Chapter 136: Egypt’s Might (3)
Han-Yeol sympathized with Mujahid, whose obsession led him to follow Mariam around, while completely understanding why Mariam was getting annoyed by him.
[Aaah! Both of you are talking through telepathy again! Can you please let me in on it as well?]
‘I guess he still is an S Rank Hunter, judging by how sensitive he is to mana,’?thought Han-Yeol as he felt impressed.
Actually, it was going to be strange if an S Rank Hunter was not able to sense this level of mana. An S Rank Hunter, or rather, an Osiris Rank Hunter in this case, possessed more than enough power to raze an entire city alone if left unchecked.
[That’s enough chatter. It’s time to focus on the meeting. Same goes for you, Han-Yeol.]
Tayarana finally stepped up to put an end to the pointless discussion. She was the highest-ranking person in this place, so Mariam and even Mujahid obediently followed her command.
Of course, Mujahid naturally sat right beside Tayarana just as he was accustomed to. However...
[You sit over there.]
[Huh? Why all of a sudden?]
Tayarana stopped Mujahid and made him sit one seat further from her, which was a rank lower than whoever was going to sit next to her. She sounded like she was making a suggestion, but she was, in fact, giving a direct order.
Mujahid was not in a position to go against Tayarana’s command. Both of them might be children of Phaophator, but there was a stark difference between her, who was born from the first wife, and him, who was born from the second wife.
Both of them might be Osiris Rank Hunters, but Tayarana was also much stronger than Mujahid on top of possessing better items.
[This seat is for the Vice Leader of the Horus raid party.]
[Ah, you mean that great warrior-nim?]
When Mujahid pointed at Han-Yeol, Tayarana nodded without a hint of hesitation. She said, [Yeah, and this is not Egypt. We deal with things through hierarchy and not social status.]
[I guess you’re right. Well, I have no qualms giving up the seat if it is for that great warrior-nim. Alright.] Mujahid shrugged and sat on the next seat.
It was quite a bizarre sight that a prince was simply giving up his seat for a commoner.
Then, Tayarana patted the seat next to her and said, [Come and sit here, Han-Yeol.]
[Err... Alright.]
Han-Yeol was feeling quite embarrassed after taking the Egyptian Prince’s seat, but he had to comply. After all, it was Tayarana who had asked him to sit down.
The meeting, which was attended by all of the Horus raid party executives, commenced right after Han-Yeol sat down. The light was dimmed as a beam projector flashed in front of them, and then a neatly-dressed man presumed to be in his thirties stood in front of everyone.
“Hello, my name is Choi Tae-Ki, and I am in charge of the Gyeongsangbukdo Interim Dimensional Rift Management Department,” the man introduced himself and bowed.
After the man was done speaking, an Egyptian Hunter translated his introduction. However, there was no welcoming applause or anything of that sort as he was not presenting in front of an academia.
“Ehem...?I will get straight to the point and explain what is going on in the Republic of Korea as we speak.”
Beep!
A map of South Korea flashed on the screen, and there were numerous red dots spread across the different regions. There were seven red dots in total, but the Gyeongju region was marked with a skull.
“We have currently found seven boss monsters in the Republic of Korea, and their locations are spread all over the peninsula. That is the main reason our Hunters’ Association have made an emergency request to all of our Master Rank Hunters, and we have sent six Master Rank Hunters to raid each of the boss monsters. They are currently raiding the boss monsters as we speak,” Choi Tae-Ki explained.
Chak!
When Han-Yeol raised his hand, Choi Tae-Ki looked over and asked, “Yes, what is it?”
He did not like the fact that Han-Yeol was interrupting him in the middle of his presentation. However, he had no choice but to acknowledge Han-Yeol, who wasn’t someone he could mess with right now.
Lee Han-Yeol was nothing more than an average Hunter in South Korea, but he was currently the Vice Leader of one of Egypt’s strongest raid parties, the Horus raid party. Not only that, but he was also the first person to successfully tame a monster. Needless to say, he was the talk of the whole world right now.
There were rumors that every country in the world was clamoring to grant him citizenship as well as a host of other benefits. It was also rumored that he had already agreed to acquire an American citizenship.
On top of that, it was revealed that one of the most powerful Hunters in the world, President Phaophator of Egypt, had visited South Korea recently. The official statement was that he had come to visit his daughter, but there were rumors that he had actually come to get first dibs on Lee Han-Yeol.
Choi Tae-Ki had no idea how true the rumors about Han-Yeol were, but it was true that this Korean Hunter had grown far too big to be controlled by the Hunters’ Association.
‘I don’t have a reason to be at odds with Lee Han-Yeol Hunter...’?he did not like the idea of being interrupted, but he still chose to put on a smile.
“You mentioned just now that the Master Rank Hunters are currently raiding the boss monsters. Does that mean they still haven’t successfully raided the boss monsters?” Han-Yeol asked out of curiosity. n0VeluSB.c0m
What kind of an entity was a Master Rank Hunter? Every country had their own title for the Master Rank Hunters. For example, China and Vietnam used the word ‘god’ in their language to address the Master Rank Hunters, Japan called them Special Rank Hunters, Egypt called them Ra Rank Hunters, and so on and so forth.
Each country might have their own way of addressing the Master Rank Hunters, but there was one common requirement a Hunter had to have to be given such a rank. And that requirement was none other than to receive the mark of approval from the World Hunters’ Association located in Washington D.C., the United States of America.
A Hunter had to pass the rigorous tests they were subjected to before they would receive the mark of approval. As for those who were skilled enough but failed to pass the tests, they would end up having to stay as an S Rank Hunter.
Yet, even those Hunters who passed those difficult tests were still ‘raiding’ the boss monster? Han-Yeol could not understand the logic behind that statement.
“Ah, I will clarify that matter. We have confirmed through satellite surveillance and from the scouting reports of the Master Rank Hunters that the boss monsters are not alone. They are surrounded by hordes of monsters, which we suspect is their army, and have taken control over the area around them. As of now, we have discovered that the area controlled by the boss monsters are slowly diminishing the barriers surrounding the hunting grounds, and it is highly likely that they will be conquering the hunting grounds as part of their territory very soon,” Choi Tae-Ki explained.
‘Ugh... That doesn’t sound good at all... I don’t think this is going to be an easy one judging by how even the raid parties with Master Rank Hunters are having a hard time clearing it.’?Han-Yeol grimaced after analyzing the situation.
“The area that we wish to request for the Horus raid party’s participation is near Bulguksa at Toham Mountain. That area is currently conquered by the boss monster, the Thousand Armed Bodhisattva,” Choi Tae-Ki added before he pressed the remote once again.
Beep!
Then, a video that seemed to be taken by satellite surveillance appeared on the screen.
Ddreuk!
“T-That is!” Han-Yeol shouted and shot up from his seat after seeing the boss monster in the video.
The Egyptians were not familiar with Buddhism, so they only saw the boss monster as a strange-looking monster. However, anyone who followed Buddhism, which was the largest religion among the three most dominant religions in South Korea, would know that the boss monster in the video was the sixth form of Buddha, the Thousand Armed Bodhisattva.
“I-Impossible! Is that really the boss monster?” Han-Yeol asked.
“Unfortunately, it is,” Choi Tae-Ki replied.
“Ugh...”?
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