to overcome the Dungeon that would threaten them. All of that he did without asking for payment and also without taking the results of his raid. Raid results will be returned to the country concerned.

So people judged, there was no way such a Hunter would do such a cunning job.

But, although the first theory was the most reasonable, it was certainly part of the Phantom guild's trick to drop the value of Black Diamond's guild's stock, of course, their main rival standing at the top of City C.

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In addition to the dungeon break incident, there are also other events that are no less horrendous.

In the morning, there was a foreign body that fell from the sky that was suspected as a meteor.

It fell on a lake in City C.

Surprisingly, all the water there was frozen. Not just the surface, but the whole.

When the investigation team was sent there, they found a large hole in the middle of the frozen lake. They did not find anything or anything that was a suspect in the phenomenon.

In fact, after being viewed from satellite footage, the video only captures a small oval-shaped object moving at the speed of light and falling into the lake before the water in the lake freezes completely.

However, after a 7-day search, the object was not found at all.

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A week after the dungeon break...

Gina handed Anna the cup of warm chocolate she had just brewed.

Gina was finally able to feel relieved after Anna regained consciousness from her long sleep for 1 full week.

“You okay?”

Anna receives the cup from Gina's hand with both hands while nodding in response to Gina's question.

He took a sip of the contents of the cup, before placing the edges of the cup onto his right cheek. Although he had recovered, he still felt a chill all over his body.

Unable to feel the warmth of the cup, Anna finally lowered the cup from her cheek and grasped the cup with both hands.

Anna then looked at Gina and smiled at her.

Gina also smiled at him, then sat down next to him.

While watching the news on television that had covered the researchers' work on a frozen lake, Gina recalled, the morning after the dungeon break.

At that time, Gina had just finished her bath and was sitting in the middle room with the intention of waiting for the arrival of Anna who promised her that she would go home after finishing her affairs with the magic pillar.

During Gina's wait, just like the previous incident, she suddenly heard a rowdy sound from Anna's room and immediately ran to it.

Gina thinks Anna has returned. However, he was very surprised when he saw the foreign woman inside the room.

A woman who had platinum blonde hair was there with her pale white naked body, as if she had just come out of freezing.

Many ice sheets are found on the hair and floor on which the woman stands.

Gina who was initially confused by the vulgar stranger who was suddenly in Anna's room, of course immediately stood by her worries.

Moreover, he sensed that there was a faint Mana energy emanating from the woman's body.

However, when Gina had seen that pale face clearly, it turned out to be a face she was very familiar with.

Not wrong again, the woman was Anna, only, with a different hair color and eye color.

The second color of Anna's eye retina is blue. While the woman in front of him has the same retinal color as his hair color.

Just as Gina was about to approach him, her steps were stopped by the woman who suddenly spoke to her.

“Please take care of this body. He will be back soon.”

After saying his request. The woman went to bed and lay there.

He didn't wake up again after, for a whole week.

It was early this morning that he finally woke up.

Her platinum blonde hair had turned completely shiny black. Likewise with the retina of his eye that turns into sky blue color.

Gina immediately hugged him as she called out his name. It was Anna he knew.

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"Do you want to tell me something?" Gina turned to Anna who looked as if she was petting a teddy bear on the other side of her body.

Anna did not answer Gina's question, she instead became interested in the doll that was already wearing its 'wear' back. "You bought him a new holster?"

"Gus Stevin called me when I saw the news and was convinced that the bear costume was very similar to the doll I had. It's a good thing that the doll was produced in large numbers after the news was so great, so it wasn't hard for me to find a replacement."

"Gus Stevin?"

"He gave the doll to me three years ago. I had to find a replacement for the scabbard so I could take a photo and send it to her as proof that her costume was just similar."

Anna put the cup in her other hand on the table, while the other hand, was still stroking the doll's head.

"Sorry to make you bother and have to lie."

"No problem. You saved the citizens of City C. So, that's all I can do."

The atmosphere became momentarily silent.

Gina finally asked back. "Then, is there nothing you want to tell me?"

Anna let out a long sigh, then she finally turned to Gina.

"I'm still thinking about what really happened to me."

Gina frowned, "Do you have any other problems?" ask Gina. His facial expression showed his concern. "I mean, besides your family."

Anna shook her head, "It's not a problem. I'm just confused..."

Anna then stood up and walked over to the large mirror that was near the new stand hanger, near the door.

After staring at her for quite a while, she finally turned around and looked at Gina.

"This body, it doesn't seem like my body."

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