Status update

  Although Ethan had all the day for himself, he still decided to stop at noon to have dinner with his parents. Coincidentally, around that time, Hannah finally received his message. As expected, things were also quite hectic on her end.

"Sorry for calling you back so late," Hannah said after Ethan received her call. "Things are quite tense right now, so we are on high alert."

"Don't worry about it," Ethan said. "What can you tell me about this situation? Is there any chance that you might get involved in this?"

"I don't think so," Hannah replied. "The higher-ups are expecting that other dungeons might appear at any moment, so we can't exactly move. If one appears in our country, we will use all of our forces to stop the destruction from spreading. So, the likelihood of us Americans being sent to help those countries are quite low. Fortunately, those dungeon breaks happened in countries that have some big neighbors."