In the hall on the first floor of the lord's manor, more than twenty awakened people gathered here.

They have different identities, different skills, and different positions and responsibilities in the town.

But one thing is consistent at this moment.

When the Awoken came to the hall and saw An Rui empty above his left shoulder, their expressions immediately became tense.

The lord of a border town has lost an arm!

Something big is definitely happening in the world of Montenegro!

At this moment, it is getting late.

An Rui, who was sitting in the main seat of the hall, examined everyone's expressions, but never spoke.

Out of respect and inner tension.

The Awakened only discussed quietly, and no one took the initiative to break the silence on the surface.

The last to arrive at the lord's estate to the north were the huntress who lived south of the town.

Seeing An Rui's state, she sighed slightly and calmly accepted the reality in front of her.

“……”

At this time, An Rui's eyes swept through the hall.

In addition to young people like Anna, Joel, and Lindsay, the awakened people from the town's long-established stores have all arrived.

With a wave of his hand, he told the guards to close the door.

When the door was closed and the air was completely quiet, An Rui opened his mouth and announced to everyone:

"Ladies and gentlemen, you also know that I rushed to the world of Montenegro a few days ago."

"There, I was attacked by a monster, and this arm was unfortunately destroyed in the battle."

As An Rui spoke, Song An, the town's doctor, walked up.

The gray-haired old man carefully examined the healing wound on An Rui's arm, and his skills were only four stages, and soon all that was left was a regretful expression and a shaking of his head.

In front of the doctor, An Rui's speech continued:

"Here, I bring you dangerous news, the dragon beasts of Black Mountain are advancing!"

For a moment, the hall was eerily silent.

Then came the outbreak:

"What?" "Is that drake really advancing?" "Stage 8!"

The awakened in the hall suddenly panicked.

The strongest among them is none other than An Rui, a warrior of the fifth stage in front of them.

As a result, the dragon beast next door is about to advance to the eighth stage, which is almost a legendary stage!

As an awakened person on this mountain.

They are even more difficult to accept than the average person.

In the face of such news, someone soon stood up and questioned the news just released by An Rui:

"When the town lost contact with the outside world ten years ago, didn't we send someone to investigate? That thing had only just been promoted to the seventh stage, so it suddenly appeared and stopped in Montenegro. After so many decades, it is impossible for a demonic beast to advance again! ”

Anrui didn't care about being refuted by others.

He just nodded in acknowledgment of the other party's thoughts, and then continued to tell the truth:

"Normally, of course."

"But that drake beast did such a reckless act, it tried to merge with the essentia of the world, so as to forcibly increase its strength, and then promote its own advancement!"

"Even the snowfield on our hidden border is a phenomenon that has spread from the world of Montenegro because of its reckless actions."

An Rui's explanation immediately sparked a heated discussion.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing!"

A few minutes later.

A calm, powerful voice rang out in the crowd.

It was Iriel, Joel's teacher, the most experienced craftsman in town.

"Everyone also knows that once this reckless way of advancement fails, the dragon beast's life will immediately self-extinguish, and the world that will be excessively extracted by it following essentia feedback."

"When the biggest threat is gone, we can sit back and relax, and we can even restore contact with the outside world."

What Iriel said was true.

It is impossible for such a quick success to advance without a price, otherwise wouldn't everyone act like a dragon beast?

But the huntress stepped forward and sang against the old craftsman:

"What if it succeeds?"

"What we don't do now is just let this guy toss. Once the time comes, the aftermath of essentia influence will be enough to freeze us into a world of ice and snow! ”

Huntress and old artisans go toe-to-toe.

At this time, Song An, the doctor who examined An Rui's wound, walked down and tried to calm the emotions of the two:

"Dan, Iriel, don't be in a hurry."

"Promotion from the seventh stage to the eighth stage, how can it be so simple!"

"Even if that beast succeeds, I'm afraid the whole process will take a lot of time."

With that, the doctor turned his attention to Anrui.

The lord of the Hidden Frontier also nodded in approval of the idea:

"Based on what I've observed, it will take at least six years, and at most ten years, for that drake beast to complete its progression."

"Heh, ten years!" Someone in the crowd immediately began to laugh at themselves, "So, we're really safe!" You've been stuck here for more than ten years, how many more decades will you have in the future? ”

Immediately, someone came forward and put forward their own ideas:

"The Hidden Frontier is a dilapidated world, too small!"

"Even if it's just the impact of the advanced process, it can bring a devastating blow, do you think the danger of temperature change will be smaller!"

The threat of the Montenegrin world has completely intensified the emotions of the awakened.

Soon someone stood up and scolded:

"What else? I can't beat it, I can't run away! ”

"Closing your eyes here and waiting for death?"

“……”

"There is still time for some things, no matter what we do later, let's take a look at the present."

Just when the quarrel of the crowd intensified.

Somkin, the owner of the grocery store, suddenly stepped forward.

This businessman, who was extremely scarce in goods and had little presence in normal times, immediately set his sights on An Rui after stopping the increasingly tense argument among the crowd:

"Anrui, in the past few days since you left, you may not know what is happening in the town. We were attacked by a group of spider monsters not long ago, and the losses are not small, so getting through this winter is the top priority. ”

"You should have some opinions on this, right?"

An Rui replied calmly:

"Those spiders should also be the subordinates of the dragon beasts, I fought against them in the Black Mountain World......"

Anrui hadn't finished his sentence yet.

Somkin grasped the crux of his words and deduced:

"You've touched those spiders!"

"So those spider monsters that destroyed farmland came up because you went down to the Black Mountain World?"

“……”

Anrui was silent.

Whether it sounds good or not, Somkin is telling the truth.

The owner of the grocery store blinked, and he didn't grasp the question anymore to dig deeper.

but under the gaze of the multitude.

He fixed his gaze on Anrui's empty left arm and stared at it in silence for a few seconds.

Somkin turned his back to Anrui and said to the crowd:

"Guys, I think it's time to do something."

"Once the dragon beast is successful in its advancement, we will only kill ourselves if we continue to stay here. Even if it's just for the sake of the young kids in town, we can't afford to waste it like this again! ”

"Even though things are dangerous, but ......"

"Somkin, shut up!" An Rui suddenly interrupted the merchant's speech, "You want to take everyone on an adventure and try to cross the Black Mountain?" Enough, it's just looking for death! ”

Somkin closed his eyes slightly.

Then he also turned around and directly met An Rui's angry gaze:

"That drake beast is busy advancing!"

"This may be a rare opportunity, after all, its attention must be in its own advanced process, and we can take advantage of this opportunity."

An Rui reiterated in a very serious tone:

"You're taking everyone's lives as child's play!"

"Somkin, I know you can't trade here, and your skills are almost dead, but that's not a reason for you to trick others into paying for your life to open the way for you to escape!"

Somkin was noncommittal.

He also just calmly stated his opinion:

"It's impossible to do nothing."

"Besides, I'm not the only one who really wants to get out of here."

“……”

The night was getting deeper.

The atmosphere in the lord's manor was also getting scorched.

But at the other end of town, Lindsay, with a torch, was looking hopefully at the seed that had just sprouted.

The green seedlings are full of vitality and are growing very well.

After more than a month of trekking, Lindsay finally had time to fully immerse herself in the process of cultivating crops.

The possibilities of resource-based skills are far from being explored to the limit.

Soil, water, fertilizer...... There are so many aspects that can be tried to be resourced.

Lindsay is in a positive mood right now.

He thinks that this winter should be the hidden frontier, and the last time there will be a shortage of food!

[I have amnesia about what I wrote yesterday.] 】

[Ah, thank you to the alliance leader of the Accumulator!] 】

(End of chapter)