The organizations that had unknowingly harbored these infiltrators faced intense scrutiny and public criticism. The Awakener's Association, along with several major awakener groups, issued formal apologies to all victims affected by the attacks, acknowledging their failure in screening and oversight that had enabled such infiltration.
"We accept full responsibility for the security failures that allowed these individuals to operate within our organization. Our vigilance was insufficient, and innocent people paid the price for our negligence." The Association's public statent read. Beyond apologies, concrete action followed. The Association and affected groups established heavy reconstruction funds, contributing trillions of dollars toward rebuilding Zone D and providing compensation to families who had lost loved ones. dical care, housing assistance, and financial support were made available to all survivors.
New security protocols were implented across all major awakener organizations—better background checks, and counter-intelligence asures designed to prevent future infiltration. The rebuilding efforts beca symbols of resilience and community solidarity, but the scars from the attack would remain visible for months to co. ♢♢♢♢
Inside the First Sanctuary, Moon's grin stretched across his entire face in satisfaction as he stared at the notification flashing across his retina. "Finally, it's done."
[Kill Fifty level 25 creatures classified at S-Rank power level alone: 50/50] - Complete
[Copy and comprehend 5 Uncommon/Rare or higher ranked skills: 5/5] - Complete
[Gain a Legendary Rank Skill: 0/1]
Two of his three evolution requirents had officially been completed. During the long week of hunting, Moon had spent most of his ti clearing The Grand Horizon and its surrounding regions. He'd managed to locate and eliminate ten S-rank beasts within The Grand Horizon's vast territory, while finding the remaining targets in nearby hunting zones.
His storage ring now contained more than twenty-five S-rank beast corpses, including their valuable cores. Beyond that, he'd gained hundreds of A-Rank beast corpses that would provide extra side inco.
Moon calculated that after selling his entire inventory, combined with his existing net worth, his total wealth would exceed 130 million dollars—more than enough to purchase whatever equipnt or resources he might need for the challenges ahead.
During this week, Moon had also returned to Earth several tis for status updates. Upon his first return, he discovered that the familiar zone where he'd lived for years no longer existed—replaced by a construction zone slowly rebuilding from ruins.
He didn't need detailed explanations to understand that sothing catastrophic had occurred they had escaped. After receiving briefings about what occurred during his absence, Moon felt profound gratitude that his group had taken refuge in the sanctuaries during the crisis. They would have been direct victims of the Ascender-level attacks if they'd remained on Earth.
An entire zone had been obliterated—his apartnt building had also been vaporized along with everything else.
Fortunately, aside from cherished mories associated with the zone, Moon didn't have any significant belongings here. The apartnt had been rented rather than owned, which ant he'd suffered no direct financial losses—that burden fell entirely on the landlord.
'Smart decision to rent instead of purchase,' he reflected internally. 'The Association will probably distribute compensation in installnts to cover the maximum number of victims simultaneously rather than paying full amounts imdiately.'
Zone D was no longer habitable for civilian residence, not for the next month at least. The nearest viable alternative was Zone C, where the S-Rank gate he'd cleared had originally erged. That area remained the most familiar to him since it was the only other zone he'd spent so ti exploring.
Checking his phone, Moon found regular status updates from both Selene and Yara. These brief ssages served as their thod of confirming safety during transitions between sanctuary visits.
After sending them both response ssages, Moon also contacted Kael to check on his friend's wellbeing following the widespread attacks.
Moon pocketed his phone and headed toward one of the Glassy Group facilities in Zone C. Massive rewards awaited him for his successful base reclamation missions, plus he had an enormous inventory of beast materials to sell.
After concluding his business transactions, Moon planned to return imdiately to the sanctuary. Over the past week, he'd gathered several promising leads about locations where exceptionally powerful "S-rank beasts" had been reported. This intelligence ca from multiple sources—word of mouth, Internet forums, and awakener community discussions.
Based on the gathered information, Moon believed there was significant probability that one of these reports actually described a Supre creature. The details about beasts capable of eliminating other S-rank opponents with relative ease, combined with several other tips strongly suggested encounters with Supre Rank creatures rather than rely powerful S-Rank creatures.
"I need to go properly prepared this ti," Moon muttered as he entered the imposing skyscraper.
The hunt for his final evolution requirent—a Legendary skill—was about to begin in earnest. But first, he would ensure he possessed every possible advantage before facing whatever Supre-level challenge awaited him in the deep depths of the First Sanctuary.
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Inside one of the many branches of the Glassy Group, Moon was quickly escorted to et with one of the facility's leading managers.
"Mr. Outlaw, it's genuinely a pleasure to et you in person," the middle-aged Evolver said warmly, extending his hand with a broad smile. Although he was greater in evolution rank and power, he didn't dare underestimate Moon's significance within the organization.
Being personally recruited by the Glassy Group's chairman wasn't sothing that happened casually, not to ntion the direct orders from higher managent to provide Moon with exceptional treatnt and priority service.
Moon explained the completion of his base reclamation missions, detailing how he'd successfully cleared both facilities and eliminated the hostile forces occupying them.
"The agreed rewards were an S-rank weapon of my choice, plus 5% of the monthly inco both bases generate going forward," Moon confird.
After consulting his records and verifying the mission status, the manager nodded with satisfaction.
"Indeed, sir, that's completely accurate. Your missions are marked as complete and ready for compensation.
Regarding the S-rank weapon, you have two options available. We can either have one personally crafted to match your specific combat requirents, or you can select from our existing premium inventory."
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