Though I had somewhat expected it, my influence had reached an unimaginable realm after our accomplishments in the previous incident. Just by saying that there was an important announcement, everything fell into place without me needing to borrow Hwaya’s power. Since we couldn’t leave Leon out of such an important announcement, we called him as well.

“Leon, it’s me.”

[Friend! What’s up? Did a new Event Dungeon appear?] he replied happily.

We then explained what our plan was and what we wanted him to do after the announcement. In other words, he didn’t have to hide that he was an explorer anymore and he could make other people into explorers as long as they met our two conditions and signed the contract.

Unexpectedly, Leon flew to Korea after thinking about it for a bit. The reason he gave was rather interesting.

“If I can make American ability users into explorers, that means they’ll become part of America’s strength. Since the government already knows I’m in contact with you, it’s only obvious that I join you in cutting the start line! I’m already a dungeon explorer, so it wouldn’t be right to hide in the shadows!”

I smiled. “Ha, you really are passionate, Leon. Thanks.”

“You know me well, dude!” He winked.

The dungeon was a huge secret. Since we had been hiding it all this time, people would undoubtedly criticize us for it. I, of course, had the confidence not to be bothered by it, but Leon seemed to think that it would have been cowardly to not include himself. Of course, we welcomed him with open arms. With Leon also being there, even...