[Facade Island]
'Façade' is a small island located in the Pacific Ocean and was the smallest republic in the world.
It was a very small independent country with the smallest population among the regular members of the United Nations, and its area was only about a quarter of Jeju Island.
However, the façade was also a fairly wealthy country compared to its size.
Since the island itself was made of phosphate stones, which were made by accumulating guano (animal excrement), it was possible to enjoy great wealth just by mining the huge amount of phosphate stones buried in the island.
This was all the more so because the population was small compared to the money they earned.
However, when the cataclysm occurred, problems began to arise from the very underpopulation.
If the population was small, the absolute number of hunters who naturally awakened was also small.
When the gate occurred, the Hunter, the only power that could block it, was utterly lacking.
And finally…
'that day' has come.
Ireland, which lacked the number of
'Dungeon Break' hunters, was quickly eroded by the blue fog without any chance to resist.
It became a 'field type dungeon'.
Belatedly, the president of the façade spent a huge amount of money trying to hire foreign hunters as mercenaries, but at that time the situation had already reached a point where it was out of hand.
Suddenly, ordinary citizens who had no aptitude for magical powers turned into mist buns here and there and started to run wild.
In fact, the façade was destroyed that day.
"…At that time, information about Mist Burn and magical aptitude hadn't spread all over the world yet."
"…."
While Suho flew to the façade in Thomas Andre's private plane, he was being briefed on the situation by Laura.
"Like that, the whole country of the façade disappeared. There are still a handful of survivors living there, but they are in effect refugees from a ruined country."
"But, fortunately or badly, the president of that country is still alive."
Thomas, who was leisurely looking at the clouds in the sky with his arms folded beside him, said Suho, looking back at him.
"Has the president awakened as a Hunter?"
"that's right. That was lucky. However, the first thing he did after awakening was to kill his own family members, who had turned into mist burns, so… you could say it was bad luck."
"…"
At those words, Suho had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
It couldn't have been a really gruesome situation.
Laura raised her glasses and resumed the briefing.
"This is what experts say these days. When the dungeon break goes off, the most dangerous thing is not the monster, but the blue mist itself flowing from the gate."
Suho also nodded in agreement.
What I've learned through experience so far is that demon beasts are, in the end, just refugees wandering through the dimensional rift.
Of course, the habit is so vicious that it instinctively attacks and eats humans, but the more fundamental problem is the blue fog.
Suho's mind suddenly recalled a conversation he had with Ber and Lacan's fangs.
[This blue mist is the magic of outer space. It is used to forcibly penetrate the dimensional wall and cause cracks in the world.]
-That's right. Because of this fog, the sanctuary I was in also wandered through the dimensional rift and connected to Earth.
[After all, what the aliens want is to spread this fog all over the earth and cause a great rift. They're trying to drill a hole that's huge enough for their army to cross the dimension.] '
…And, just like the swamp we saw yesterday, the demonic beasts soaked in blue mist spread everywhere, and the contaminated area gets wider and wider.'
Suho put on a serious expression as he recalled the swamp area that was gradually widening in real time yesterday.
At that time, there were many hunters around, so the result of not being able to solve the situation quickly was the field type dungeons he had experienced many times.
At least, they are tightly wrapped around the circumference with barbed wire, and the outside is protected so that the monsters cannot escape, so the size does not expand any further.
By preventing the magic beasts that spread the blue mist from crossing over it.
Even these days, it was becoming more and more safe as the barbed wire was being developed with the magic of magic stones to develop various methods that demon beasts could not approach.
However, Façade Island, where I am going now, was all around the sea.
The problem was that the erosion had already ended before specialized equipment such as barbed wire was developed.
"Im here."
After a while, the private plane carrying them finally landed on the coast of Façade Island.
When the plane door opened, the fierce cold blowing from outside awaited Suho.
"…omg! Did you arrive too?"
Lio Sing, who had been sleeping on the side seat all this time, felt the cold and took off the blindfold.
Laura pointed to Rio Singh and asked Suho.
"By the way, why did you bring this Indian hunter? Are you in cooperation with the Asura Guild?"
"I help Suho. I came as an interpreter."
Lio Sing proudly introduced himself.
Although he is clumsy because he has just learned Korean, he was basically a scholar who could speak four languages.
'I can't lose the Holy Guardian to the scavenger.'
English was essential to move with the scavenger guild, which was mostly made up of Americans, but Suho didn't know how to speak English.
Leo Singh had been requesting that he be included in the raid team for this reason.
'Anyway, if I move with Thomas Andre, my safety is guaranteed, so I thoroughly help only translate and make Seong Su-ho depend on me.'
It was Leo Singh, who said it was a very perfect plan and his eyes lit up.
But the problem was elsewhere.
Outside the plane, the scavenger guild members who had arrived and were waiting for Thomas Andre set up barracks and were stationed there.
"Guild leader!"
"The guild leader has arrived!"
Rush!
Fearing that someone might not be the scavenger, all of them came towards Thomas Andre with a formidable impression.
"Thomas! Why are you so late… oops!"
"Shut up, you kids."
Thomas Andre kicked the first one who ran up to him with his feet, then looked back at the faces of the guild members one by one with grim eyes and smiled.
"Is it very cold?"
"No, do you mean that!"
"Why are you leaving the elite like us here!"
"How much money would it cost to go through one more dungeon at a time like this!"
"It's really cold! It's cold!"
As if waiting for a word from Thomas Andre, a noisy uproar broke out.
Everyone, without exception, was full of dissatisfaction.
However, perhaps because of a colleague who was beaten while fighting, his momentum was a little less than at the beginning.
"By the way, Boss. What are those little ones?"
One of them asked, pointing to Suho and Leo Singh, who happened to be standing near Thomas Andre.
Being caught up in the midst of the already large scavengers, the two of them had no choice but to look relatively small.
"what? Could it be that you kept us waiting just to bring these guys?"
"Does it look weak?"
"no. Still, I think the mana I feel is about B-class, right?"
"What if it's B grade? Would you use your strength here with such a poor body?"
The scavenger guild members, who had already arrived here a few days ago, frowned as they glanced at Suho and the others with open eyes.
However, while receiving such stares, Suho had no thoughts.
'What do you mean?'
Because I didn't know English.
However, just by looking at their expressions, it was enough to feel that the atmosphere was not welcoming them.
"Boss, did you really make us wait in the cold to get them?"
"Ah, what is it really… Kkeok!"
Another was babbling and was kicked by Thomas.
But their reaction was completely natural.
The tanker, who had just been beaten, stood up again and protested to Thomas Andre with a genuinely angry expression.
"boss. No, I'm not kidding. You've been here for the first time, right? In this cold, Hunters with such weak stamina can't use their strength properly. We also said that our stamina was lost just by being here for three days."
"you're right. But the problem is that even though this place is still outside the dungeon, it is at this level."
It was.
This is the outermost area of the field dungeon that has not yet been eroded.
So, in Korea, it was right in front of the barbed wire.
However, now this area has turned into a zone of severe cold as if it had come to Antarctica.
really glacier.
"If you go into the Glacier Dungeon with these guys, it's just a burden. You said you haven't seen those guys come back alive until now?"
"So what are you doing? Of course you're not a tanker, are you a dealer?"
The guild member just glanced at the sword in Lio Xing's hand and laughed.
But the problem was the moment his gaze passed the two of them and turned to Suho.
"Why doesn't he have a weapon? Is it magic?"
"Hmm…"
To that question, Thomas Andre put on a slightly puzzled expression.
To be honest, leaving the guild members alone in such a cold place for several days was not good.
Even though he was acting like that, he knew that his guild members were by no means weak.
In the meantime, they must have been playing their roles while hunting the nearby monsters on their own.
The only problem is that the reason they kept waiting was because of Suho, but the words to introduce Suho were very ambiguous.
Fortunately, Laura gave it to me at the right time.
"The Hunter Seong Su-ho here… is a Korean Hunter and a C-class summoner."
"her?"
"Summoning?"
"Did I just hear wrong?"
I told the truth, but the reaction was even more absurd.
In the end, he couldn't stand it and a large scavenger guild member strode towards Suho.
The tall man with a head a head taller than Suho looked down at Suho with kind eyes and gnashed his teeth.
"A summoner? yes kid what can you summon Since it's cold, it would be really appreciated if you could summon a fire moth."
The only problem was Suho's poor English skills.
I couldn't understand his angry English pronunciation, so Lio Xing, who heard the words from the side, quickly translated for Suho.
"Guardian. Is it possible to summon?"
"Summons? Ah yes."
At that, Suho said he forgot and took out the key to the Shadow Dungeon.
Then, plugging into his own shadow, he said.
"Me and Esyl."
Wow!
"Did you call?"
"…!"
"…!"
At that moment, Eshil suddenly appeared in Suho's shadow.
The eyes of everyone who were staring at Suho with an annoyed expression at that shocking appearance were stained with astonishment.
"Four people?!"
"Summoning someone?!"
"What is this again!"
Surprisingly, the same was true of Thomas Andre, who brought Suho.
While Esil was on the plane, he was staying in the Shadow Dungeon of Suho, and the reason was, of course, because of his overseas visa.
He somehow registered as a hunter with the help of Yu Jin-ho to apply for a guild, but Eshil was basically a demon.
Even getting a visa was a cumbersome task.
"Su Su-ho? Summon someone too? Summons?"
Even Rio Singh couldn't help but be greatly embarrassed when Esil, whom he had seen in Egypt, suddenly popped out of Suho's shadow.
Esyl also recognized Rio Singh.
"hmm? What is this human I saw at the pyramid the other day?"
"A colleague too? Summons? People?"
However, Lio Xing's mind was getting more and more confused.
'It was a big deal.'
A sense of crisis prevailed.
There were two interpreters.