Born Sacred

Chapter 111: Before Entering

The environment within a Disaster Instance is somewhat related to its location, meaning this Three-order Disaster Instance in Sunrise Nation and the world shards behind it should be primarily marine areas, and the Demonized Monsters inside are very likely sea creatures, perhaps even Sea Clan.

Rose provided a relatively useful piece of information.

Hearing this, Noah, who had originally been considering whether to go alone and force his way into the Instance, immediately abandoned the idea.

"That’s true. If they weren’t Sea Clan, most of the Demonized Monsters would drown as soon as they appeared. Where would you find such a good thing?" Noah shook his head.

He didn’t have any underwater combat skills.

With his strength, he wouldn’t fear any Sea Clan, but trying to kill all the Demonized Monsters inside the Instance in a short time would be completely impossible. If he really went in, he would essentially be reducing the pressure from the monsters for Sunrise Nation and Eagle Federation, while gaining absolutely no benefit himself.

"Let’s leave it at that."

Noah stopped paying attention to outside matters. There were still two days until he had to enter the Instance, so he prepared to go out for a stroll.

Since the National awakening (Awakening of the entire population), he had been busy with Instances and hadn’t relaxed for a long time.

Just like an Ordinary person, or rather, an Ordinary Awakener, Noah strolled through the streets. Although he was a famous figure, with a slight disguise, he wasn’t worried about being easily recognized.

The downtown area of New Sea City was still very lively. What people discussed the most, however, was no longer games, travel, food, movies, or everyday gossip, but rather strategies for various Instances, showing off to friends what skills and equipment they had obtained...

The times had changed.

Noah sighed inwardly.

However, he didn’t know how long these peaceful scenes before him would last.

The Ghost-Level Calamity was about to descend. This was not the end, but the beginning.

No one knew where Blue Star would head in the future.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Noah’s gaze narrowed. On the street several hundred meters away, a spatial rift appeared without warning, and several Demonized Monsters, their bodies shrouded in demonic energy, crawled out.

"Zero-order, zero-order, zero-order, oh, and a First Order one."

Noah indifferently glanced at these Demonized Monsters. His Eye of Investigation shot out a ray of light, allowing him to immediately understand their strength.

Just as Noah was preparing to act and instantly kill these Demonized Monsters, he noticed several Awakeners darting out from the crowd to meet the Demonized Monsters.

"Everyone, spread out."

"Quickly call the Supernatural Management Bureau! In case we’re not a match, they can hurry over to provide support."

The crowd wasn’t panicked at all, as if this wasn’t their first time experiencing something like this.

"Two First Order, three zero-order."

This strength undoubtedly surpassed the Demonized Monsters on the other side, so Noah didn’t make a move.

Soon, the few Demonized Monsters were all dealt with, and this small crisis dissipated accordingly.

As the Ghost-Level Calamity approached, the frequency of spatial rifts appearing globally increased. Noah didn’t expect that he would encounter one just by casually going out for a walk.

What made him even more emotional was the crowd’s reaction, and the fact that two First Order individuals could just appear casually.

"The number of First Order Awakeners in Starfall Nation must be approaching a million by now, I presume."

Noah didn’t pay attention to the exact number, only knowing a rough estimate.

A million First Order Awakeners was an astonishing number globally, and a figure other countries could hardly imagine. Even if those cheaters cast aside all reservations and used the ’one dragging four’ method to help large numbers of people clear Instances, they couldn’t produce so many First Order Awakeners.

The reason was simple: an Advancement Instance could only be cleared once.

Those capable of using the ’one dragging four’ method to clear Advancement Instances were all strong individuals among the zero-order, either possessing powerful innate Talents or built up with attribute crystals. The former were naturally rare, as Awakeners with high-level Talents were few to begin with. As for the latter, there weren’t even enough attribute crystals for the cheaters themselves, let alone giving so many to others, especially since such "strong individuals" could only bring four people through an Advancement Instance.

Therefore, the number of First Order Awakeners in foreign countries was extremely small. All of them combined only amounted to a few hundred thousand, not even comparable to a single country like Starfall Nation.

The cheaters’ exploitation of others was also concentrated at the zero-order. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to exploit the First Order, but because there weren’t that many First Order Awakeners.

The strength of Starfall Nation’s First Order Awakeners was all genuine, without much exaggeration.

The biggest reason why Starfall Nation had so many First Order Awakeners was naturally the two nationwide rewards; the +30 to all attributes was simply too good. Secondly, it was the Body Strenthening Skill. Although most people didn’t make significant progress, with so many people in Starfall Nation, there were still some with high aptitude.

If similar nationwide rewards were given one or two more times, Noah suspected that the number of First Order Awakeners would increase significantly, and in the future, everyone reaching First Order might even become a reality.

...

Sunrise Nation.

While Noah was casually enjoying himself and relaxing, some people were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

"How is it? Has Starfall Nation replied? Did Noah agree to our terms?" Miyamoto Nobuo paced back and forth anxiously, asking a question from time to time.

"No, they flatly refused," Miyamoto Nobuo’s capable assistant, Hasebe Haruhiko, said with a bitter smile.

"Truly greedy beyond measure, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant," Miyamoto Nobuo said, very displeased. "Alright, we’ll take a step back. My Instance contribution only needs to be 30%, but our Sun Goddess Squad’s total contribution must exceed 50%."

He had a pained look, as if he had made a huge concession.

"Okay," Hasebe Haruhiko’s spirits lifted, and he quickly contacted Starfall Nation’s side.

Soon, Starfall Nation replied.

"Refused! We made such a big concession, and they actually still refused!" Hasebe Haruhiko had a look of disbelief. "What exactly do they want? This is a Disaster Instance on our territory!"

"Let’s leave them hanging for a bit," Miyamoto Nobuo said coldly.

He didn’t believe that Noah would be uninterested in a Three-order Disaster Instance.

However, what the two didn’t expect was that there was no more news from Starfall Nation’s side; they had absolutely no intention of bargaining back and forth.

Having no other choice, they could only proactively contact Starfall Nation and continue to lower their demands.

And so, they lowered their demands step by step. In the end, they completely gave up their own interests, only asking that Noah could come and help them resolve this Three-order Disaster Instance.

To their despair, Starfall Nation’s reply remained the same.

"Sorry, Noah refused."

"Bastard!" Miyamoto Nobuo’s mindset collapsed. He angrily smashed everything in the room to vent his pent-up frustration and rage.

"What should we do, Master? Are we expected to deal with that Three-order Disaster Instance ourselves?" Hasebe Haruhiko’s eyes were filled with fear.

They had personally experienced the terror of the Disaster Instance.

When attacking the Tier 2 Disaster Instance within their country, the Amaterasu Squad had lost some personnel. As for the Three-order Disaster Instance, they didn’t even dare to think about it.

"Are you looking to die?" Miyamoto Nobuo cursed fiercely.

Without reaching Three-order, he simply didn’t dare to enter a Three-order Disaster Instance.

Just thinking about Three-order, Miyamoto Nobuo’s face was full of helplessness.

As for Growth Value, they had long since maxed it out.

But they simply didn’t dare to enter.

Having had the painful experience with the First Order Advancement Instance, they didn’t dare to be careless in the slightest.

Miyamoto Nobuo had sent a team into an Advancement Instance, and the information they obtained was that the current difficulty of the Advancement Instance was High Difficulty.

High Difficulty...

This step instantly stumped all Tier 2 Awakeners who wanted to achieve Ascension.