London As if befitting its place as the centre of the Magic Particle omission the whole sky was covered in a thick cluster of clouds.

After arriving at Brixton we were finally able to see that.

An enormous pit that seems to have gouged out the middle of the city. This was The Abyss

It was way bigger than what I had imagined. Around the sides of it the whole land had formed risen as if it had been hit by some sort of wave. The buildings had turned to pieces, and it wasnt that hard to imagine what happened to the residents here as well.

A place which was once surrounded by huge skyscrapers, now didnt have even a single shade in sight.

A huge hole, ruined buildings, risen ground and numerous sights of what looked like mountains It looked like this place had gathered all of the United Kingdoms nightmares into one.

We got to The Abyss, but how are we going to find the BOSS?

I turned and asked Leo.

After hearing my words he made a strange expression, however proceeded to answer afterwards.

We have a way. Well begin its preparations so you just wait. after saying that Leo headed towards Alexander.

Alexander laid the luggage he was carrying on the ground and proceeded to take something out of it.

When we got closer to look at it, we saw that he had taken three silver cases from the inside.

Well use this.

What is this? asked Wan with a deep curiosity appearing in her eyes.

A small size nuclear weapon.

Eh!?

Hearing that left both Wan and Ryu dumbfounded.

Were they seriously carrying that thing around!?

Do you plan to shoot it inside The Abyss?

Thats right. If there really is a BOSS inside of there, it might not be able to kill it, however we will at least get some sort of response.

Wait, wait, and what exactly are we gonna do if it explodes where its not supposed to by any chance!? Personally, Ill be fine, but what about the others They wont get out unscathed

It looked like all of the members of The Sanctuary Knights had already known about it, but myself, Wan and Ryu hadnt heard anything! I thought it would be fine for me to get angry about it, but when I looked around it appeared Wan and Ryu were just surprised and Wan even had a look of approval in her eyes.

I guess Im the only one with a bit of common sense around here

And what if the BOSS doesnt appear even then?

Then well head north and enter Ireland. Most of the survivors have already retreated to Ireland so well go there as well and help them evacuate. Just as we had planned beforehand.

Anna and Elias proceeded to open the boxes and fiddle with the stuff that was inside. Later they explained to me that the plan was to shoot the weapons with a timer attached to them into the Abyss. However, because we didnt know exactly how deep the hole was we would be shooting them with different times of explosion.

Until the preparations were done myself, Wan, Ryu and Carlo just waited nearby.

Carlo I was that youve tamed the Greenland BOSS, but what about the one in Angola?

That one was a failure. With the help of this Circes Staff Im able to use Tame with a high success chance, however the stronger the opponent is the lower that chance gets.

I see. Did you also get their Magic Cores? BOSSes usually always drop one.

Magic Cores? What are you talking about? Theres no way a BOSS would drop a Magic Core.

Really?

For me whenever I defeated one it would always drop so I was taken back a bit by Carlos words.

For starters when you Tame a monster, their core is taken alongside them, and later by using the power within their core and your own MP youre able to summon them. Theres no way a Magic Core will drop from a Tamed monster

Hearing Carlos words shocked me quite a bit. After all up until now after using Tame Id always get a Magic Core with the BOSS ability! If Carlos words were really true theres no way I could have done that.

Well, in the end its still a hypothesis. Theres no one that can actually confirm whether its true or not either way Gojo have you seen a BOSS Magic Core?

Hm? Yea I have I thought that everyone here had.

Its true that with the Hunters Class Skill theres a chance for a monster to drop a Magic Core, but to imagine that BOSSes can drop one as well.

There were still a lot of things that we didnt now And besides this was the first time I was actually able to hold a conversation like this.

I wonder, why was it actually different?

While losing myself in my thoughts it appears that the preparations had been completed.

Were going.

After saying that they proceeded to lower the first case. After that the second and the third. All of us moved back quite a bit so that we wouldnt get injured and just watched.

Every single one of us was on our toes. The first explosion would apparently occur after around 5 minutes And after a bit of time passed the ground beneath our feet shook.

It seems like the first one exploded.

From within the hole a huge amount of smoke and light appeared piercing the skies above! Various sounds, from the explosion and shrieks of monsters were mixing together, covering the entire area.

Afterwards the ground shook two more times, however it was clearly not as much as the first explosion.

I guess its because they exploded in a deeper region

Another several minutes passed and everything went quiet, however there were still no signs of response.

Was it a failure?

Just as Wan said that I heard something. I wasnt sure if it sounded like a shriek, or a cry, or just like the sound of the passing wind, however there was definitely something.

Is it coming out of The Abyss?

After Leo said that, the air suddenly grew heavier.

Its not from there.

Hearing my words Leo turned to look towards me with a complicated expression. I pointed towards the sky turning everyones gazes towards that direction. The thick layer of clouds up in the sky was slowly starting to take on a red color.

Leo was looking at the changing scenery with an annoyed look, and whispered.

So it had already left The Abyss

None of The Sanctuary Knights could hide their shock as well. The clouds began getting redder and redder and following that we could see something heading towards the ground.

The surrounding temperature suddenly rose, and the Magic Particle density made it hard to breathe.

From within the clouds bright red scales were covering the body of a single Dragon Everyone here was completely dumbfounded by its size.

Its wing span looked to be more than 200 meters. All of the Dragons we had seen up until now, looked like small lizards compared to it.

No wonder its difficulty is an S This ones gonna be tough.

I tried appraising the Dragon that came down from the skies

Flaming Dragon King Shiva

Dragon Lv4482

So thats the ruler of the Dragons!!