
Before that...
At 10:47
Somewhere in Jakarta's international airport...
It seems that many local citizens flocked to this airport, there were many types of them ranging from ordinary people, reporters and media, as well as some Awakened people there as well.
"Is it true that foreign State Pillars will come to help deal with disaster-level dungeons?"
"It looks like it is. Especially the reason they came if it wasn't that."
Some of these people already knew the reason for the arrival of these foreign Rank-S just to settle this matter. But there are also government and insiders, know the other reason they come if not just a mere advantage.
"Well!!"
"Look, look! They are absolutely amazing!"
The footsteps of strangers as they passed through all this crowd seemed to make the atmosphere slightly heated up, not the least of the locals disliked them. Because the S-Rankers from all over the world are like idols of every people want it young and old though.
"I don't think we're right to be welcomed" said one woman in English.
"The news about us will come to help spread quickly" said one man in English.
It seemed that three strangers were walking leisurely and were followed by a few people behind him.
Then the festive welcome was connected again to two strangers and several people who followed them both.
"Are they people who he said came to help it" said a man in Malay.
"Yes that's right, we've been told to work with them" said one woman in Malay.
These Awakened strangers walked towards the corresponding instructor from the association who had come to pick them up personally.
...•••...
At 11:01
Arrive at the association center of the security bureau...
These strangers entered a spacious room and a long table on the left and right. Each representative sat in the opposite direction and the leader of the association, Master Agus, led the meeting directly and Adam and one other chairman stood beside Agus.
"First of all I thank you for helping to overcome this dungeon" Agus said in English.
They responded to Agus' words and the associate master continued, he said all about this dungeon and what happened during these few days when the crack occurred.
(Maisa Berliana - Protector Rank-S from Malaysia)
"I didn't think it was going to be this close, and only this time did I see a monster that had that kind of intelligence" he said in English.
(Rasthin William - Venandi Rank-S of Australia)
"Do you know what's going on in there (dungeon)?" Ask in English.
"For now we have not been able to enter it because of the lack of potential people" replied Agus in English.
The five of them were from the large guilds that existed in his country, there was only a little reason their Rank-S were sent here other than to make a profit, but there was another reason why the big guilds were willing to help each other overcome the Rank-S dungeon, anyway, that is because there is a secret that is spread secretly and it is spread by mysterious people who come to every large guild in various countries.
Some of the mysterious people said that the world would be destroyed due to the emergence of several Disaster-level dungeons simultaneously throughout the entire world in the near future. There were some guilds who thought this was just nonsense, but not a few who believed the mysterious person's words. The talk of the mysterious people began to prove because the last two years, always popping several S-Rank dungeons in a short time simultaneously in various places.
Countries that have some S-Rank must intervene to help close the dungeon in order to prevent the prophecy from happening, because of this - the relationship of conflict between countries began to decrease and only focus on overcoming this disaster anytime it can escape.
"Thankfully, at least some of the big guilds received this well. I am very grateful to my brothers for doing this before being captured by 'They'," thought Agus who felt a little relieved in his heart.
In this room there are two S-Rank people from Malaysia, namely Maisa Berliana - Protector Rank-S and Faisal Adly - Venandi Rank-S. Then there are three people from Australia, namely Rasthin William - Venandi Rank-S, Chloe Ambelin - Protector Rank-S, then the latter and he was the vice-chairman of his guild who intervened directly helping to overcome this problem, Bindi Aleara - Protector Rank-S. His ability to provide debuff to enemies is very powerful and is able to also eliminate the debuff disappear on himself and the person he wants, in other words he is also immune to all kinds of toxins as well.
"Because the situation inside is not yet known, then it would be nice for us to do it while the monsters come out of the dungeon," Bindi said in English.
"That is also what we are thinking about as well, after observing their movements. They just came out of the dungeon at noon" Agus said in English.
Hearing the proposal, no one refuted and they finally agreed to carry out a dungeon invasion in the next two days.
"Then we'll excuse du-"
The deg!!
A moment of extremely strong feeling surged up every single person who was in this room. They felt that something very big was coming before them. The extremely powerful magic energy and its extremely concentrated Mana had made their movements all pause for a moment.
Crick... Cuckoo...
As the door of the room was slowly pushed, a mighty person entered the room.
"Geez! Sir! This is not her waiting room!" Said a panicked associate woman.
"Don't you?"
"Didn't you see the writing on his doorstep."
"Oh?" Look up and see the writing. "That's the writing."
"Then please come with me to the room in question."
"Don't want ah, in this room it's very comfortable."
"But..."
A moment Agus interrupted his speech and said that all was okay and let his guest participate in this meeting.
"Alright then, please make yourself comfortable, excuse me."
"How about we have dinner for a while, I'll treat you," the mighty man's seductive.
"I'm sorry I can't, because I have a lot of business tonight, excuse me."
The associate woman immediately left and the mighty man chuckled while sticking out his tongue, as if there was already an attractive prey ready to be ambushed.
"You better not mess with my people!" Said Agus who was a little threatening.
The mighty man felt the threat could only smile and say something in English.
"As Ivory said, you are a very hard man. This is what he says makes him unable to linger beside you."
This mighty man immediately took his seat and joined this meeting with his leisure. Everyone in the room felt a little uncomfortable about this man, he was John Marques, one of the great guild leaders in America. The reason for arrival was due to a personal matter to the master of this association.
"Why you guys just keep quiet, let's continue the meeting" said John casually.
With the exception of Agus and the associates in this room who are not surprised at the sudden arrival of this western blue-blooded person. But the other way with foreign guests coming on a deal to finish a dungeon, they didn't want to deal with this American guy, he said, they knew that the fate of their guild and its advantage would be disrupted by only the presence of one of the strongest people in this world.
"John Marques, why are people as busy as he is coming here. Will he also be on this expedition?" Thought Bindi who was worried about the presence of this oppressive John. Because he knew what this John was like, because he was often teased by this man.
John felt that this gaze was familiar to him, but there was one look that made him very interested and smiled at him.
"Why dear, do you miss me?"
Bindi was fed up with this man's gaze and turned away from him and said :
"Why are you here?"
John heard the question and looked at Agus. He thought that none of these strangers knew the reason for his arrival and that only the associate master and his few people knew the reason for his arrival.
"Yes, I have personal business with the old man. But don't worry, honey, I won't interfere in your affairs, if you want my help, I'll gladly help you and you know what rewards I want from you right, hehe," he said with a smile and stick out his tongue will prey very delicious in his eyes.
Everyone heard this was quite surprised especially the people who came with Bindi, they almost went up black because they did not accept it because they felt that their superiors had been humiliated by this western man.
Bindi who felt the anger from her subordinates immediately hinted them to be quiet, she thought that even if everyone united in this room against John, it was not comparable to him.
Because John was one of the people who completed the Rank-S dungeon alone without anyone's help, there are rumors saying that there are ten people who have the same power as him and it was revealed personally by John himself.
"It seems that my arrival makes you even more uncomfortable. All right, I'm going to the waiting room, and one more thing, my offer is still valid, honey," he said as he looked at Bindi with a smile.
After the slight air of tension disappeared, John immediately raised himself towards the exit of the room. And the people in the room were still silent for a moment what just happened.
"I just found out, if a person as important as him has personal affairs with you," Maisa said as she looked at Agus.
Agus felt a curious gaze from these foreign guests, asking them not to worry about this.
"It's just a regular business affair, because one of our S-Rank's got the item pinned down at the association, and that guy came to buy it."
Hearing the answer made the tension a little light, only not a few of them believed Agus' words.
"Business? What are the items that this state association keeps, to the extent that people like John would take them for themselves," thought Bindi, who was trying to figure that out, but it was not he would be pampered because there was much more important business before his eyes. "Before we left, I had a proposal to browse the dungeon."
Bindi proposed that some Awakened people in Indonesia to divert or fight monsters outside the dungeon. According to him, he and his team, do not want to waste a lot of energy to take care of and clean the outside before entering the nest.
Adam and his partner heard it a little surprised and thought :
"If we do that, we will suffer many losses. Since the Awakened people of this country aren't as strong as against those 10 reptiles, now what's your decision, Master?"
Adam looked at his master closely whether he would accept this proposal or not. Agus seemed to think about the proposal calmly and after a few minutes he opened his voice.
"30 minutes..."
"?"
Agus continued, "We can only buy that much time or less, as you can see in the video, a lot of our people have been dragged in there and probably already eaten by those monsters. So, the only thing I can give you, do you guys take it?"
These foreign guests stared at each other and it seemed that they were a little hesitant to accept this.
"If the time is a little bit, it is impossible for us to close the dungeon in a short time" Rasthin said.
"Yes, even if time is managed to be stretched, then the monsters that are out there will go back in if they feel that someone has entered the nest" said Faisal.
"We thought about it" said Adam. "We'll use 'Dunphantus' to banish them temporarily."
Hearing that they seem confused, and Adam explains that Dunphanstus was one of the plants in the dungeon that was successfully discovered and is now cultivated as a healing medicine and potion. Plus, this plant had poison at the level of Rank-B and C monsters.
He said, they had tried the poison of this plant on the monster and was very effective against them, in addition to providing a paralyzed effect long enough, it looked reptile so-genesis did not like the smell because it was very sharp.
"We plan on putting all these toxins right in front of the dungeon gate to prevent them from entering again. Although over time, maybe they will get used to this poison, so it would be nice to take advantage of this opportunity as well as possible," continued Adam.
Hearing that solution, finally the unanimous decision was completed and they accepted. Adam and his colleagues shared data papers about the dungeon with them.
"Given this additional data, I am reminded of the monsters in the Rank-S dungeon 1 year ago in Australia" Bindi said. "They also have some sort of intelligence, but not the strategic reptilian monsters. I'm worried that the monsters we're dealing with now are much worse than they were 1 year ago."
"If you may know, what's really going on there?" Ask Agus.
"The situation was very chaotic at the time and the entire media closed the meeting because of the request of the president at that time..."
Bindi said that 30% of the territory of Australia had been overrun by monsters and caused many fatalities by that time ordinary people and people had been resurrected.
"Although with the help of several countries, it hasn't quite covered up the dungeon's power."
Hearing that Agus felt very concerned and apologized for not sending help at that time. Bindi shook her head and said that it was not a decision that the association could make on its own, it was always decided by the central government of the country over this matter. They only think of profit and loss if they do something.
"In the midst of that despair, came the man from one of the great guilds in America..."
As Bindi said that her body trembled slightly while settling down the sharp chair that the man had once occupied. Agus and the others saw that, instantly understanding who that person was.
"He came to Australia not because he had business, but he said he just wanted interesting things."
Hearing that made Bindi's teammates angry in silence, it seemed that they knew what happened afterwards.
"Then, did John help you back then?" Ask Agus.
"Yes, but not for free" Bindi replied as she hugged herself with a slight tremble. "He managed to conquer the dungeon with his guild team, without the help of outsiders."
Agus sighed and understood what the vice-chairman of this Australian guild was going through, he remembered Ivory which was not far from John.
"So Master, do we have to ask for help from Mr. Marques, as Miss Aleara said that this Rank-S dungeon might be much worse" Adam said.
"No, we don't have to. It's not like we have an ace for something this critical."
"You mean, is..."
Agus nodded his head, saying he had a good feeling this time that the young man was going to help them.
While the guests were confused, what were they talking about.
"I'm sorry, do you still have any other strategies that haven't been told?" Ask Chloe.
Agus and Adam stared at the guests and Agus answered :
"As we said before, we will now send our 4 Rank-S to join in conquering the dungeon."
"Four?" Bindi while looking at the paper data provided earlier. "I'm sorry, not that listed here are only three. Why did you say you'd send four?"
"He was recently evaluated and we didn't have time to put his name on the list" Adam said.
"I wonder what she looks like" said Maisa.
Agus informs him of his new Rank-S, starting from his name and abilities, although not all of his abilities are told.
"Arkha Peteng and he also have a huge amount of Mana, is he a Mage?" Ask Bindi.
"In our tests back then, he did have a very abundant Mana, but he also had the physical ability equivalent to Rank-A" Agus said.
Hearing that answer, they tried to think about the figure of this young man and how strong he was compared to the people in this room. Since his abilities were completely undisclosed, they could not yet confirm whether this person was a match for this Raid or not.
"Sorry if I am presumptuous, we have not been able to accept this new Rank-S, other than he is strong, we have not been able to know his ability. Even if he comes along, maybe it will disrupt our formation later because of his unknown abilities" Faisal said.
Hearing it made all these foreign guests agree and Agus heard it could not be denied, which they said was all true, because they were worried about their own safety.
"But we can't also resist the additional power of this conquest" Chloe said.
Hearing that, they retracted their conclusion and it made sense if, and would be at a loss if additional strength was not included in this conquest.
"How about a test..."
"Tests?"
"Yes, we have to look like him and his exact position later in this Raid. I hope you don't mind, Master."
Proposals from Bindi are very possible, making them take that decision and look at Agus as the final decision.
"All right, I-I"
The deg!!!
Instantly a very strong feeling was emitted outside the association, other than the people in this room who felt it, even ordinary people felt it too.
"What kind of energy is this! It felt like my body was shaking instantly!" Rasthin.
Everyone in this room felt a little claustrophobic about the huge Mana energy, but it was not the case for Agus who was still calmly carried this bit of pressure.
"Have 'They' finally found my location, or... are you the 'Savior'?"
Agus did not stop thinking and asked Adam to check the location of the great energy which was located not far from the association.
"I think we'll end this meeting, about the test, I'll call the guy in person. Then about this big energy, I hope you don't have to worry, maybe around this there is a Hidden Dungeon and our team is dealing with it now" said Agus.
Despite hearing that, all the foreign guests still could not forget this feeling and they did not believe, that the first time they felt this much power in his life.
After the meeting and the guests were escorted to a safe place and for them to stay for a few days, Agus fell silent in the room and stared outside.
"This energy and pressure, reminds me of that moment..."
Agus recalled that his brothers and masters had been killed by one of the "They". Agus never forgot his anger at that time, determined to avenge all of that for the sake of his people.
"If 'They' manage to find me, this time I won't run away again. Because my job is done to meet the 'Savior'."
With eyes full of determination, he was already preparing to lay down his life on the scythe of the god of death when the time had come.
...•••...
While on the other side...
In a room there was a burly westerner relaxing while enjoying his coffee. He looked outwards and with a meaningful look.
"Strong energy earlier, 'They' who came from out there have managed to get in here?"
The man placed his cup of coffee on the table and secured himself on the soft sofa.
"It's none of my business if 'They' from out there come, I just do whatever I want and get ordered as one of his 'Apostles' too."
The man took the cup and enjoyed it.
"On the other hand I don't like 'They', but I like the gift 'They' gave me."
The man smiled and held back his laughter, he was just giggling to vent his pleasure.