Far from the place where Professional Hunter Exam licenses were issued, on the Dark Continent.
At that very moment...
The sky was a thick, ashen gray, like milk that had been spilled, and beneath that dreadful canopy, a fierce battle was raging.
Rumble—
With both hands gripping the Sacred Moonlight Greatsword at an angle, Gelman skimmed lightly over the few remaining patches of earth amid the searing, explosive magma.
Not far away stood the Disease Spreader, which had recently awakened from beneath the earth and clawed its way up through the soil.
Not long after setting out from the Moose Centaur Tribe and returning to the Ancient Labyrinth, the squad had decided to teleport to the Ash White Desert to replenish their supply of Alchemy Plants.
The Disease Spreader had only recently revived, making this the moment when it was at its weakest. This was the perfect time to strike.
However, they weren't actually sure whether the Disease Spreader had revived yet. They might have arrived too early, or too late.
They had estimated its Rebirth Time Point based on the Painful Bloodthirsty Apostle, which had taken about three months to revive.
As a precaution, Gelman had lit two Teleport Lanterns in the Ash White Desert.
One was the "Special Lantern" that had been there from the start, while the other was the "ordinary Lantern" Gelman had left at the battlefield where they defeated the Disease Spreader.
Teleporting between "Special Lanterns" had no cooldown, but there was a cooldown between a "Special Lantern" and an "ordinary Lantern," or between two "ordinary Lanterns."
Gelman's squad had taken advantage of this by using the "Special Lantern" in the Ancient Labyrinth to teleport to the "Special Lantern" in the Ash White Desert.
Then Gelman had sensed the location of the "ordinary Lantern" and