Tons of magic crystals are dumped in a 3 km radius around the Gate in Russia. The Hunters are gathering in front of the Gate with the National Level Hunters taking the lead.
Yuri erects the barrier the moment the Gate starts to crack. He is very serious now and makes his barrier as strong as possible using all the magic crystals' energy.
Then after a while, monsters start pouring out of the Gate.
The monsters that appear are gigantic beetle-like monsters with black-gold color. These beetles have different shapes, but they all look very menacing.
"BUFFS!"
Il Hwan shouts, asking the healers to buff everyone, especially the National Level Hunters.
"MAGE SQUAD! PREPARE ATTACKS!"
Reed takes the lead of the Mages. The fire and wind mages are cooperating to make powerful magic attacks. While the other types of Mages are also preparing their spells.
The most common after fire mages are ice and light mages. Probably because ice and light are magic used by monarchs and the rulers.
There are also earth mages, summoners, debuffers, and lightning mages whose number is very low.
The Ice and Earth Mages are using their spells to stop the monsters by freezing and grabbing the monsters' feet.
But as expected of S-Rank monsters, they break out of the ice and earth grabs quite easily. Only now did the S-Ranks realize just how strong these S-Rank monsters are.
"MAGES! ATTACKS!"
The Mages start firing their magic spells with the wind-enhanced fire attacks being shot first.
Among the Wind Mages, Dina alone creates 10 wind drills that are bigger than other Wind Mages. Kwasi and Reed use their fire on 5 of Dina's Wind Drills each, making the attacks much bigger.
Then, all the mages shoot their spells at the monsters. Their attacks hit and numerous explosions appear inside the barrier.
The S-Rank Mages who never participated in an S-Rank dungeon raid feel quite ecstatic, confident that these attacks will kill the monsters already because these attacks are very powerful.
However, the National Level Hunters know these attacks are not enough. They are getting ready to attack again as soon as the magic spells are gone.
As they thought, the monsters are still alive although the spells manage to injure them. But the damages are not too great.
Even the attacks of the 3 National Level Mages are not damaging them too much. As for the normal Mages' attacks, they only leave scorching marks.
The cause is the beetle's exoskeletons. They are very hard although not as hard as Kamish's scales.
It despairs the S-Rank Mages while the National Levels are quite happy because unlike Kamish, they manage to damage the monsters without Indra's incredible buffs.
The melee attackers charge forward to attack the monsters. The tanks taunt them before the damage dealers start attacking.
But they can't taunt all the monsters. Many are still left, especially the ones on the back. The monsters that don't get taunted then start flying, which will make attacking them difficult.
"MAGES! ATTACK THE FLYING MONSTERS! TRY TO BRING THEM DOWN!"
Il Hwan, the Raid Leader shouts to the Mages. Reed quickly does as ordered and instructs the Mages to attack the flying monsters.
"ATTACK THEIR WINGS! WE WON'T DAMAGE THEIR BODIES TOO MUCH, SO FOCUS ON TAKING THEM DOWN! DINA! I'LL LEAVE THE COMMAND TO YOU."
"COPY!"
Reed transforms into a Fireman using his Spiritual Body Manifestation. Then he flies towards the flying monsters to attack them in a closer distance.
The other Mages are attacking the monsters under Dina's command. Magic attacks are flying everywhere in the air as the melee fighters are fighting on the ground.
Thomas, Dewi, Shiddarth, Zhigang, and Jonas have transformed. The other 3 are also Rulers' vessels, so they also have Spiritual Body just like Thomas and Reed.
Their transformations are similar to Thomas. Magical armor grows out of their skin with different shapes and colors.
Zhigang's armor is red gold, Shiddarth's armor is silver, and Jonas's armor is white gold. Their magic power also seems to increase after transforming.
But they are also wearing armor made by Indra's Guild, Moon Rabbit. These armor have been enhanced with Indra's Rune Magic.
All National Level Hunters and a lot of S-Rank Hunters here are using armor and weapons made by Moon Rabbit and enhanced by Indra's Rune Magic.
These armor and weapons are giving incredible effect. The armor gives enhanced defense and physical power like agility and strength by more than 50%.
While the weapons enhanced their attacks by more than 50% too, which is even higher than S-Rank Supports' buffs.
Though to activate those effects, they need to use A-Rank dungeon boss's magic cores that will be absorbed by the items to charge the energy simply by placing them on the armor or weapon.
They can activate and deactivate the effect anytime they want because the items' effects feel like their skills anytime they use those items.
Those cores are very expensive, but S-Rank Hunters like them can easily obtains those. After all, they are wealthy and they raid A-Rank dungeons almost every week.
The Magic Armor formed by the National Levels' Spiritual Body Manifestation is covering the armor made by Moon Rabbit. But they can still feel the effects of Indra's Rune Magic's buffs.
That's why they still use those items even though they never use armor during normal raids as their bodies are stronger than most armors. At most they would use weapons because of their skills.
The only one with a different transformation is Dewi as she transforms into a humanoid white rabbit with red marks. But she is just as powerful as the other National Levels.
Il Hwan and Ragnar don't transform unlike those National Level Hunters, so are Dina and Kwasi. But it doesn't mean they are weaker than the ones who transform. They just have different skills.
The National Level Hunters are attacking a monster each while the S-Ranks are attacking in teams. But the National Levels still deal more damage to the monsters.
Dewi, Zhigang, and Il Hwan are damaging the monsters faster than anyone. It's because they are attacking the monsters' weak points, which are the gaps between their exoskeletons.
The others like Thomas can't use precise attacks like them. So they just hit the bigger weaker spots like heads and leg joints.
Nevertheless, they still cause damage to the monsters. This raid is not as frustrating as Kamish's raid because they can damage the monsters even though the number of monsters is quite overwhelming.
The beetle monsters also have powerful attacks. They can use Earth Magic and their attacks are hard to predict. Earth spears can suddenly shoot out of the ground beneath them or the earth can suddenly erupt.
Flying boulders are easier to handle than sudden attacks from below that they can't see coming. That's why casualties start to appear among the S-Rank Hunters even though they also start killing the monsters.
Some monsters also start trying to break out of the barrier after a while. So Yuri is also focused on maintaining his barrier. If it breaks, then everything will be ruined, both the raid and the country.
Also, he doesn't have the confidence to stop the monsters that manage to break out of his barrier from killing him who is defenseless outside.
There are A-Rank hunters and below outside the barrier, but they won't damage the monsters at all. So he needs to keep the monsters inside his barrier.
Meanwhile, the situation in Australia is much more controlled. The monsters have come out of the Gate too, but they can't break Indra's barrier. His barrier has gotten even stronger than when he fought Kamish, after all, so the monsters won't be able to even scratch it.
The monsters that come out of this Gate are Yetis. They look like giant Gorillas with white fur and they have clear crystal horns that are shaped like a crown. The crystals also grow on their shoulders, elbows, knuckles, knees and feet.
Indra thinks that it's funny how Yetis appear in the hot Australia while beetles appear in the cold Russia. He knows what happen in Russia because they broadcast it.
But he can't look down on these Yetis even though they can't break out of his barrier. After all, just their presence here already makes the inside area of his barrier freezes.
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