[CH399+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 583

Thousands of kilometers to the north, an old man with long white hair and a beard speaks under his breath, just loud enough for his two disciples to hear.

"This new growing nation is strong. The Association and Demons may not be the only forces we need to keep on our radars. We should watch out for their growing warriors once the throne awakening becomes active."

They sit atop the tallest mountain in the area, covered in snow, surrounded by hundreds of mountains that look exactly the same in every direction.

The two younger men at his sides, with serious expressions on their faces, watch a replay of the battle of Crimson City on repeat, using bright blue recording crystals.

One of them, who appears slightly older and taller than the other disciple, replies to the old man.

"Teacher Sil, I have a question. The fighting style used by the serpent and tiger warriors... It is very similar to our own. How could they have learned it?"

The old man's eyes glow with a bright yellow light, and the same energy intensifies in his chest as the air around them grows heavier, as if bending reality.

"That is none of your concern. However, it seems I'll need to visit the desert temple soon. There must be a reason for this."

The two disciples' eyes glow with orange light, their entire bodies radiating with pure white Qi. It blends in with the high-speed winds and heavy snow atop the mountains as the older man turns off the recording, and the three of them return to meditating and continuing their training.

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Thousands of kilometers south, a woman floats high in the sky above an active volcanic region.

Below her, hundreds of C and B-ranked dungeons form and break, as it is an everyday occurrence here.

She rides atop an enormous Earth Dragon, watching the same video on a recording crystal play in her hand.

Both her eyes and the dragon's eyes glow bright yellow, shimmering off the metallic Hunter's Association badge on her shoulder.

She whispers under her breath with a smile as she zooms in on the two A-Class hunters being defeated in seconds.

"The 8 Regions Branch has grown soft, hasn't it...? Our A-Class hunters could have handled that battle... But it's clear that wasn't even their true leader... Who and where are you, Flame Emperor?"

The woman grins while putting away the recording. An eruption of a volcano goes off in the distance, and she activates a stealth skill, making herself and the dragon she's riding invisible in the same moment.

Half a minute later, she flies over dozens of fortified, castle-like military bases hidden in valleys between active volcanic mountains.

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Meanwhile, back in Sector 2, my body doubles compensate merchants that have damaged goods and clean up the city while giving a speech, showing that the real enemies of this attack are the 8 Great Regions.

Public sentiment is already heavily anti-Association here in the Dark Continent, so with the small amount of proof I have, showing citizens the confiscated badges and the ear and eyewitness accounts of the surrender message from the transmission tablets is more than enough for word of today's events to spread.

So much so, that over the next week, the city's growth skyrockets, adding over 500 new members to the links of loyalty.

Word of the new trading hub in Sector 2 offering jobs, monetary aid, and the military ability to fend off two A-Class hunters with ease travels far and wide.