The one that talks to Indra right now is Odin, the Norse God who is Jin Woo's friend that found him and reincarnated him into this world. He is now possessing the National Level Hunter from Norway, Ragnar Lothbrok.
"So Ragnar is your vessel? Is it like how the Rulers choose human vessels?"
"Yeah, it's the same thing. My real self is observing the Monarchs, so I can't come to Earth yet. That's why I chose a vessel to help me communicate with you guys. But it took a while to stabilize the connection with my vessel."
"Hmm, if Ragnar is your vessel, then he wasn't supposed to have a National Level power. That means the ones who don't truly participate in the original timeline's 1st S-Rank raid are me, my sister, Il Hwan, and Ragnar. So Dina and Kwasi were there, but they fell in the raid. Anyway, why did you choose Ragnar?"
"Well, as you know, I am a God from Norse mythology. So I have the best connection with Norse people and this guy here has the highest compatibility with my power. But this is the limit of power that I can pass to him. I don't plan to take over his body, after all, so I can't give him more power. I have talked with him about our plan, so you can ask for his help anytime. He can also contact me anytime if you need my help."
Indra is obviously happy to have a National Level Hunter's help. Dewi and Il Hwan have helped a lot, but they still need more hands.
"Have you talked with Jin Woo?"
"He hasn't."
Jin Woo suddenly comes out of Indra's shadow with an annoyed expression. Indra knows Jin Woo has attached a Shadow Soldier to him. But he never thought Jin Woo would teleport there now.
"Haha, how're you doing, old friend?"
"I told you to contact me first after you succeeded with the 'possession'. I can help you stabilize the connection with your vessel faster."
"But it will slow down your recovery, that's why I didn't tell you. Besides, there was no problem at all so far, so it's fine."
"Sigh, whatever. How are the Monarchs?"
They get serious immediately at the talk of the Monarchs.
"They are slowing down their movements, so I think we will have more time to prepare. But it will also be more troublesome because they are trying to gather allies."
"What?! There will be more of them?"
Indra is shocked knowing there will be more enemies at the Monarchs' levels.
"Who are they contacting?"
"Most likely the ones who have tried to invade Earth too before you returned to the past, but I'm not sure who."
"Won't Earth really be destroyed if more of them come and we fight them here?"
"Of course. But I'm sure they don't want that because they want this planet. It will be meaningless if they destroy it. That's why I think they will take the war in a sub world."
"You mean in a dungeon?"
Indra can only think of a dungeon if it's a different world to do the war.
"Most likely."
"If it's a place they prepare, then they can customize it to their advantage. But it will also take more of their time. I should have fully recovered even if they come at the predicted time. But if they are late, then I can also make more preparations like increasing my shadow army size."
"That will be great. But if they get a lot of allies, then even your shadow soldiers and this world's hunters won't be enough."
"Well, I actually doubt they will get great allies. At the very least, they won't ally themselves with those with equal or even stronger power than the King of Dragons, Antares. Most likely they will gather allies weaker than him so they can control their allies."
"But it will still be a problem if there are many of them. We only have the 2 of you and the Rulers on our side."
"What do you mean the 2 of us, Indra? Don't forget that you are also included."
"Me? You want me to fight the Monarchs too? I thought my task was to strengthen our army with my support skills."
"Well, if they really have more Monarch level people, then you will need to help us fight them. So keep increasing your power. It's still not enough."
Indra sighs because everything has become much more difficult now. He knew the Monarchs won't move exactly the same as in the original timeline because they have memories from that timeline.
There's no way they will repeat what they do because it will just lead them to defeat. It would be great if they just gave up, but they gathered allies instead.
"Ah, while we might fight the Monarchs in dungeons, I'm sure they will release their soldiers on Earth to wipe out humans. So keep doing what you've done and strengthen humanity even further. It will be meaningless if we can defeat the enemies but lose everyone on our side."
Indra nods at Odin and then they keep talking about the Monarchs. They make some adjustments to their plan which takes a whole night to discuss.
In the end, what Indra must do is still the same. He needs to get stronger and make humanity stronger too by advancing their weapons and awakening more S-Ranks.
It's just that he needs to do it faster now because the enemies are also working hard to strengthen themselves.
A month after that, the Magic Guns are finally released. There have been many countries that pre-ordered them and even though they produced a lot more than that, they still sold out in just a day because the countries want to buy more.
They have tested the Magic Guns on low rank monsters and saw their power. Because the monsters couldn't get out of the dungeons before the Gate broke and cameras couldn't work inside the dungeons just like any electronics, they deliberately created a dungeon break so they could record the power of their Magic Guns.
Of course, they only do it on C, D, and E-Rank dungeons. Indra would create a barrier around the Gate to block the monsters and stationed high-rank Hunters who can easily subdue the monsters.
These Hunters used all types of the Magic Guns to attack the monsters. The Magic Guns that use magic bullets and powered with magic crystals can easily kill E-Rank monsters, D-Rank Monsters also die with a few shots, while C-Rank monsters can only die after a lot of shots.
As for the Normal Guns that use metal bullets imbued with magic power, they can kill E-Rank monsters with some shots, D-Rank monsters need quite a lot of shots to kill, and C-Rank monsters are hardly injured.
So the Guns with magic bullets or Type-A can be used to defeat up to C-Rank monsters while the Guns with metal bullets or Type-B can only be used to defeat up to D-Rank monsters.
Yet, all types are still sold out because the countries know the importance of these magic guns. Even if the guns can't kill high-rank monsters, they still can injure and at least inflict pain on those monsters.
If their soldiers are equipped with these guns, they can assist the hunters to fight the monsters in case of dungeon breaks and buy time for civilians to escape.
But everyone actually knows the main reason, to control the hunters. Hunters' crime rates keep increasing everywhere and it's mostly low rank hunters who become criminals because they don't make a lot of money from hunting monsters.
These Magic Guns are effective against low rank monsters, so they are also effective against low rank hunters.
Before, only hunters could stop hunters, but now even unawakened trained law enforcers can defeat low rank hunters using the Magic Guns, that's why the Guns are very valuable.
As for high-rank criminals, they still need high-rank hunters' help to subdue them and if the criminals are S-Ranks, then it will be a very big problem because they are too strong.
That's why Indra made an announcement a while after clearing the 1st S-Rank Gate. He would help any country to subdue and even execute S-Rank criminals.
He even said that if his fellow National Level Hunters dare to commit heinous crimes, then he would beat them up himself and they all know no one can defeat him even though he is a Healer.
His unbreakable barrier is enough to capture anyone. No one can break his barrier, even if all the National Levels work together. So if they are captured by him, they are done.
Regardless, the Magic Guns are very important for the countries now. They are also important for the Earth's safety, so Indra is also doing his best to improve them now because the enemies will get stronger too.
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