Indra finds out that this island is not a part of any country. It is located in the Indian Ocean, far to the south of Asia. Jin Woo found it by coincidence years ago before this regression.
"So, what do you want me to do on this island now?"
"Can you do something to prevent the ants from escaping this island? They are evolving fast and soon, the ones with wings will be born and fly out of the island. I don't want them to reach any human civilization and kill anyone, so we need to prevent them from leaving."
Indra crosses his arms while trying to find ideas. "Hmm, my barrier can surely block them, but it will disappear when I leave. Rune Magic seems to be the best answer, but I haven't found the spell that can isolate a single place."
Jin Woo lets Indra think and doesn't disturb him. This is not an easy task, but Jin Woo believes Indra can solve it. Solving this problem will also help Indra grow even stronger.
However, it's not easy to find a solution immediately, so they go home again for now. Indra needs to do some experiments and he can't do those on the island. Besides, it will take days, or weeks, or even months to finish, so they can't stay.
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Indra does his usual activities like taking care of his Guild, raiding dungeons, activating the runes on the magic guns and bombs, awakening or upgrading the power of people that have been scouted by shadow soldiers, relaxing with his family, etc while researching the way to isolate the island.
Then 3 weeks after visiting the island, he finally finds a method. He quickly calls Jin Woo and they go to the island immediately.
"So, what will you do?"
"Hehe, just watch."
Indra gathers his mana and then creates a barrier that covers the whole island.
"Barrier Magic? How will you maintain it?"
"You'll see it soon. Now take us out of this barrier using your Gate, to the top of this barrier."
As Indra asks, Jin Woo makes a Gate that connects to the top of the barrier. After moving there, Indra creates 10 clones and gives each of them a monster core before sending them to different locations.
"Those are A-Rank dungeon boss cores. I'll use them to maintain this barrier."
At each location where the clones are being sent to, there's a small container made out of barrier magic where they can put the monster core. The clones put the cores inside the container before dispelling themselves.
After all of the clones disappear, Indra crouches and puts his hands on the barrier. He gathers his mana again and closes his eyes to concentrate.
Then, black runes come out of his hands. The runes start moving on the barrier and soon they cover the whole barrier, including the monster cores' containers.
A moment later, the black runes glow blue. Then the runes and the barrier start disappearing from sight. But both Indra and Jin Woo still can stand on their spot, so they look like they are flying.
"You can't see it, but the barrier is still here. Those runes I draw have 2 main functions, to absorb mana from the cores to maintain the barrier and to conceal the barrier and the runes themselves. I think that concealing the barrier is important because this island might be found by satellite view because of the barrier and the barrier might affect the ants' evolutions."
Indra explains about the runes and his reason for concealing the barrier to Jin Woo who thinks it's a logical reason though it might not be necessary and it's not the most important part.
"How long can those cores supply the energy for this barrier? Will it still be strong enough if a monster like Beru attacks it?"
"I don't know the exact duration because I didn't have enough time to test it, but I estimated it will last for a month if there's no damage to the barrier, at all. So the duration will depend on the damage it takes."
"Hmm, that means we need to check it every now and then, right?"
Indra nods, so Jin Woo assigns some more shadow soldiers to supervise the island. He has assigned a few before, but they were stationed here just to help him teleport here anytime.
Jin Woo and Indra agree to check the cores' energy every week and replenish it. They can refill the energy with their mana. Even Jin Woo can do it alone, so they don't need to come here together every time.
"Just recharge the cores every time you come here. As long as it's not being attacked all the time, it won't break in a week."
After Indra explains everything, they go home immediately.
*****
Things go as usual. Indra still does his usual activities, but now he is more focused on developing the magic weapons to increase mankind's battle power for the incoming war.
Then a month later, Ragnar calls him, which is very unusual. Although Ragnar is Odin's vessel, they rarely communicate because Ragnar is a quiet person.
Ragnar only talks with other National Levels if it's very important, so Indra knows there must be something important for him to call at night.
"Hey man, what's up?"
He doesn't say much, but what he says is enough to make Indra stop everything he does.
"Are you serious?!"
"He wants to contact me through you."
"I understand. Call him and tell him to try copying one of the Rune Magic spells that I use in your old sword. If he can do it, then he really can use Rune Magic. I will go to Norway immediately, so make sure nothing happens to him. His skill will be very important for us."
"Good job. Then I will go there as soon as possible. See you later then."
Indra closes the call and quickly tells his assistant to book a flight to Norway. He needs to meet this person as soon as possible and get this person to join their side.
Both Indra and Ragnar treat this urgently because if others know about this person's skill, they will surely do everything to recruit him because of Rune Magic potential.
If they can get a Rune Magic user in their group, then they can do a lot of things. The easiest example is using this person's Rune Magic to create Magic Weapons by copying Indra's Rune Magic.
Indra has patented all his creations, but many people would break laws for big profit. It won't be a problem if they will use the guns for good deeds.
But it is highly unlikely that people who break the law by producing magic guns without permits will use them for good deeds. It's almost guaranteed that they will sell those magic guns illegally and those weapons will be used for crimes.
To prevent that, Indra must recruit this Rune Magic user. Not only will it prevent unwanted things in the future, he will also get a helper for many things that need the use of Rune Magic.
Indra goes to Norway using a private jet owned by a local businessman who is also his friend. Although Indra himself has enough money to buy a private jet, he refuses to buy it because he doesn't really need it.
After a few hours of flight, Indra finally arrives in Norway. Ragnar has sent some people to pick him up, so he doesn't need to wait and look for Ragnar's Guild office himself.
When he arrives in front of the Guild building, a woman in a suit quickly approaches him and leads him to Ragnar's office. Inside, Ragnar has been waiting with a tall muscular man.
The man looks so stiff and nervous. He even flinches and shivers when he sees Indra enter the office. It would be a funny sight seeing a big man like him being nervous in front of a much smaller man in the past, but body size doesn't determine power now, so it's not so strange.
"Indra, my brother. Welcome to Norway. Welcome to Valhalla."
"Thanks, but as I always say, you chose a really unique name for your Guild. It's like those who join your Guild are dead people."
"Really? But why does no one complain about the Guilds that use Heaven or Hell as names?"
"... Good point. Anyway, is it him?"
"Yes. Fredrik Andersen, a bodybuilder."
"Who would've thought."
Indra doesn't even need to test the man. He has his unique Appraisal skill that allows him to see others' information and potential. He already sees Rune Magic in Fredrik's information. It makes him very excited because now he can start the plan that has been delayed for too long.
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