The world that has just celebrated the finding of Eternal Slumber's cure is facing another crisis.
2 S-Rank Gates appear at the same time in different countries. Australia and Russia.
Now it's not a matter of being able to hire the National Level Hunters or not. Both countries are wealthy enough to do that, but because the Gates appear at the same time, they need to split the force in half.
This means half of the National Level Hunters should raid a Gate and the other half raid the other Gate.
The splitting of the 11 National Level Hunters became a rather difficult matter, especially when they talked about Indra.
He is the only Healer among the National Level Hunters. His presence in the team is a game changer, especially with all his buffs, debuffs, healing, and barrier magic.
"I will go alone."
"What?!"
Indra surprises the other National Level Hunters by saying that he will go alone when they discuss how they will split the raid team members for the 2 S-Rank Gates through a video call.
"I will block a Gate alone, so you guys should raid the other Gate together."
"Huh? Are you crazy, Indra?"
"No, this is the best solution, Thomas. You guys know how strong my barrier is. I will block the Gate using my barrier so the monsters won't be able to leave even if they manage to break out of the Gate."
They won't have this problem if they can enter the Gate. However, both S-Rank Gates can't be entered, just like the 1st S-Rank Gate. That means they can only fight the monsters once the Gates break just like how they fight Kamish.
"We don't have better choices. This is the option with the highest success rate while minimizing the casualties as much as possible. Rather than half-assed raid teams, it's better to have a proper raid team for both dungeons. Just hire an S-Rank Healer for each one of you."
Another purpose of him not proposing this plan is because Indra wants the National Level Hunters to be aware of how dangerous S-Rank Gates are.
So far, they've been solving S-Rank Gates rather easily thanks to Indra's powerful support. But bow they won't have his support and will experience the true horror of an S-Rank Gate.
"Also, I heard that Russia has a Barrier Magic user too."
"You mean Yuri Orloff?"
"Yeah. That's why I think you guys can fight the monsters while that guy uses his barrier to prevent the monsters from getting out of the area."
"Will his barrier be able to stop S-Rank monsters like yours though?"
The National Level Hunters doubt Yuri's barrier to be as powerful as Indra's barrier.
"Even if it doesn't and the monsters can break it, the barrier will still slow them down, giving you time to attack them before they get further."
After a long discussion, they finally agreed on Indra's plan. They don't know how strong the monsters inside the S-Rank Gates are, after all.
If something like Kamish comes out of them, then a team made out of just half of the National Level Hunters might not be enough to stop it. So this is really the best option they have now.
Indra knows it will also burden him so much because he needs to maintain the barrier until the National Level Hunters can clear the other S-Rank dungeon and come to raid the one he blocked which will surely take more than a day.
So he needs to at least maintain the barrier for a day or even more if they can't clear the other S-Rank dungeon fast enough.
They relay that plan to both countries. Obviously, Australia doesn't accept it immediately because the plan is to clear the dungeon in Russia first while the one in Australia will only be blocked until they are done in Russia.
But Thomas shuts them up by saying that the National Level Hunters won't do anything if Australia keeps protesting.
"Don't worry too much. Indra's barrier can even stop Kamish's all out attack. We also never see it break even when raiding the 1st and 2nd S-Rank dungeons. If there is a monster that can break his barrier, then it will be the end of us all anyway, so you should just make sure that he will be in good condition to maintain his barrier for a long time."
Il Hwan reassures the worried Australian Government because he knows how worrying this plan is. But he's also confident this plan is the best they can do now to minimize the damage.
After finalizing the plan, Indra goes to Australia while his sister goes to Russia. But Indra doesn't go alone, he brings some S-Rank Hunters from Indonesia.
Indonesia now has 46 S-Rank Hunters, so almost all provinces have S-Rank Hunters by now. Most of them are hunters he awakened or upgraded, that's why they are obeying him.
Though this number is still not enough considering the size of the country, especially because it's an Archipelago country which makes it hard for them to travel between provinces and islands in case of emergency.
Anyway, Indra brings 20 S-Rank Hunters with him from his country. All of them are Mages, Archers, and Healers. He doesn't bring any close-range classes because they won't be needed for his plan.
Indra has a plan for the S-Rank Gate in Australia and if it succeeds, then the National Level Hunters won't need to rush from Russia to Australia.
He asks the Australian Government to send all their S-Rank long-range classes too and they actually go as far as hiring more from the neighboring countries.
Australia alone has almost 100 S-Ranks now and 45 of them are long-range classes. Then they hire 30 long-range classes from other countries, so with the ones from Indonesia, they have a total of 95 S-Ranks to help Indra.
Obviously, the other Australian S-Ranks that are close-range classes also come to participate even though they are not included in the plan.
But they can't just sit still while their country is facing such a threat. They might not be included in the plan, but maybe they will be needed later. No one knows what will happen, after all.
Indra takes control of the situation in Australia without any problem. Everyone obeys him and does exactly as he says because he is the highest ranking person there and the only National Level Hunter.
Their situation also seems dire because there is only 1 National Level Hunter there. So no one dares to make trouble, worried that it will affect the raid.
But it's different in Russia. Not only do they have 10 National Level Hunters participating, they also have more than 200 S-Rank Hunters joining. These S-Ranks are mostly from Europe and north Asia that will be affected by the S-Rank Gate if it can't be cleared.
With so many powerful hunters there, the S-Ranks who never raid an S-Rank dungeon seem to relax too much. They are much more relaxed than the 10 National Level Hunters.
"Hah! Look at these sons of bitches. They act as if the raid is already over."
Thomas is annoyed by how the S-Ranks act while looking at them from a higher floor with his fellow National Level Hunters.
"Maybe they think they will be fine because it will be us who fight."
Reed calmly replies while drinking his coffee.
"Then why do they come here if they don't intend to fight? Thomas is right, they are annoying."
Jonas is also annoyed by how the S-Ranks act.
"Right. But the most annoying one is that guy. Look at him acting like the main character."
The one that Zhigang means is Yuri Orloff. Just like in the story, he is very arrogant and his head gets even bigger because he thinks he will be the center of this raid plan with his barrier magic.
He thinks that this is a great chance to show off his power. People always compare his Barrier Magic with Indra's and he thinks his Barrier isn't weaker.
So if he can show his barrier power in this raid, he might also become a National Level Hunter and get more authority. Power and wealth, those are the things that Yuri loves so much.
"Well, why don't we see how good his barrier is? We've done it before the 1st S-Rank raid with Indra's barrier, so it's only right to try it with his barrier too, right?"
Thomas smirks before he jumps down to the 1st floor where the S-Ranks gather. The other National Level Hunters sigh, but they don't even try to stop Thomas. After all, even they want to see how good Yuri's barrier is.
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