39 Chapter 38 (2/2)

”So, dungeons become something like a convenient natural resource?” Leon asked.

”Yeah… and that is why we don't like strangers very much.” Ren explained. ”Although that is more or less true to every nation now, we recently lost a powerful survivor when we got attacked by a group of spies who stole certain resources from our stock. That survivor was the eldest son of the Emperor…”

Leon felt a sharp headache when he heard that. The worst-case scenario had happened. A member of the emperor's family died protecting the resources of his country while fighting the spies and smugglers.

”Let me guess, American survivors did it,” Leon said.

”Yes,” Ren answered.

”… Why didn't they try to buy the things they stole?” Leon asked.

”They bought, but they didn't feel satisfied with the number of resources we wanted to sell,” Ren said. ”They did something unforgivable, but I can imagine that they were in a bad situation since they were forced to create discord between our nations.”

The crime was a crime, and now they had an international problem in hands, but at least Leon felt a little less worried since only one person died. Although the person died would eventually become the next emperor of Japan…

”What did they steal?” Leon asked.

”Water Dragon's Scales… the obvious guess is that they are suffering from constant attacks of water monsters.” Ren explained. ”I heard that many dungeons in your country are near the coast but underwater.”

Leon didn't like to hear that. Although his hometown wasn't that close to the ocean, it wasn't that distant either. They probably wouldn't be attacked by megalodons, but after hearing that small monsters decimated the population of the world, he couldn't help but worry.

Leon finally arrived in Asia only to find an even harder path ahead of him. He couldn't wait to receive help from Japan after the death of the Emperor's son, the best options would be to ask for help from Russia, India or China but those were fighting amongst themselves so that he couldn't do that either. In the end, Leon could only rely on himself.