Capítulo 217: Chapter 203
After all the battles ended. Suho moved with Rio Singh, ordering the Shadow Naga Gordon to bring Jackson's horribly crumpled truck. And as Greed had said, 'stupid but useful livestock' lightly carried the truck loaded with Korean weapons, his lower body, shaped like a sea serpent, wriggling as he followed Suho. More magical beasts continued to appear along the way, but they were no match for the Shadow Nagas, extracted as daily mercenaries, who swarmed them. As they continued to move through the Loktak Field, Suho listened to Rio Singh's explanation about this place.
"...What?"
Suho's expression hardened. He had recklessly used Shadow Exchange to come to India, but after hearing the full explanation, the situation in this country was far more serious than he had imagined. In short, this was all due to the geopolitical characteristics of Manipur, where the Loktak Field dungeon appeared.
Manipur, located in the northeastern part of India. This land was awkwardly positioned, bordering countless countries like Myanmar, Bangladesh, and China. Due to these geopolitical characteristics, this land had historically been plagued by countless serious conflicts. The reasons for the conflicts varied, ranging from political and religious disputes to tribal wars.
"...But the problem is that several dungeon breaks occurred simultaneously around here, making the field-type dungeon too vast."
"Could it be that the field's range crossed the national borders?"
"That's right. To understand it so quickly! As expected of Suho."
"The situation in Korea is similar. North Korea is always a headache for us."
Despite Rio Singh's admiring reaction, Suho only wore a bitter expression. If left unattended, field-type dungeons had the characteristic of gradually expanding their territory as the Blue Mist spread. Of course, with proper management, they usually didn't spread beyond a certain range, but things were different when several dungeons overlapped in one area. The prime example was North Korea.
North Korea had turned into a super-massive monster field just as the Cataclysm began. If left alone, the field would continue to expand, eventually crossing the border into China. The magical beasts of North Korea would invade China. If that happened, the situation would inevitably escalate into a political issue with China.
"That's right. If our country fails to eliminate the magical beasts in time and causes damage to neighboring countries, it becomes a serious problem. Compensation for damages is one thing, but the bigger problem is..."
"There would be no way to stop Hunter guilds from other countries crossing the border to hunt those magical beasts."
"Exactly."
"A war could break out."
Rio Singh and Jackson nodded with serious expressions at Suho's words. Hunter guilds, with their numerous Awakened members, were no different from armed forces. No, in terms of combat power, they were far more powerful and dangerous than soldiers.
'...It's worse than war in itself. The moment they barge into the National Assembly and wreak havoc, that country is essentially conquered.'
In the end, to prevent such a situation, Chairman Woo Jinchul was doing everything in his power to purify North Korea even at this moment.
"Wait."
Suddenly, while talking with Rio Singh, Suho thought of the most basic problem and looked around. Loktak Lake, a famous tourist attraction in India. As famous as it was, the scenery here was truly beautiful. But anyone who knew the true nature of the 'Blue Mist' that blended naturally into this beautiful scenery would be horrified. If ordinary people, not Awakened ones, inhaled the Blue Mist, their bodies would burn, and they would go berserk, turning into Mist Burns.
"Rio, how many people live in this land?"
"3 million."
"Oh dear." Suho's expression grew even more serious at the immediate answer.
"There's no way all 3 million people are Awakened, so you're saying they all turned into Mist Burns?"
"That's not it. Actually, that's what I was most worried about at first, but thankfully, it doesn't seem to be the case." Saying that, Rio Singh showed Suho the 'Asura Guild emblem' hanging around his neck.
"Isn't that a Stardust necklace?"
Suho's eyes widened. No, it was too big to be called a Stardust necklace, and slightly smaller than the Star Pieces embedded in Greed and Sung Il-Hwan's bodies. If he had to name it, 'Star Piece Necklace' seemed appropriate. Suho snatched Rio Singh's Star Piece Necklace and asked,
"Where did you get this?"
"It's an employee ID that proves I belong to the Asura Guild. They started using it recently, and I looked into it separately, and there's a reason why this necklace became our guild's symbol. Look at this." Rio Singh took out a new necklace from his pocket and showed it to Suho. This time, the gem was smaller, similar to the 'Stardust Necklace' distributed in Korea.
"This necklace is called 'Stardust.' Our guild is distributing it to Indians for free."
"Stardust necklaces? Why?"
"They say that if an ordinary person carries this necklace, they won't turn into a Mist Burn even if they inhale the Blue Mist."
"...!"
The Asura Guild was the most famous large-scale guild in India, always dedicated to protecting its people. Its leader, Siddharth Bachchan, was an S-rank Hunter who had a positive influence and was respected by Indians. And 'Stardust' was known to be an item personally developed by Siddharth Bachchan for the common people of India. When a dungeon break occurred in an area, not everyone could suddenly leave their homes. Especially the poor, who had nowhere to go after leaving the land they had lived on for a long time. But they couldn't stay either. If they remained too long in the land where the Blue Mist spread, they would eventually turn into Mist Burns and die. That's when Stardust was developed.
"...People are actually living here."
A while later, Suho and his party found one of the small villages scattered within the Loktak Field. And as Rio Singh said, they were dumbfounded to see countless ordinary people still living there. They were all wearing Stardust necklaces.
[Little Monarch, it seems the Outer Gods' Cult has infiltrated this country much faster.]
"I guess so. At this rate, it will become India's national religion."
Greed and Iron, the former High Priest and priest, peeked out from beside Suho and added their comments.
[If you wear a Stardust necklace for a long time, you instinctively develop faith in Itarim.]
[Of course, it's not true religious faith, but more like mental contamination by the power of a higher being.]
[To think they'd distribute this to the entire nation, the priests in India are much more driven than the priests in Korea...]
"Are you impressed? Both of you, get down."
[Yes!]
[Huh? I didn't say anything... Yes, I'll get down.] Greed and Iron hurriedly prostrated themselves on the ground at Suho's words.
But what was strange was that the villagers didn't react at all to the sight of the Shadow Soldiers. Normally, they would be surprised or murmur amongst themselves, but the fact that they were all expressionless and just doing their own work felt quite eerie. Even though there were corpses scattered throughout the village, suggesting a magical beast attack at some point, no one seemed to care.
"Suho, the staff in our office all had that same expression. Could this be a side effect of wearing Stardust?"
"It seems so."
Rio Singh, who had heard about the Stardust necklace incident in Korea, had a grim expression. The thought that this atmosphere could spread throughout India was horrifying. Suho, looking around the village, decided to find the leader who caused this situation without hesitation.
"Rio, let's first find the village where your Guild Master, Siddharth Bachchan, is. If he's an apostle of Itarim, giving him the Spring Water from the Echo Forest might resolve things more easily than we thought."
"Alright. But how do we find him? No one was at the location the guild office gave us."
"Hmm. In times like these, we need to ask the experts." Suho turned his head without hesitation and called out to the experts.
"Greed. Iron."
[Yes!]
[You called, Master!]
"Can you find the location of the Void Gate?"
Greed and Iron began explaining competitively.
[As expected of the Little Monarch! What a wise decision!]
[The temples of the Outer Gods' Cult are always built near dimensional rifts. So...]
"Just the gist."
[Void Gates appear when fields generated from ordinary gates overlap.]
[If you draw circles around the gates, the Void Gate will be somewhere in their intersection.]
"Can you find it?" At Suho's question, Greed and Iron's eyes gleamed with confidence.
[Leave it to us!]
[We'll find it quickly if we split up with the other soldiers.]
[Master! Give me a chance too!]
[Oh?] Greed smirked at the Shadow Lancer Que, whose eyes were burning with competitive spirit.
"Whatever, just get going."
Screech! At Suho's command, the Shadow Soldiers scattered like contestants in a race. The only one left was the Shadow Naga Gordon, who was following with the truck.
"Well then, let's move on to the next village..."
But then.
Shiver!
"...!"
"...!"
Suddenly, Suho and Rio Singh's expressions changed drastically, and their gazes turned in the same direction.
Boom!
[Little Monarch! There's a battle!]
A tremendous explosion erupted from the direction Greed flew in, and the ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred. Considering that this was a field teeming with magical beasts, it was a phenomenon that could occur, but the energy he felt wasn't ordinary. Beru twitched his antennae, gauging the energy of the enemy Greed was facing.
[At least S-rank! And the energy I feel from there is...!]
"Beeeep?" If even Ragnar was reacting, their identity was obvious.
"Dragonians!"
Bang! Suho immediately kicked off the ground and dashed forward.
'If it's S-rank, could it be Siddharth Bachchan? But why is he with the Dragonians?' Countless possibilities went through Suho's mind as he ran. But when he arrived at the scene of the battle, the situation was a bit different from what he had expected.
Flash!
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
By the time Suho arrived, a clash of immense power was already shaking the earth. At the same time, the screams of magical beasts erupted from all directions. He saw Greed fighting against a man in the center of that tremendous clash of power.
'A three-way battle?'
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble - But the most surprising thing was the identity of the opponent who was facing Greed, a former S-rank villain, head-on without backing down… No, he was overwhelming Greed.
"...Interesting."
An old man with white hair fluttering, emitting a tremendous aura from his entire body. A ferocious smile was plastered on his face as he clashed with Greed. An expression as if he was enjoying this battle immensely. But the language that came out of his mouth wasn't Indian.
"To think a mere magical beast could possess such power."
It was Chinese. That's right. He wasn't Siddharth Bachchan, the national-level Hunter from the previous timeline, but a completely different person. Beru, recalling his face from a distant memory, shouted his name.
[Liu Zhigang!]
That's right. Liu Zhigang from China. He was also a national-level Hunter in his past life, a man once praised as humanity's greatest power alongside Thomas Andre.
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