Chapter 145: Error

"White Fox.. Do you know what the hell you are saying? The Association clearly hadn't made any great preparation before this. I am not going to blame them because the appearance of a dungeon is unpredictable, but I am not going to let one of my members jump into death this easily. Rethink your decision. This isn't a trivial matter, not a typical dungeon that we can easily get out of. A dragon.. Haa, when was the last time a dragon appeared? Do you remember how much devastation it caused, the casualty it brought, and the everlasting impacts it had? At this point, the best thing the Association or the government can do is lock down the entire area right now, but they are still trying to hide it. Do you think these people view us as reputable allies? No! We are tools, but this is our way of living." Reina debated, holding White Fox's shoulder as she lightly shook the girl in hopes of knocking some sense into her.

Although she her words could seem tasteless and uncomfortable to hear from time to time, her feelings of affection to her prized acquaintances were real, and she would go to great lengths just to protect them. She wouldn't let White Fox take such a grave judgement, despite her also having some intentions to join into the fray. It could be said that this call to the advanced Hunters were nothing more than just an order for them to die early and buy time for later reinforcements to come and save the day.

It was a cruel fate, but there really was no viable way. Unstructured subjugation teams could already bring great misconceptions in normal dungeons, not to mention a dungeon that contained a dragon inside of it. Defeating a dragon required serious strategy, and before the Association was able to formulate that kind of thing, people like Lichte had to buy time first.

To be exact, before 'heroes' like Blythe- the acclaimed strongest Hunter of South Korea could jump into the battle, he would be sitting in his comfy suit, listening to the intel given by the scouting suicidal team and later on bring light upon the world with the efforts of others that would be forgotten easily by the public, whereas Blythe would survive and get all the praise.

Lichte was quite a high ranked team, but it was never near the ranks of Blythe's own personal group. They were still included in this scouting suicidal team category, which made them hesitate even more.

However, White Fox was terribly resolute in her decision, making the others confused as to why she was doing this.

"I just want to fight a dragon? Wouldn't it be quite interesting? What if we were able to win.. Hahah! If we contributed heavily, we will definitely get to skip ranks, right? Let's just do it. Or at least, I will do it. You guys don't have to." White Fox said as she signed on the participation list given by Yoona.

"What on Earth..."

After bickering back and forth, the other members of Lichte finally also decided to join along with White Fox. After they were all drafted, their eyes flew over to Aria, who had quite the bad expression.

"Aria-nim.. Are you going to join as well? We need as much help as possible, and having the assistance of someone like you would help us tremendously. You were able to contend to the people of Lichte, so I think you are very qualified even though you haven't received your proper Hunter certificates yet." Yoona questioned. She had seen the woman beat down Reina and Elgin within a short time, so she was definitely had a great future going for her.

"I.. will have to contact someone first. I will immediately rush after all of you. Don't worry, I will not abandon this mission. I just need to relay some information... Excuse me ahead of time." Aria knew that time was precious, but she needed to talk about this with Alena. "Please draft my name!" She said one last time before leaving the building and calling the little girl.

The girl routinely checked information about the world. The System also repeatedly sent her information about the more dangerous dungeons that were going to sprout out. If so, then how was this dungeon left unnoticed and revealed to her so late? Did the girl's ability malfunction?

She dialed Alena's number first, but the other side did not pick up. She ended up calling the girl's servant, to which the call was picked up quickly.

"Where.. Alena. Where is she? I need to talk to her quickly. Is she still asleep? Could you bring the phone to her side?" Aria asked in haste.

To this, the servant was quiet for a few seconds before a sigh was heard, followed by a statement.

"The young lady ran out. She seemed very.. troubled. She told us to not worry about her, and to inform to Lady Aria that she will be arriving in the place as well.." The servant communicated to her.

Hearing this, Aria frowned and questioned internally what the young girl meant. Although she still felt a bit confused, since the servant truly did not have anything left to say to her, she ended up greeting them farewell and hanging up from the line.

'The place.. Is it the dungeon gate? Did Alena also sense the weirdness and went there right away? Why didn't she contact me though.. Whatever, I need to get there in a flash.' Aria gritted her teeth as she rushed to the aforementioned place. She did not know whether it was lucky or not, but since the dungeon gate was located in the center of the city, there were already a lot of talented Hunters crowding before the gate.

She took a quick sweep over the individuals and realized one thing. She had previously learned about the important Hunters' identity in order to better her experience in communicating in the future, so she knew that a lot of the individuals that were gathered were at least B-rank or high C-rank. Indeed, the Association only called the elites and wouldn't dare to rely on lower ranks.

Alena was still not able to be contacted, so she had to search for a while before she was able to spot the girl out of the crowded arena. Not to mention, the guards did not let her into the crowd as she wasn't able to provide them with the Hunter certificates they were looking for.

There were many guards stationed near the place, possibly to collect entries from the arriving Hunters. They wouldn't allow someone like her, who did not even have proper civilian documents, let alone Hunter certificates.

She stumbled upon this dilemma and was stuck until she heard murmurs that contained the name Lichte. She was instantly reminded of that bunch and sought them out. They got out of the car Aria was familiar with. Aria called Reina's phone number and told her whereabouts.

After a few minutes, the group was able to reunite with Aria, who had quite the exhausted expression.

"How were you able to reach here before us? I thought that you said you had something to do first." Reina placed her hands on her hips as she raised a brow.

"..I ran here. More than that, can you prove my identity? I need to get in and look for somebody."

"Wha.. Ran here.. I will just stop questioning your stamina and physique. Who are you looking for again?"

"Alena Croft. A little girl." Aria answered.

"Hooh? Alena Croft, that little girl? You are acquainted with her well, I suppose?" Reina seemed to be acquainted with Alena and said with a rather condescending expression.

"..You can say that it's that way. Can you help me to find her?"

"It will be very easy with my help. Although I don't know why you need her, I'm not in the mood to pick a fight, so I won't question it. Tag along with me, I will get you to her." Reina crossed her arm and gestured for Aria to follow her, to which she did. They passed through the security guards immediately thanks to their verification, and their names were drafted inside the dungeon's participant list.

"Thank you very much. How.. will you find Alena?"

"It will be easy. Stay put here for a minute or two, I will come back with the girl right away," Reina spoke, leaving Aria with the rest of Lichte, who looked at her quite weirdly.

After some minutes had passed, Reina indeed came back with the familiar figure of Alena Croft, who had a disturbed look.

"Alena!" Aria did not question what method Reina used, and just ran over to girl.

"I know, big sister, but.. We.. tch. we will talk in a separate place. Big sister, please come with me?" Alena asked, to which Aria nodded and followed her quickly.