"Indeed, there is no enemy that Master cannot defeat. Otherwise, Earth would have been destroyed long ago." Genos nodded, he had absolute trust in Saitama.
"Hey! How did you get out of the spaceship?" A voice sounded from nearby.
King looked up and saw Tatsumaki, her body flickering with green light, looking at them with a haughty expression.
The spaceship's bombardment earlier had been easily neutralized by her using Psychokinesis. She had originally intended to deal with Melzargard while she was at it, but she hadn't expected the suddenly appearing King to beat her to it.
"Oh, it's my idol! I was kidnapped by them halfway!" King forced a smile.
He could not afford to expose his identity in front of Tatsumaki.
"Hmm? So it's you! I didn't expect you to have some skills, a monster that so many S-Class Heroes couldn't defeat actually fell at your hands."
Tatsumaki recognized King, and her gaze became somewhat suspicious. After all, she had seen Melzargard hold out for so long under the siege of numerous S-Class Heroes.
"You must be joking. It's mainly because the S-Class Heroes had already exhausted all of his strength, and I just happened to hit a vital spot, which is why I was lucky enough to..."
"Is that so? Forget it. Tell me, what exactly happened inside the spaceship? Where is their boss?"
Boom!
An explosion sounded from above, and the spaceship suddenly began to teeter.
Everyone's attention was drawn to it.
"Great, Tatsumaki-san is so amazing! Your attack worked!"
An excited glow appeared on Superalloy Darkshine's face. As long as the spaceship landed, they could launch an attack on the monsters inside.
"Hmm?"
Too busy to question King, Tatsumaki looked toward the spaceship in the sky with a puzzled expression.
A moment later, a beam of light shot out from above the spaceship. No one knew what had happened, except for King, who slightly raised the corners of his lips.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for assisting in killing the God-level Monster Boros. Obtained 1 million Talent Points and one random Talent Trial Card.]
King was all smiles. The harvest of Talent Trial Cards this time was huge, and the Talent Points had reached a massive one million in one go.
However, even more surprising things were yet to come. The system's notification sound rang out again.
[Ding! Mission ended. Completion rate: 20%. Reward: 2 million Talent Points, one random 100% Talent Growth Value Talent Trial Card.]
'I'm rich! I'm rich!'
King stood up excitedly. The injuries on his body had mostly recovered, but he was still very weak.
'Open system interface.'
[Talent Points: 3,676,800]
[Random Talent Trial Cards: 4]
[Monster Slaughter Order : Monsters below Demon-level (56/80), Demon-level Monsters (4/15), and Dragon-level Monsters (3/5)]
The only regret this time was that he didn't have time to devour the Dragon-level monsters. Otherwise, relying on the corpses of three Dragon-level Monsters, it would definitely have allowed his physical strength to reach a new level.
Rumble!
A roaring sound came from overhead, and the massive spaceship plummeted toward the ground.
Many S-Class Heroes hurriedly dodged.
"Hey! There are still surviving aliens over here!"
Following Superalloy Darkshine's shout, everyone gathered around. At this moment, a young man appeared on the ruins with an expressionless face.
"It's him? Oh no!"
King had just wanted to go over to pick up the leftovers, but suddenly seeing the man appear, alarm bells rang loudly in his heart.
A-Class Rank 1, Sweet Mask.
Pfft!
As expected, the surviving alien monsters were instantly killed by Sweet Mask.
Because of this, several S-Class Heroes started arguing with him.
King was quite helpless. He had wanted to accumulate more kill counts of monsters below Demon-level.
Boom!
A loud noise came from the other end of the spaceship, and Saitama walked out from within.
"Oh! He finally walked out!"
"Master! Are you alright?"
Seeing Saitama appear, Genos hurriedly ran over.
At the same time, Tatsumaki's gaze was also drawn over. "Wait a second, why are you, a B-Class, coming out of the spaceship too?"
"Oh, Genos! It's over, let's go back. Have you seen Kotaro?"
"I have."
"Kotaro! That's great, you're still alive."
Seeing that King was safe and sound, Saitama greeted him happily, but the latter's expression was extremely awkward, only wanting to hurry and escape this place.
"Wait a second! How dare a mere B-Class ignore me? Damn it, don't be too arrogant. Even on my own, I could eliminate all the enemies."
Seeing herself being ignored, Tatsumaki was extremely annoyed.
"Hahaha! It's all a misunderstanding."
King hurriedly came out to smooth things over, but Tatsumaki didn't seem to intend to let Saitama off, the green light all over her body surging.
"Enough, Tatsumaki. You represent the Association, right?"
Just when King didn't know how to handle the situation, an old voice suddenly rang out.
S-Class Rank 3, 'Silver Fang' Bang, walked over slowly.
King breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hmph, forget it."
Seeing this, Tatsumaki had no choice but to give up and headed toward the spaceship.
"Although I don't know how you did it, it really exceeded my expectations."
Bang's gaze toward the three of them was unfathomable, especially toward Saitama and King, as if he had seen through their secrets.
The subsequent events involved Metal Knight cooperating with the Association to complete the aftermath and reconstruction work, reinforcing the buildings, and constructing a steel fortress.
Furthermore, public infrastructure was reorganized. Roads built from the Association headquarters allowed for rapid access to various cities, and heroes of A-Class and above were also welcomed to reside at the Association headquarters.
Meanwhile, King received another summons from the Association and arrived at the headquarters hall.
"Are you Dark Mask? Please sit."
The Association executives, led by Jess, sat in a row, looking at King with scrutinizing gazes.
"Is there something you needed me for so urgently?"
King had some predictions in his heart, but on the surface, he remained calm.
"Based on your recent performance, the Association has decided to raise your rank to B-Class, and we want to ask for your opinion." Jess's tone was calm.
The Hero Association had been watching Dark Mask's recent activities. Even though he repeatedly claimed that he had been captured and taken into the spaceship, Jess felt that things were not that simple, especially since he had killed a Dragon-level monster at the end, making him feel that the person in front of him was definitely not that simple.
"To B-Class? That's fine, that way I won't need to be active once a week." King nodded.
Jess and the other executives nodded in acknowledgment.
"So you wish to be promoted? Very well."
What followed were irrelevant routine questions.
When King left, Jess was still flipping through his file.
"Dark Mask, B-Class Rank 5."
"Jess, newly promoted personnel usually start from the bottom rank. Isn't this setting it too high?"
"No, his strength is definitely more than that. Let us wait and see."
(End of Chapter)
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