Chapter 486
The world started moving again with one heart.
Project Genocide, the Australian gate extermination operation, restarted in a Madagascar version, and the manpower needed to build Hyper Camp began gathering from all over the world.
People came alive.
Madagascar had once been feared to the point of being called an island of death, but now it had become a place everyone wanted to go to, saying new jobs were being created.
Naturally, at the center of all of it was Su-ho.
- Honestly, isn’t it better to go to Madagascar and earn dollars than stay holed up at home when it’s not even a safe zone?
- Totally.
- Bringing in foreign currency is a huge win lol
- Ohohoho! It’s time for the heroes and brave men to go earn foreign currency!
- But do they take just anyone for this?
- No. Their infrastructure’s going to have limits, so why would they pick some homebody loser lol when skilled technicians and master craftsmen are everywhere.
- Sad upvote...
It was a wonderful phenomenon.
Just like the many countries around the world that helped during the Korean War, the whole world was joining forces, supporting them with supplies and manpower, and gathering in Madagascar.
And in the process, it was only natural that Suho-land’s monsters would be exposed.
Following Su-ho’s orders, they began actively helping the people who came to Madagascar, and during that process, their distinctive, valiant appearance was broadcast in real time all over the world through the TV station cameras that had flocked in to deliver the on-site atmosphere.
- Whoa
- No way, they’re insanely cool
- Are those really the lizardmen I know? They’re way bigger and scarier and more handsome than the lizardman paparazzi pics online.
- If you told me to fight lizardmen like that, I’m confident I’d lose in three seconds.
- Totally, upvote
- Those aren’t lizardmen, they’re basically dragonmen.
- I told you, reptilians are real.
- Someone suspiciously rich really likes lizardmen.
- I hope my lizard evolves like that.
- Oh, are you a summoner?
- No, I just keep reptiles.
Terrifying beyond words when they were enemies, and reassuring beyond words when they were allies.
The lizardmen, organized as an elite army, were reassurance itself.
That was why the easy but physically demanding missions were mostly assigned to the lizardmen.
For example, escorting the people who arrived on the island, or carrying construction materials.
Of course, the lizardmen had no complaints.
They really had none.
“Tsura.”
“This much is only natural.”
“It’s work the Great King ordered.”
“This is something no one but us, the elite of elites, can do.”
“We carry out any mission faithfully and reliably.”
“Tsura!”
If anything, they took pride in the fact that they were doing work like this.
Watching those lizardmen with satisfaction, Su-ho thought,
'This is what they call the effect of a rank badge.'
They said a position makes the person.
The lizardmen were an excellent example of that saying.
And maybe because of that...
“Tsut.”
“I’m jealous....”
“I want to work too....”
“Sob....”
A phenomenon even started where the monsters that had defected later were jealous of the lizardmen.
Of course, Su-ho didn’t just leave those guys to laze around either.
He put them into guard duties like keeping watch near gates that hadn’t been dealt with yet.
But that was all.
Because there were two reasons.
The first was that by deploying them in these discriminatory duties, he could stoke their motivation so they would fight harder in the next battle.
The second was that since they were guys who had been corrupted and then restored, their appearance was grotesque, and there was a risk they would provoke disgust in people.
'And if I add one more thing, there aren’t a few guys who can’t use both hands, either.'
Of course, guys with clear uses like Ents or Dolvirak were being used differently, but if you looked at the overall ratio, the number being utilized still wasn’t that large.
“Alright, now let’s go in.”
“Deploy! Deploy! Deploy!”
[ Entering the gate. ]
Around then, the Sabers also began moving in earnest.
After all, the top priority job that had to be done in Madagascar was exterminating the gates.
In that sense, Su-ho first swept his eyes over the existing gates, then personally selected and cleared only a few that seemed to have quite high difficulty.
It was when he had just caught the boss of the ninth gate.
[ You have slain Quadra Dolvirak. ]
[ The gate has been cleared. ]
[ The MVP of the gate clear is ‘An Su-ho.’ ]
[ Additional experience is provided for MVP selection. ]
[ 1 bonus stat is provided for MVP selection. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have obtained 1 bonus stat. ]
Another level up.
Su-ho immediately checked his status window.
“Check status window.”
[ An Su-ho ]
One step away from level 300.
Su-ho’s gaze moved from the level line down to the stat lines.
“Haa.”
True Mana at 104.
That was why he let out a sigh.
True Mana became a silver color, and thanks to how easily he could obtain bonus stats, he reached 100 far more easily than expected.
However, contrary to his expectation that it would shift to a gold color when it hit 100, True Mana became the first stat to reach three digits, and when he realized that fact, Su-ho couldn’t hide his bewilderment.
'So from silver onward, the max stat isn’t 99.'
Then what was the max value for a silver stat?
He had no idea.
Even when he asked Grid, the only answer he got was that due to security reasons, he couldn’t be told.
So from the moment he realized he wouldn’t be able to transition to gold easily, Su-ho began focusing his stat allocation on Great Strength rather than True Mana.
Because he judged that raising other stats, which at least had a definite max value, into the silver color was far more beneficial than pumping a True Mana stat that might not turn gold for who knew how long.
After allocating the two bonus stats he’d obtained into Great Strength, Su-ho immediately headed to the next gate.
'This is the last one.'
The final gate.
If you ranked them, it was around the tenth-highest difficulty in Madagascar.
In other words, a place he didn’t even need to clear.
In truth, from fourth place onward, there was no need for Su-ho to intervene at all.
But even so, the reason he selected ten gates was purely for leveling up.
After all, when Su-ho was in the 200s, clearing a two-star gate would always raise his level by at least one.
'You should raise your level as much as you can when you can.'
Su-ho wasn’t someone maintaining some mobile game ranking, but his final goal was, in the end, to prepare for the big gate that would come.
[ Entering the gate. ]
Su-ho’s figure vanished into the gate.
*
[ You have slain the Rotting Tree King, Dark Ent. ]
[ The gate has been cleared. ]
Thud!
The boss of the tenth and final gate, the Rotting Tree King Dark Ent, collapsed.
Naturally, it wasn’t a difficult opponent.
It was only tenth in difficulty even within Madagascar, and since it was wood attribute and dark attribute, if he slapped it around by attaching fire attribute and light attribute, it ended quickly.
'It was basically like splitting firewood with an axe.'
So the fight itself felt dull, and instead, what he looked forward to was the system notifications that would appear after everything ended.
Because once he cleared this gate, he would finally reach level 300.
Soon, the rest of the notifications began to appear.
[ The MVP of the gate clear is ‘An Su-ho.’ ]
[ Additional experience is provided for MVP selection. ]
[ 1 bonus stat is provided for MVP selection. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have obtained 1 bonus stat. ]
'Finally, level 300.'
And then it began.
[ You have reached level 300. ]
[ You have achieved a great accomplishment, and the System gifts you 5 bonus stats. ]
[ The player has reached a singularity. ]
[ A class quest is activated. ]
[ A trait quest is activated. ]
[ The first condition among the unlock conditions for the fifth authority of Dragon Blood has been achieved. ]
[ The first condition among the unlock conditions for the fourth unlock of Vampire Blood has been achieved. ]
[ The first condition among the ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) unlock conditions for the third unlock of Giant’s Bloodline has been achieved. ]
[ The first condition among the unlock conditions for the second unlock of Fairy Blood has been achieved. ]
...
Additional system notifications poured down.
The ones that poured out first were all familiar things he had seen before too.
So it was even more exhilarating.
Because the taste you already know is always the best.
Of course, the system notifications were only getting started.
[ A trait quest is activated. ]
[ This is a one-of-a-kind trait in the world. ]
[ A dedicated quest is activated. ]
[ The second condition among the unlock conditions for the fifth authority of Dragon Blood is revealed. ]
[ The second condition among the unlock conditions for the fourth unlock of Vampire Blood is revealed. ]
[ The second condition among the unlock conditions for the third unlock of Giant’s Bloodline is revealed. ]
[ The second condition among the unlock conditions for the second unlock of Fairy Blood is revealed. ]
[ The condition has been met. ]
[ The ‘Hero’s Destiny’ quest held by the Heracles trait has been activated. ]
'Hm?'
But what appeared after that was somewhat unexpected.
These were all quests related to New Blood, and because at level 200, they only opened when he manually activated the class quest, but this time they activated on their own first.
However, Su-ho didn’t think it was that important of an issue, so he roughly skimmed past them and moved his gaze to what appeared next.
'Hero’s Destiny has activated.'
This was especially unexpected.
According to what Black Heracles said in his previous life, the Hero’s Destiny quest activated one day out of nowhere.
But now the condition had suddenly been met?
It seemed there had been some condition even Black Heracles didn’t know about.
'Or the System gave him a hint and that guy missed it.'
Because Black Heracles wasn’t the type who was meticulous and sharp.
Anyway, with that, all notification generation ended.
Thinking he should check the details after leaving the gate, Su-ho stepped out of the gate.
“The Great King is coming out!!”
“Great King!!”
“Tsura!!”
When he came out through the exit portal, the lizardmen who had been waiting outside bowed in reverence.
But it was the moment Su-ho raised a hand to greet the guys he’d been waiting for.
[ The condition has been met. ]
[ The Dragon Egg fully hatches, resonating with your experience and mana. ]
Fwoooosh!
All of a sudden, the Dragon Egg’s complete hatching began.