The world's geopolitical landscape continued to shift, like ink spreading on water, gradually coloring the world.

[Breaking News: Gate Outbreak near Arctic, Observation Failure by Russia.]
[Steady Increase in High-Rank Dungeon Occurrence Rates.]
[B-Rank Hunter Kim Wan Announces Decision to Naturalize in China.]
[Japan Successfully Conquers S-Rank Dungeon, Suffers Heavy Hunter Casualties.]

News outlets flooded daily with reports about gates. In such a volatile world, countries and guilds were scrambling to secure talent.

And in South Korea, a rising star had appeared.

Go Areum.

She was still ranked D, but her promotion speed was astonishing. And she …