Konoha's Mission Master

"Atomic Samurai lost the hand that held the sword during the great battle."

"Zombie Man, mysteriously disappeared, but should still be alive."

In the following time, Genos introduced Yakumo to the main structure of the Hero Association. These heroes were required to take orders from the association's councilors, who were in turn divided into two parts.

Although heroes can disregard the opinions of councilors, Yakumo learned from Genos's words that... at the grassroots level of humanity, almost everyone agrees on maintaining a balance.

Maintaining a balance with the city of oddballs.

Under this trend, heroes who regard monsters as enemies have lost their former glory and fallen from grace, and some extremist organizations have even proposed to completely abolish the hero system.

The trembling tornado is powerful, but it cannot change people's hearts.

The current trend in human areas is to maintain peace with the monsters.

“The world is foolish,” Yakumo sighed, shaking his head.

"Actually, they weren't like this at the beginning. In fact, in the first few years, they even supported the heroes to go on expeditions to reclaim the territory that once belonged to mankind."

Genos lowered his head, his golden eyes dimming. He no longer resembled a hero comparable to a god-level monster, but rather a down-on-his-luck beggar.

"But we disappointed them. We suffered several crushing defeats, and countless lives were lost in the monster's counterattack. When heroes no longer create miracles, they will no longer sing the praises of heroes."

"That's why someone with Tornado's personality would tolerate those politicians crossing her bottom line time and time again."

Genos raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the walls and traversing thousands of miles of space, witnessing the scene of the battle from years ago.

Involuntarily, the image of Saitama, the teacher, came to mind.

"If he were still alive, things wouldn't be like this."

"We can create miracles; the Nature King is just the beginning!"

Yakumo offered words of comfort.

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Chapter 382 Scientific Roar Ignites the Volcano

After a brief day of rest, the group set off under the cover of night. Due to Genos's involvement, they abandoned their strategy of using the Flying Thunder God Technique for teleportation this time.

High in the sky, Yakumo created a dark green flying boat, and the four of them squeezed into the somewhat cramped cabin. When they reached the silver platform, they had already given a brief introduction of themselves.

Genos also figured out the identities of the group and their relationships, which made him a little suspicious.

That is, he couldn't find information on several people in his database. You should know that his database is linked to servers throughout the entire human world, and in the past twenty years... he couldn't detect information on several people.

This feeling was like a ghostly figure detached from the entire world, suddenly appearing in Jiyun Mountain and assisting him in killing the Nature King.

In Genos's view, Yakumo and the other two were shrouded in a thick fog.

They must also have their own goals.

However, as he said, as long as Yakumo and the others' goal is to hunt monsters, they are his friends; as for other goals, Genos doesn't care.

"Won't this attract flying monsters?"

Yakumo used his Soul Eye to peer through the wooden wall at the pitch-black night outside.

Tonight there is no moon or stars... It feels extremely oppressive, as if a huge curtain has blocked out the starlight. In the distance, the clouds are constantly rolling, and deep purple lightning flashes within them, foreshadowing an impending storm.

"Of course, among the known god-level monsters, only two have the ability to fly. Apart from those two, any other monsters would just be easy prey."

Genos answered with great confidence. He had absolute confidence in the field of aerial combat. He was now one of the pillars of the Hero Association and was no longer the greenhorn cyborg he once was.

"Then I can rest assured."

Yakumo said that he always felt that moving in the air was a bit ostentatious and not cautious enough... especially since he was not yet considered one of the world's top experts.

If one were to forcibly push their intelligence attribute to 100+, they might be considered among the world's top powerhouses.

"It's a pity that I have enough attribute points but can't break the limitations."

Currently, many attributes have reached their limits. Due to the lack of Grandmaster Breakthrough Scrolls and... Dao Transformation Scrolls, improvements to the body's basic attributes must be temporarily put on hold...

Yakumo clenched his fists, looking somewhat unwilling...

However, his excitement was quickly calmed down. He found that after sacrificing his lifespan for power, he became increasingly craving it, even to the point of obsession…

He didn't want to face the despair he had once felt, because he had lost the right to gamble with his life.

It's only two months... I can afford to wait...

But he had to ensure the safety of Chiyuki and Mori Masako for the next two months, and a childlike look of confusion and helplessness suddenly appeared in his eyes.

The battle is bound to be dangerous; this world is no longer under Yakumo's control.

He lost control of his future.

Masako Mori reached out and grasped Yakumo's right fist, gently stroking it, a comforting smile appearing on her face.

His taut fist slowly relaxed, and Yakumo grasped Mori Masako's soft, boneless left hand. For some reason... he noticed that Mori Masako had become more sensitive to his emotional changes lately.

Yakumo felt relieved, and the confusion in his eyes disappeared. The most important reason for bringing Mori Masako and Yuuki Chiyuki into the game instance was... as teammates, they could also gain something from this instance.

Only these gains will allow them to break through their limits and prevent them from becoming lonely immortals in the future.

Suddenly, Yakumo understood, and the confusion in his eyes disappeared.

What they have done is already irreversible.

At worst, we'll die together.

With the detection of the Eye of Souls deactivated, Yakumo withdrew the soul energy that had surrounded him. Suddenly, a rather crazy idea popped into his mind: if he succeeded, his strength would experience a leap forward.

Genos's chosen target this time is M City. Last night, he told Yakumo about the origin of the Lava King, which was originally an extinct volcano.

But ten years ago, that dormant volcano erupted.

Suddenly, volcanic ash erupted and covered the entire city of M. A god-level monster emerged from inside the volcano, using lava as its main means of attack. As it passed, endless high temperatures followed, naturally forming its domain.

It was born from the destruction of underground mines by humans, and its heart is filled with resentment towards all of humanity. When it destroyed M City, it manipulated a large army to attack the surrounding cities.

The Lava King planned to destroy all of humanity, but he encountered the Angel King, who came to stop him, on the edge of M City. The two fought a great battle in the border open space.

Ultimately, the Lava King was defeated and returned to the interior of the volcano, secretly using his abilities to influence the surrounding creatures and create a massive army to attempt to reignite the battle against the surrounding cities.

The Hero Association's records of that battle are vague, except for the council members and a few S-class heroes who know that Angel King drew his sword during that battle.

With a single sword strike, Lava King, also a god-level monster, was defeated.

Even though the Lava King couldn't withstand a single blow from the Angel King, it was still humanity's greatest enemy.

Because he controls the power of the world's lava veins, he can draw upon the magma deep underground with his own will.

If lava is ignited in a human city, even a combined effort of many S-class heroes will not be able to prevent its destruction.

This is also why Genos chose the Lava King as his target; the goal set by many S-class heroes was to jointly kill the Lava King.

A few hours later, the dark green cloud boat arrived over M City. Countless volcanic ash floated in the air, and the entire sky was dark and covered with a layer of gray.

"The objective of this battle is to kill the Lava King. Now let's discuss the specific battle strategy and the objectives we are responsible for."

The surrounding walls slowly parted, extending into a flat deck. The group walked onto the deck and looked at the gray world around them. A hint of annoyance appeared in Genos's eyes.

“I have a plan,” Yakumo said.

"Please speak."

"Genos will first use artillery fire to lure the Lava King away from the volcano. Once it leaves that huge active volcano, its strength will inevitably decrease, and then you will need to restrain it."

"The three of us will take care of the Dragon-level, Demon-level, and Tiger-level monsters around us within a few minutes. Then, you and I will join forces to kill the Lava King."

Genos nodded and continued.

"But you've overlooked a problem: under the Lava King's rule, there are a total of eighteen Dragon-level monsters, making it impossible to resolve the situation in a very short time."

"Try as much as possible. If it doesn't work, retreat. Killing a few Dragon-level monsters every day will eventually solve the problem," Yakumo said again.

"That works too."

Genos said that he used this method to eliminate all of Nature King's subordinates, reducing him to a lone commander.

“But I have a better way,” Genos continued.

"please say."

"Detonating that volcano with high-intensity bombs, although the Lava King's abilities spawned many Demon-level and Tiger-level monsters, they were fundamentally unable to withstand the temperature of the magma."

"Under the might of heaven and earth, the Tiger-level and Ghost-level enemies were wiped out."

Yakumo agreed with this method, but in that case, he would not be able to accumulate battle points by killing Demon-level and Tiger-level monsters.

But he couldn't think of a better way to change Genos's plan, which had been stored in Genos's mind for many years, waiting for the day to detonate the volcano.

"Given the height and size of that volcano, it should affect the two surrounding cities, right?" Yakumo asked.

"The surrounding cities are long gone, replaced only by strange people!"

Genos immediately replied that the impact on the two surrounding cities was clearly also in his calculations; it was a plan that killed many birds with one stone.

"The Lava King will be furious if the main base is detonated, right?"

"Anyway, the Lava King cannot leave the M City area."

Genos answered as a matter of course.

The rule that monsters cannot launch large-scale attacks on humans is an unspoken rule among god-level monsters. The Angel King is the overseer of this rule, and those god-level monsters who harbor great hatred for humans are not allowed to leave their birthplace.

Otherwise, the Angel King has the right to kill the monster.

The Angel King's level is at the pinnacle of god-level monsters, the darkest level.

The Hero Association even defined it as the strongest monster.

It is also an anomaly among all eccentrics.

Kindness, purity, selflessness, and tolerance.

They never slaughter and abhor destruction.

"If we kill a large number of god-level monsters, will we incur the wrath of the Angel King and be hunted down?" Yakumo suddenly thought of asking Genos.

"Currently, the Angel King has not launched any attacks on heroes."