S-Rank, something with unmeasurable magic power. The world has only seen S-Rank awakeners, but now an S-Rank Gate suddenly appears in the USA. This is the first Gate with unmeasurable magic power that has ever appeared in the world.
The appearance of an S-Rank Gate in the USA obviously surprises the world. All high-rank hunters who have ever raided A-Rank Gates surely know how difficult A-Rank Gates are. But now a Gate with a much higher difficulty suddenly appears.
This news takes over almost every topic in the world. No one knows the danger of this S-Rank Gate and the impact it can cause to the world. After all, unmeasurable means no one knows how dangerous and powerful the monsters inside the Gate are.
Everyone has their own speculations, but the most popular is that the normal monsters inside the S-Rank Gate are as strong as A-Rank Gates' boss monsters. As for the S-Rank Gate's boss, no one dares to guess its power, even the S-Rank hunters.
The United States of America quickly acts to handle this matter. They make an open offer for every S-Rank hunter in the world to help them clear this S-Rank Gate. Obviously, they offer generous rewards for everyone who participates regardless of the result.
With such an offer, many S-Rank Hunters from all over the world decide to participate in the raid. People even start to think that it's a good thing that the 1st S-Rank Gate appears in the USA because the country has enough wealth to hire so many S-Rank Hunters with a very large sum of money.
If it happens in another country that isn't as wealthy, then it will be very difficult for them to hire as many S-Rank Hunters as the USA. Some countries will need to use all their wealth or even loan money from other countries just to hire the S-Rank Hunters.
Anyway, Indra is obviously one of the S-Rank Hunters that want to join the raid. Dewi also decides to join after knowing it. But of course, they receive complaints from their very worried mother.
"Do you really want to go? There are already many S-Rank Hunters who will participate, so you don't need to go, right?"
Ayu is looking at her children with a very worried expression. It's a very understandable reaction of a mother when her children are going to face a danger unknown to mankind.
"True, there are many S-Rank Hunters that already confirmed they will participate in this raid. But mom, it's the more reasons we need to join. It should be much safer with so many S-Rank Hunters there."
"Indra is right mom. With so many S-Rank Hunters there, the success of this raid is almost guaranteed."
"Besides, if that many S-Rank Hunters still can't clear that dungeon, then this world is as good as over. It's America now, but next an S-Rank Gate might appear here. If mankind can't clear this 1st S-Rank Gate, then there won't be any chance to survive the next S-Rank Gates. Furthermore, if we don't stop the monsters in that S-Rank Gate now, they might destroy the world. If they are land monsters, then they can't cross the sea. But what if they are flying monsters that can cross the sea? Then this place won't be safe either. Also, if an S-Rank Gate appears here in the future, we won't get help if we don't help now."
That last sentence is not just Indra's wild assumption. He thinks like that because South Korea doesn't get any help to clear Jeju Island's S-Rank Gate until their 4th attempt. In the original timeline, South Korea didn't have any S-Rank when the 1st S-Rank Gate appeared, so they couldn't send any help to the USA.
It made Indra think that maybe that's the reason why the USA didn't even help South Korea. Other countries might not help because South Korea can't pay. But if South Korea helped with the USA's S-Rank Gate, then the USA would have an obligation to help them back and they would be criticized if they didn't help.
However, because South Korea didn't have any S-Rank Hunters at that time and couldn't send help, no country, even the USA had any obligation to help, and South Korea didn't have the funds to hire a lot of S-Rank Hunters.
The 1st S-Rank dungeon raid took too many S-Rank Hunters' lives. It made the S-Ranks all over the world hesitant to raid another S-Rank Gate. That's why to make them willing to help, South Korea would need to pay much more than the USA during the 1st S-Rank dungeon raid because the S-Rank hunters won't come without very high compensations.
Another reason is because South Korea's S-Rank Gate is located on an island. People thought that even if they failed the raid, the monsters would be trapped on the island as long as they aren't flying type monsters. Well, there are some reasons, but it doesn't change the fact that Jeju's S-Rank Gate is very dangerous too.
However, things will change now with Indra here and South Korea actually already has an S-Rank Hunter now. South Korea doesn't have as many citizens as the USA, China, India, or Indonesia, that's why they don't have as many hunters, especially S-Ranks.
But in this timeline, they already have an S-Rank Hunter. Their first S-Rank Hunter is a man named Sung Il Hwan. That's right, he is Sung Jin Woo's father who was missing in a Gate in the original timeline.
He is one of the early awakeners and when the device to measure the magic power was developed, he was measured to have an S-Rank magic power. So he is one of the 1st S-Rank Hunters in the world.
Indra was quite surprised when he saw Il Hwan in the news of Hunters who have magic power that can't be read by the device. Their results were the reasons why S-Rank existed. That's why the 1st S-Rankers are appearing on news all over the world and Indra saw Il Hwan among them.
Il Hwan being alive means that Jin Woo must've started doing things even though his power hasn't fully recovered. That's why Indra also can't laze around. He needs to keep working on his plans and get stronger.
This S-Rank dungeon raid is also a chance for Indra to meet with Il Hwan because the old guy may participate too. There are a few things Indra needs to check with Il Hwan, so they need to meet in person.
Eventually, Indra and Dewi finally convince their mother. They already contacted the USA's Federal Hunter Bureau through Indonesia's Hunter Bureau. They will fly to the USA an hour after the call because the USA government keeps buying the fastest airplane tickets for all the S-Rank hunters that want to participate so they can arrive there quickly.
Among 5 S-Rank Hunters in Indonesia, only both of them will go to the USA. Doni lost confidence after Dewi beat him when she didn't even know her abilities well, so he is afraid of going to raid an S-Rank Gate.
Indonesia's 1st S-Rank from Yogyakarta is a very passive hunter. He rarely even raid dungeons with his Guild and only focuses on developing his Guild and other of his businesses to get bigger with his fame. He is more of a businessman than a Hunter even with such great power.
As for the 5th S-Rank Hunter, he has just awakened, so he doesn't have any raid experience. He is not even used to his abilities yet. Joining the S-Rank Gate is the same as suicide, so he isn't even allowed to join.
The flight to the USA is quite long. But Indra and Dewi don't feel uncomfortable because they get the 1st class seats. This is the power of money and authority. Even though it's so sudden, the USA's Federal Hunter Bureau managed to buy 1st class tickets for all the S-Rank Hunters from all over the world that participate.
Also, Indra and Dewi don't just get 1st class tickets, they also get assistants. Each of them gets an assistant from the USA's Embassy in Indonesia. These assistants will help them during their stay in the USA.
"Does everyone who participates get an assistant from the USA's Embassy?"
"Yes. We want to make sure all the S-Rank Hunters can focus on the raid. You can leave trivial matters like transportation, accommodations, food, and other things to us. Also, there are many S-Rank Hunters who can't speak english, so we will at least become their translators."
"I see. Then do you have the list of S-Rank Hunters that will participate in this raid?"
"Yes, the Federal Hunter Bureau is sharing the list on their website and keeps updating it. I can access it for you."
Indra then looks through the list to know more about those who participate. Well, his main reason is just to look for an individual. After scrolling for a while, he finally finds Sung Il Hwan's name.
'Good, he's coming. I need to make a connection with him so I can contact Jin Woo. Also, I can join Jeju's S-Rank dungeon raid with his help."
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