235 Bbookbbook and Kaka 3 (1/2)
• Devil King Ricardo's Seal has been lifted.
• Evil Dragon Khalifa, who was sealed in a dark abyss, has been awoken from a deep sleep.
• The invasion of the Devildom will begin soon. (Time remaining until the invasion: 29 days/23:59:59)
• Once the invasion of the Devildom begins, three portals will appear in the central continent and the northern continent each, and through the portal, a large-scale monster wave will start.
• The monsters of the Devildom are powerful. In order to stop them, full preparation will be needed.
Immediately after Ilahan had cleared the seal of the dark abyss.
In front of the eyes of all of the users that were in the middle of playing Kailan at the moment, the message shown above popped up.
The time that the message popped up was at dawn, and because of that, many users weren't able to see that message firsthand, but this message couldn't help but immediately become an issue.
This was because the users that were playing during the dawn immediately uploaded it onto the community along with a screenshot.
On top of that, because the content that was within this message was not light by a long shot, conversations about the monster wave began to spread around significantly between the users.
The stances of the users on the monster wave were divided.
”A monster wave from the Devildom is going to begin?”
”That's what I'm telling you! Apparently 30 days from now, three portals will open up in the central continent and the northern continent each.”
”Euh… Isn't that dangerous? I heard that even for the lowest-ranking monster of the Devildom, the monsters' levels are over lv 150…!”
”For the central continent, as there isn't a huge level difference, it's possible that it will be alright, but… It looks like the users that are hunting in the northern continent will receive some damage.”
”I know. The users that are currently hunting in the northern continent are mostly going to be beginners who haven't even hit lv 100 yet…”
While there were users that were worrying over the monster wave like this, on the other hand…
”Wow, then, doesn't this mean we'll be able to hunt Devildom monsters even if we didn't receive the quest to be able to enter the Devildom?”
”That's what I'm saying! It was a little bothersome for me to go up to the Devildom as I liked the hunting grounds of the central continent, but… I think this has turned out for the better!”
”Keu, it's supposed to be happening in 30 days from now, right? I should get over lv 150 before then. So that I can see some profit once the monster wave starts.”
”Huhu, I'm already over lv 150, but… Still, I should raise up my level a little more. Since there are apparently also a lot of monsters that are over lv 200, with my current fighting power, it's still very dangerous.”
”We should set up a party beforehand. I want to hunt evil spirits and quickly fortify my weapons as well.”
There were also users that were delighted at the thought that they would be able to enjoy the Devildom content even without entering the Devildom instead.
However, no matter what side the users positioned themselves on, they all thought alike that a thorough countermeasure must be planned for the Devildom monster wave.
A meeting on a countermeasure for the monster wave began to proceed in each guild, and the meetings proceeded in an even more serious manner for guilds that had domains.
The Lotus Guild was not an exception either.
”So, you're saying that the portals where the monsters of the Devildom will be summoned from will open up in 30 days from now, right?”
At Kroban's words, Carwin nodded his head as he responded.
”That's right. I don't know what kind of monsters will be summoned, but even with just the lowest-ranking evil spirits, they're stronger than most decent field monsters in the central continent.”
This time, Fiolan opened her mouth.
”To be honest, I'm not too worried about the Pyro Domain, but I'm concerned about the domains that are in the northern continent. If evil spirits attack those domains, won't they lack the power to stop them?”
Kroban, the Lord of the Ollibus Domain of the northern continent, slowly nodded his head.
”That's right, the Lotus Guild is still a little better, but in the case of our Ollibus Domain, there are almost no defensive facilities. Since there are no other guild domains at all that would be a threat around us.”
”Hmm…”
Carwin grumbled.
”Speaking of which, this Ian hyung, has he smeared honey all over the Devildom…? Lately, he hasn't come out of there at all. Fiolan, have you contacted Ian hyung recently?”
Fiolan shook her head.
”No, it's been quite a long time since I've seen Ian as well.”
Kroban rubbed his chin as he mumbled.
”Hmm… People that know about the Devildom as much as Ian are probably rare, too.”
”As he was the first user to ever enter into the Devildom, that would definitely be the case, right?”
Harin, who was quietly listening to their conversation from the corner, intervened.
”Ian probably knows about the news on the monster wave as well. Even if it seems like he's absorbed with hunting and his quests, whenever he logs off, he does go into the community bulletin board regularly and checks it.”
Herz nodded his head as he added on.
”That's right. That's Ian's habit.”
Harin's words continued again.
”From what I saw last time, he had packed an excel document with something like the information on the Devildom monsters and organized it… Fiolan, try talking to him and asking him to give that to you.”
”…”
At Harin's words, everybody wore expressions that looked like they were terrified.
Carwin opened his mouth first.
”As expected… They say that people don't change. I knew ever since he wrote down the stats of his Familiars whenever they leveled up one by one and compared them.”
Fiolan smirked as she spoke.
”Well, thanks to that, we've received a lot of help.”
At Fiolan's words, everybody slowly nodded their heads.
Since, no matter what anybody said, when it came to the making of the current Lotus Guild, Ian's contributions were the biggest.
”Alright, then, let's make a plan to effectively get defensive troops to the northern continent for now. As for how we will battle, I believe that is something we can think about after we obtain information on the Devildom from Ian.”
* * *
”What do you mean when you say that he is half-right, half-wrong?”
At Ian's question, Kaka wore a serious expression.
As he wore a serious expression with a cute, round outer appearance, it was even slightly ridiculous, but for now at least, that image of Kaka wasn't funny or anything like that.
Since to Ian, Bbookbbook's hidden secret(?) was an incredibly important issue.
”Owner, about the Legend of the Seven God Dragons, you know that it's a story related to the God Dragons that played a critical role in stopping the invasion of the Devildom a thousand years ago, right?”
Ian nodded his head immediately.
Since this was content he had even heard from Kaizar and knew about.
”I do know about it. Since Kaizar was one of the human warriors that was present in that scene.”
Kaka, who glanced at Kaizar once at Ian's words, continued his words again.
”Then, by any chance, do you know the story about the five God Dragons that existed in the beginning?”
Ian wore a puzzled expression as he asked back.