Runemaster in the Last Days

It would be good enough if Murin didn't die because he couldn't feed his magic beasts.

As for Ruth, Dina had seen the other party and knew that Ruth was still a bit further away from reaching the peak of rank 6.

The two of them had only reached rank 6 a few weeks ago and consolidating their ranks plus gathering more resources to reach the peak of rank 6 definitely took time.

They couldn't possibly reach the peak instantly.

And this world was not very friendly for them because the mana concentration was not very high. If they wanted to practice faster, the best choice would be to enter the crack but most of them would only stay near the crack's enetnrace.

In this way, if something happened, they could go back directly.

But now, someone had taken a step ahead.

"Ah, the feeling of being overtaken is really not good." Dina clicked her tongue and then took out her phone. "Jonas, go and investigate the movements of other returnees. I want the result as fast as possible."

"Yes, Miss."

After hanging up the phone, Dina looked at the distance and clicked her tongue.

She really wanted to go there and checked it herself.

But Dina had the faint feeling that even if she went there, she wouldn't be able to do anything. Every returnees have their own way to deal with their advancement and definitely put a lot of protective measures around it.

Some courageous b*stard even dared to do their advancement ceremony next to a rank 8 magic beast back in that world.

Dina could only say '666' to them.

Because she wouldn't dare to do that.

But she herself was also making the preparation for her advancement ceremony even though she knew that it would take at least a few more months or even more than a year for her to reach the peak of rank 6.

"Should I hasten my preparation…" Dina thought about these people who had practiced to become demonic magician before restraining herself.

If she did that, it was estimated that there would be a lot of troubles waiting for her.

It would be unwise to offend the entire world at this juncture.

Especially with the first rank 7 magician, magic warrior, or a warrior out there.

She just had to be patient and continue to practice.

"Tsk."

Not far from Dina's place, Ruth was staying beside the closest crack to City J Base. Because Dina was recuperating and didn't make any movement, she took this chance to enter the crack for practice and come out at night.

She had just finished fighting a powerful rank 6 magic beast when she sensed the mana fluctuation and came out of the crack.

When she saw the mana distortion in the air, Ruth understood what had happened.

"So someone had taken that step… it's really fast."

Only slightly more than a year since the earthquake happened and someone had already reached rank 7. This speed was definitely very fast and could create a record.

Because even in that world, it was rare to see such a genius.

"But upon reaching rank 7… the progress will slow down a lot." Ruth sighed and sat down. Seeing the mana distortion in the air, she was not in the mood to practice.

Besides, practicing during this period of time was the same as seeking death.

The mana was surging towards one direction and unless they were already rank 7 or above, they would never be able to compete with it.

Anyway, the ceremony would last a few hours at most.

Once it was done, the world will return to normal. At that time, practicing would not be hindered at all.

All they have to do was to be a bit more patient.

"The next question is who it is…" Ruth muttered to herself and sighed.

She only knew that it was definitely not Dina or Murin nor could it be someone who was on the other side of the world.

There were only a few options and all of them didn't seem to be bad.

Because if everyone had to say, everyone is fine to advance to rank 7 except for Murin and Dina from this side. If either one of these two advanced to rank 7 as the first person, then it was estimated that Continent Z would be in chaos.

These two people had their own goals and their methods were not exactly what most people could accept.

So if they gained the power they wanted while other were still lagging behind…

*sigh*

Ruth didn't want to imagine it.

She might be only cooperating with Continent Z's officials, but she knew very well that every returnees were only waiting.

Waiting for them to have enough power to overturn the world.

Rank 7 was the first step.

Thankfully, not all of them have such wild ambitions and those three people were still relatively normal. In this way, Ruth were not that worried.

…

*some distance away*

"Hmm?" Peter was doing his missions from Martial Arts Association. One had to say that in terms of doing mission, Peter was really obedient.

Of course, that was if one ignored his violent way of beating up the magic beasts and the fact that he would be the one to get the most of the reward. But nevertheless, Peter was really easy to use as a thug by the Martial Arts Association.

Even the government also liked Peter's way of doing things.

As for the magic beasts' meat, it was treated as payment for Peter's work.

"What is it, Peter?" Peter's assistant saw Peter suddenly stopped and thought that something happened.

"There's mana distortion… someone is advancing to rank 7," Peter replied as he looked in one direction.

The mana distortion was a bit weak from his position, so he could guess that the distance should be quite far away. In any case, Peter had no intention of coming over to make trouble.