Just after previous chapter!
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Change of POV: Morgan Le Fay
I hugged Ikari-San back, causing her to give me a worried look, all meanwhile my face is beaming at screen in front of me.
Oh my~
I have devil's luck, was it?
[Congratulations! You won 2,000,000 Gold!]
'Just when I thought I would get 10 Gold, I instead got something worthy!' I inwardly laughed at my f##king luck, it's horrible! It almost caused me to cry though. But here we are.
I'm not going to complain about my luck in following weeks!
"Ikari-San.." I mumbled, loud enough so she can hear me. And she twitched slightly. "I got 2,000,000 Gold."
Tension can be felt in air.
I slowly turned my head around to look at her, and I saw her expression.
I almost laughed at her expression!
Her mouth opened, she gaped. She froze, she is not moving at all.
Shocking, isn't it?
Then I slowly stopped hugging her, and pushing her slightly. Allowing me to exit her embrace, then I shifted my full attention to the screen.
Hmm?
I clicked [Claim] obviously, right now, this is Much, Much, needed. It's as if this was plot convenience or plot armor simply, as If I was in some weird fanfiction rather than reality right now.
Well, doesn't matter.
I snorted, I don't care. Gift is a gift, and I need this one.
How do they say? You don't look at gift in the horse's teeth or something like that.
I rubbed my chin as I looked at my currency.
[Gold: 2,005,300 ]
Yeah, before I got 2 millions I only had 5,300 Gold but now..
I can buy an S-Rank, whichever I want.
From chosen Ticket of course.
Then I slowly looked at clock above the TV.
11: 20 AM.
Then I looked at relieved Ikari-San.
I squinted my eyebrows at her.
'System, how is called that Hunter from Germany? The strongest Hunter from Germany, I think it was something like lionhart, lieeenart or something. ' You can't blame me for forgetting his name, he barely had 10 panels in Manhwa if he even had that much. All I remember is that he was ranked as 10th in the world and was one of the strongest Hunters excluding Ruler's Vessels, he might even be stronger than Goto Ryuji since he noticed Shadow Soldiers in Jin-Woo's shadow, but once again. Goto-San was fighter, while German guy was a Mage.
Two different Classes and two different worlds. Not really comparable honestly.
I almost grumbled underneath my breath.
As I waited for [System]'s answer if it will even answer.
Though I favored Goto-San more, the German Guy is probably strongest Hunter I could summon from S-Rank Class, or at least one of the 'known' strongest Hunters.
Solo Leveling is like our Earth, so there must be people who are not 'Ranked' and simply want to live normal lives, so inevitable I would summon one of them.
It's certainly possible that there are powerful awakened who are teenagers, but did not want to become Hunters. There are always exception, and it all must be calculated into the pool.
We never know.
But at least [System] proved to be useful once again
[Hunter that [Player] mentioned would be
I almost giggled, yeah I almost could remember his name. I was close though.
I looked at Ikari-San, who still remained by my side with expectant gaze, by now she is the one that knows me the best out of everyone.
After all, months of talking together worked out couple of things between us, she is not as 'stiff' as she was at beginning. And I somehow see her as something like a 'close friend' right now.
"I decided, I will summon Lennart Niermann." I replied to her, causing her eyes to widen. Whose wouldn't, Lennart Niermann despite not being National-Level Hunter should very well be known.
It's not easy fit to be 10th in the world after all.
"Are you sure, Morgan-Sama. We don't know if he can speak Japanese." She voiced her opinion, I dismissed it with a wave of my hand.
That's the least of our problems.
"Don't worry, for 500 Gold I will give him knowledge of Japanese Language so that won't be a problem. We originally planned for Mizu-San to go to Tokyo and take control from there. But now I can leave that to Lennart, after all he is quite strong and should not have any problem with taking care of such big city, and it wouldn't really look that odd since the city should have foreigners too." I explained my reasoning, with such amount of Gold, language is the least of my problems.
Sometimes, I couldn't help but think that my [System] is a true cheat, even compared to other [System] that I have read about.
It would be such a pity to not summon him honestly, though his appearance might threaten the hierarchy that was created by Goto-San by now.
It might be 'blocky' at first, but once we establish sufficient control 'over Japan' we'll send Lennart over to Europe.
So I will just summon two A-Rank Hunters with him and send them together to Tokyo right now.
"I...Understand." She looked slightly un-certain. But If I want strict and firm organization, I don't have time for second guesses.
I need my orders to be absolute, and supreme in it.
So, without waiting anymore.
I quickly opened [Summoning-Center], clicked into Summoning-Hunter section and chose [Choose-Tickets]
Then out of all ranks I picked [S-Rank Choose-Ticket] with a price of 1,200,000 Gold.
I slightly winced at price, but there will be 800,000 to spend on after S-Rank ticket.
Compared to paying only 1,000,000 Gold for a random S-Rank, paying additional 200,000 for a strong one as the German Guy seems better at first.
I will use that money to buy better equipment and swords for 'stronger' Hunters. One C-Rank or B-Rank weapon for Goto is a must.
With the clear intention, screen shifted. Showing a [Search] bar.
the 'Search Bar' works exactly as you expected, a keyboard appeared beneath it.
Without waiting further, my fingers moved towards it.
So I typed the name of the hunter. 'Lennart Niermann'.
[S-Rank: Lennart Niermann] Appeared on the search options, with excitement I couldn't mask. I clicked his name.
[Would you like to Summon [S-Rank: Lennart Niermann] ? ]
[Summon]
Confirmation, ha? Doesn't matter, I already decided if I will or not.
I clicked on Summon, results were immediate.
A figure appeared in front of us.
'Lennart Niermann' with short blonde hair with blue eyes simply appeared in front of me. Wearing brown coat and brown suit underneath it.
And his face is younger, pretty much same as with Goto-San when he was summoned, if he was in his late 20s in Solo Leveling timeline, then he is at most 20 right now.
Sharp yet somehow with 'aristocratic' features, as some could say was his face.
But my eyes ignored it for now, and in advantage moved towards the 'Hunter's Stats' screen below his stomach.
I almost whistled.
[Hunter's Stats]
[Name: Lennart Niermann]
[Rank: S]
[Title: Greatest Hunter in Germany]
[Class: Mage]
[Level: High-Satan Class]
Once his blue eyes fell on my form, he knelt.
Yeah...
Where Japanese Hunters bowed, he knelt.
I suppose, culture is still a big part of their identity even in another world. Some things simply cannot be changed, no matter how much someone tries.
"I, Lennart Niermann report for duty to Lady Morgan." His voice is young definitely, and compared to Japanese Hunters who used '-Sama' to refer to me, he used Lady.
European, much ha? Though, even if I lived for years in Japan, I prefer usual : Miss, Mr and Mrs. Instead of -San, -Kun, -Chan, -Sama.
And he spoke in English too.
I nodded before opening [Knowledge-Shop] but not before motioning him to stand up, which he did.
My eyes from a moment to moment drifting to his form, still uncertain if all of this was a dream all along. What would I do if I suddenly 'wake up and realize it was all a dream'?
I chewed my lips for a moment before I turned my attention to the shop instantly, and continued my search for Japanese.
I opened section for Languages before searching for Japanese.
"Lennart Niermann, you have been summoned into alternate reality from you own. We are currently in Japan." I began before finding Language I wanted and buying it for a small price of 500 Gold.
I nodded. Before opening [Inventory].
Lennart's eyes slightly glazed with confusion but he nodded.
"Your questions will be answered, but first.." I took the a 'Rune Stone' from my [Inventory].
This 'Rune Stone' is different, it does not contain a skill. Instead it contains 'Knowledge'of anything you buy, languages for example, it still works as a normal Rune Stone does, all you need is to crush it and you will acquire the knowledge you wanted.
In this case, this stone has 'knowledge of modern Japanese Language'.
I extended it to Lennart who took it gave me a questioning glance, of course they wouldn't know about it. He thinks it's a skill probably.
I shock my head for a moment.
So I replied.
"It's a Rune Stone that gives you knowledge of Japanese Language once you crush it, crush it you will need it." I ordered him, leaving no room for negotiation. I'm the leader, he is the soldier. So I added. " You will be debriefed on current state of the World's affairs by Goto Ryuji and you will be given a task."
He nodded, before his eyes slowly moved towards the Rune Stone, and for a moment he was in deep though before shaking his head.
His hand 'tightened' around the stone, as it shattered into peices.
~Cranch.
He crushed the stone, his blue eyes flashed with purple light for a moment.
And the crushed stone turned into dust before it simply 'disappeared' as if it didn't exist at all.
And he spoke, once again.
But this time in fluent Japanese.
" I understand, Lady Morgan." He asked before he knelt once again. " Whatever is your task, I will make sure to fulfill it with utmost of my abilities. " He proclaimed. His head bowed down, not willing to raise and meet my eyes.
I nodded before I looked at Ikari-San behind me.
"Call Goto-San, notify him that we got a 'guest' that he needs to see asap. Don't mention anything with summoning. We do not know who might be listening." I ordered her, causing her to rapidly nod before picking up her phone and dialing a number.
You never know is some supernatural 'faction or organizations' are over-seeing phones. So 'summoning' or anything 'magical' will stay out of usual phone lines.
I turned back toward the German Hunter in front of me.
My eyes felt on Lennart's kneeling form, but my eyes focused on his stats this time.
My ability to check my 'Summons' Stats is certainly useful, it allows me to see their level.
But it also begs a question, would a Hunter from Solo Leveling be able to improve their strengths in this world? I'm very much curious about that, but once we make a stable organization, it would be one of the first actions we take, 'training E-Rank Hunters'. [System] unfortunately does not have answer for that.
But let's return to the topic.
This guy is stronger than Goto Ryuji by level.
Goto-San is Mid-Satan Class.
Lennart is High-Satan Class.
From what we know, Supernatural world ranks a person per their amount of 'mana' and Magical presence.
Though, there are some exceptions, people who cannot use Magical Energy yet have physical proves way above Ultimate-Class, like Issei in Scali Mali Boosted Gear later on in Anime, he was not shown using anything but basic shoot beams and Balance Breaker.
But he had enormous Magical Energy in said Balance Breaker.
Same thing works for 'Solo Leveling'. If their mana is too high to process for their devices, they would be rated as S-Rank. And Fighters-Class with Higher amount of mana will win against those with smaller amount of mana. Not only because they would naturally be stronger, but because they can even enchant their physical prowes with said Mana.
But For Mages in Solo Leveling it's slightly different, the more mana they have, the more dangerous ability they have. Sung Jin-Woo had hundreds of thousands of Mana points eventually, and Lennart in front of me managed to push a Beast Monarch back couple of meters with his green projectiles he threw at it.. Even if that push wasn't much, coming from a Hunter who is not Ruler's Vessels talk a lot.
For example, you got Goto Ryuji who died against Ant-King, an Monster that other National-Level Hunters would either No-Diff or Low-Diff. Liu Zhigang and Thomas Andre would No-Diff for example. Liu Zhigang would just play around with it first to sate his boredom, Thomas Andre simply wouldn't even be hurt, if Demon King's Daggers could not even pierce his 'normal skin', same daggers that mutilated Ant-King, then what chances does Ant-King even have in hopes of scratching him?
I rubbed my chin. Even though I love Beru, Beru at Jeju Island might be ranked at S-Rank +, stronger than any S-Rank Hunters minus Ruler's Vessels.
Then you got Lennart Niermann, a mage that managed 'to push' a Beast Monarch, a being that's stronger than Kamish and Ant-King numerous times by several meters. If it was any other Mage, Beast Monarch wouldn't have budged even a little bit.
This simple shows that a Mage with higher Magical Power simply has more dangerous power.
In other words, I have high hopes for this guy. Maybe once we envelop Europe into our area of influence i can make him be 'Director of European Department of Human Faction' or something like that. Depends on his achievements.
So i spoke.
"Stand up, we have a lot to talk about." I ordered him, he swiftly stood up once again, I had to strain my neck to look at him in eyes due to our height difference.
"As I said, you are now in another world." He nodded, I paused. " In this world all mythologies exist." His eyes narrowed.
"Yes, and before you ask, Heaven exist, Angels exist, Archangels exist." I hurriedly added, he seemed satisfied with my response. " And that also means, Devils and Fallen Angels exist."
His eyes shone with curiosity and he couldn't help but open his mouth to ask.
He spoke.
"Are Humans aware of their existence ?" He asked, even though it's a bit naive question, it's still a required one.
I shock my head firmly before meeting his gaze.
My eyes narrowed.
"Humans together as Humanity are seen as nothing more than livestock and toys to Supernatural side of the world. " I started. " Devils kidnap and force Humans into slaves, into their collective they call Peerages. Church experiments on children and create clones of ancient heroes, Heaven doesn't bother doing anything past plain warnings."
And oh, let's not forget about Vampires too.
His grim face was enough of an answer I needed.
"But I have the power to change that. I can summon Hunters from your world, strong Hunters like you are equivalent to Gods here. And summoning you, and eventually proclaiming a Human Faction with strong people like you will gave pause for Supernatural World. " Paused, breathing and sighing. " Humans right now are just hand picked, the best of the best are taken and turned into Devils. All because they are born with 'powers' called Sacred Gears." My eyes averting towards the ground for a moment before I raised my head once more, locking my gaze with hsi.
Then my eyes locked with Lennart Niermann.
"So I'm going to ask you, will you lend us your strength for peace and prosperity of Mankind?" I asked, already knowing the answer to my question.
But nevertheless, I still wanted to hear it from him and no one else.
Chapter Word Count.: 2706
Chapter before editing -Word Count: 1793
Chapter after editing - Word Count: 2706