The sun was set.
Everyone was looking outside. Before, they would look outside with fear, but today they looked with excitement.
They wanted to know what this new master could do.
Noah had created another dagger too, the poison dagger.
He was fully ready.
Monsters started to appear around the barrier. The area designated to them was around 100 km in radius. It was a huge area, so the surrounding region was also vast. But monsters were everywhere.
They looked horrifying.
Noah didn't even know which species these monsters were.
His scanner goggles were destroyed, so he couldn't scan them.
But with his search skill, he could tell their power level.
There were different types of monsters, from normal beasts to Demon Kings.
Okay, a huge amount of exp was going to come. As for coins, after getting enough food for everyone, if there was anything left, he would sell them.
As for cores, he was going to take only the mana cores, which he needed the most right now.
"Let's begin."
Noah jumped outside of the barrier.
Everyone felt as if someone had grabbed their heart and was about to burst it at any moment.
William was watching more intently.
Rudi was praying, and Mira wanted him to die. Different people had different expectations.
But then!
With a sonic boom, Noah vanished.
Instantly, flesh-slicing sounds started to echo from outside.
Monsters were roaring.
Whether human or beast, no one could see him.
He became a reaper, cutting down monsters like cabbage.
Noah was running at 50 km per second. He could run the entire circumference of 600 km in just 12 seconds.
After 5 minutes, Noah came to a halt. His two daggers were dripping with blood.
And tens of thousands of monster carcasses were lying there.
[Ding! 1 billion exp is added to your panel.]
He was rich. Hahaha.
After laughing a bit, he looked toward the people inside the barrier.
There was pin-drop silence there.
Some even sat on the ground. Some were crying silently.
Then Rudi roared loudly, and thousands of people also roared with him.
Their days of fear and depression were washed away. They had a savior now.
They hugged each other. Probably they wouldn't have to die anymore.
Noah entered inside the barrier.
"Fatty, take a team and bring those carcasses inside. Then cut their head region to see if there are cores. Bring all the cores to me. And separate the monsters which are eatable. Bring the others to me as well."
Rudi was super excited. Noah was giving him full authority.
"Yes, boss!"
Rudi gave him a salute.
Noah felt disgusted.
"Get lost, fatty."
Then he looked at William.
"Do I now have the qualifications to be your leader?"
William had already become a fan.
"Yes, sir. You are totally worthy. Please forgive me for my previous rude behavior."
Noah waved his hand.
"Don't worry. We are a family. Let's try to survive as long as we can."
Everyone heard this and was happy that Noah was a person easy to talk with.
After that, everyone went out to collect the carcasses.
It would take the entire night to bring them inside the barrier. Noah didn't rest. He was on high alert. If any monsters attacked, he would have to take action instantly. A slight delay might bring catastrophic disaster.
The whole night passed.
No other monsters attacked them that night.
When the sun rose, they had already brought all the carcasses inside the barrier.
Noah was sitting near a fire camp, eating some barbecued meat they had made earlier.
Rudi went to him and said, "Boss, we have brought all the carcasses inside."
Noah nodded, "Take a break, eat, and then collect their cores. Then separate the eatable and non-eatable ones."
"Okay."
Rudi delivered the news to everyone. For the first time, everyone felt useful.
Before, those who couldn't fight felt they were just parasites on those who could.
But today, all fighters and non-fighters worked together.
Noah had taken a huge place in their hearts in just one night.
They had a huge barbecue party for the first time, where everyone could eat to their hearts' content.
After eating, they stood up to work again.
Noah went to a tent to take some rest. By evening, their work was done. They got a total of 345 cores.
They didn't even know such things existed inside the monsters.
Rudi stood in front of Noah's tent and asked, "Boss, everything is ready. We have separated the carcasses and we also got cores. What should we do?"
Noah asked, "Why are you standing there? Come inside."
Rudi entered the room, and then Noah asked him to bring those cores to him.
He also told him to keep the eatable carcasses in frozen condition if anyone had ice talent.
Rudi left the tent.
After 5 minutes, someone brought all those cores into Noah's tent.
Noah looked at them. There were 131 mana cores, 104 speed cores, and 110 strength cores.
They had different levels.
Noah took 100 mana cores and gave 31 to Fiona.
The other cores were distributed among the S-ranked ones. In the upcoming battle, they would need strong people, so investing in the stronger ones was the right decision now.
Others would get their share after the battle.
Tomorrow was the battle.
Noah sold all the carcasses which were not eatable.
From there, he got 456 million coins.
This was, of course, after the 20x multiplication.
Noah went out of the tent.
He had already called a meeting.
Everyone was present. Not a single one was absent.
As soon as he appeared, everyone stood up.
Noah asked them to sit down.
"Tomorrow we will be given a choice, to choose our own difficulty.
The higher the difficulty, the better the result after surviving.
If we pass the easy level, we will be given a village. If medium, a town. If hard, a city. If nightmare, a country. And if hell, we will be given a kingdom.
So I want your opinion about which level we should choose.
But I want to choose the Hell option. Now you can give me your opinion."
Noah stopped talking and looked toward them.
When they heard that their leader wanted to choose the highest level of difficulty, some of them became pale instantly.
Tomorrow's battle would be between monsters and those five plus the leader.
They would be just the audience.
Could six of them handle hell-level difficulty?
Noah then said, "We will buy 2 plasma guns and place them at the entrance. That will give us a huge advantage."
"Plasma gun? What is that?" John asked.
"Plasma guns can kill a group of Demon King-level monsters like nothing. Even Demon Emperors might fall victim if hit well."
Their eyes were wide open. There was something like that in the shop? How much?
Noah said, "Price doesn't matter. I will also buy 10,000 super crossbows, which you will use tomorrow. Try to level up as soon as possible.
The beast tide will start from easy and slowly reach hell. So try to gather exp in the easy and medium phases. Is there any question?"
"We don't. Thank you, leader."
Everyone stood up and bowed.