The Dungeon Conquerors: Journey to the Peak

All the participants who were here would be going back to their own nations but the council of nations were planning to ask some of them to stay here in order to investigate the Ashen Barrens.

Obviously Rein and Sophia were not the only people who had noticed the peculiar nature of the incident. The Ashen Barrens had been known as a danger zone for a long time. But as almost no people lived close to this location, the monsters living here were not a big threat to the human race. So no one ever paid much attention to this place.

There were other more important matters that needed immediate attention.

But after this incident, the danger rating of this location went sky high and for good reason. Whatever was controlling all the monsters here on the previous day, were able to even order around monsters who were above the UR grade. That was something which had never been seen before.

A monsters surpassing UR grade were top ranking monsters and only some of the peak UR grade human powerhouses were able to fight as an equal against them. And just this area had almost 10 such insanely powerful monsters.

And if someone was truly controlling all of them from behind then that monster must be stronger than even those already extremely strong monsters, which was a nightmare to think about.

Another thing that surprised everyone was the fact that these monsters did not chase the humans outside of the Ashen Barrens. They had definitely not done it because of any kind of mercy as when a human was able to flee out of the area of the Ashen Barrens, those monsters were observed to have angry and regretful expressions.

So it was clear that for some reason, all the monsters of this danger zone were unable to venture outside.

The reason for that was still unknown and all the nations were trying to find out about it. That was also why they were asking for a few UR grades to stay here. As Rein and Sophia had also shown extremely powerful performance, they were also requested to help with the investigation.

Another reason for why they were chosen was because their nation already had other UR grades so there was no quick need to get back to the nation. So for all these reasons, why were asked to help with the investigation.

That was not the case for Ruby though. She had already fallen in huge danger twice in the Ashen Barrens and her nation only had two UR grades. Another danger zone called Kabalaska mountain was very close to this nation so after seeing dangerous the Ashen Barrens were, they wanted to have all the available strength to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.

As both Sophia and Rein were interested in knowing what was actually happening here, they decided to stay here for some more time. But as Ruby needed to go back now, she was very sad about the separation. But Rein promised her that he would come to visit her after the troubles here were over and also promised to video call her often. Only then Ruby returned back to her cheerful self again.

That night, Ruby returned back and both Rein Elena saw her off. Then they returned back to their tent and started to discuss their plan for the Ashen Barrens. As this place had become a lot more dangerous, Rein decided that it would be better if they did not separate from each other. That way they would be a lot safer.

They also had a few particular areas in mind which they wanted to investigate. Especially the areas where the monsters were gathering even before the start of the rampage was definitely very suspicious. So for the next day, Rein and Sophia first decided to go to the area where Rein had seen monsters gathering even before the start of the rampage.

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The next morning when Rein and Sophia were about to hear out, an unexpected person came to meet them. It was none other than Chris. As the official strongest person in the world, he wanted to solve this situation as soon as possible. Not only that but in the rampage, a close friend of his had also died, so Chris also had vengeance in his mind.

So Sophia and Rein were not surprised about his presence here but they were surprised as to why he was coming to them.

Chris did not keep them in suspense for long and told them that his purpose for coming here was because he wanted to team up with them. From what Chris had seen so far, Rein and Sophia both were strong enough to match him and would not hold him back.

Even someone as strong as him was feeling a bit unsure about the situation of this place, so he thought that teaming up with people of the same power level would be safer.

Rein and Sophia were not the only ones he had invited. Two other people had already joined him. Both of them were able to rank in the top 10 in the previous world championship so there was no doubt about their capability.

At first Sophia thought of rejecting this idea but after thinking about it a bit more, she decided to accept this invitation. Sophia and Rein both were quite young and their experience was still very little. There were many things that they did not know about.

But all the other members of this group were experienced blessed who had been through many life and death situations. So they definitely had more experience than Rein and Sophia. So having their help could turn out to be extremely useful. Rein was also fine with it so it was decided that their five people would investigate the Ashen Barrens together.

After Rein and Sophia agreed to his proposal, Chris took them to meet with the other two members of the team. One of them was a middle aged man with a bolding head but he was quite famous as the best healer in the world. Hia name was Patrik and he was also very strong in hand to hand combat.

And the other person was a lady wearing a baggy t-shirt looking very relaxed. She was also a famous person and her symbol allowed her to mentally attack her opponent. If someone fighting her did not have a strong willpower, then no matter how strong that person was, Kasumi would be able to easily defeat that person.

After introducing one another, it was finally time for the investigation of the Ashen Barrens to begin.