After listening to Oko's explanation, Ye Chen slowly nodded.
"So that's how it is."
"That really is good news."
"After all, with one more Apex Hunter, our side's overall combat strength will receive a tremendous boost."
Weimeng remarked with an admiring expression.
"Mr. Fanu has long been highly respected within the Hunter Corps, and for years has borne the title of 'the foremost beneath the Apex Hunters.' Now that he has finally fulfilled his wish of becoming a true Apex Hunter, it does seem only natural."
Firona curled her lips and added:
"However, even for such a renowned senior as him, after the news that he had awakened the sixth layer of dreams and officially assumed the ninth seat among the Apex Hunters was announced within the Hunter Corps, all of Hunter's Peak still exploded into an uproar. The day before yesterday, almost every passerby I met on the mountain was eagerly discussing it, chattering away like a marketplace."
Erigat picked up the thread.
"And now, if the even more outrageous news that you—a mere twenty-something—are joining the ranks of the Apex Hunters is made public, just how feverish will the atmosphere on Hunter's Peak become? That really does make one curious."
Xiya chuckled lightly, somewhat removed from the matter.
"Hehe, if that happens, I imagine Ye Chen will resist going up the mountain for quite a while. After all, he never did like drawing attention to himself."
Just imagining himself walking down the street with every eye fixed on him, while people constantly came up to strike up conversations, was enough to give Ye Chen a faint headache. He could only let out a deep, helpless sigh.
"Sigh, that's true."
Weimeng teased him in a peculiar tone.
"Hm? Ye Chen, what's with that disgusted look? Don't you know what