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But that is a story for later; Ryan was too lazy to tell them.
After all, while these people's strength was decent, they might not necessarily be able to help him much.
Moreover, whether the Dweller in Darkness's companions would come for revenge was still an unknown.
After all, based on his and the Great Protector's conjecture, the Dweller in Darkness clan descended by sensing the suffering of large-scale intelligent beings to open a dark passage.
And in the World, how many opportunities were there for desperate experiences of suffering like city-wide plagues or the zombie virus?
Looking across the Marvel Universe, although there were many disasters where large numbers of people died, most were very swift deaths; rarely were there ones as long and painful as plagues or the zombie virus.
Without the support of prolonged suffering, the energy to open the dark passage could not be generated.
So Ryan wasn't worried.
The matter of the Dweller in Darkness naturally came to an end.
Next...
Ryan looked at the Great Protector and Guang Bo: "Great Protector, Village Chief Guang Bo, the Dark Gate has been destroyed by me along with the dark creatures inside. You in Ta Lo Village no longer need to continue guarding this place. What are your plans next?"
Hearing this, the Great Protector and Guang Bo couldn't help but be stunned, clearly having never considered this.
Instead, Zheng Xian, the Director of the S.P.E.A.R. , his pupils constricted, and he hesitated to speak, clearly realizing what Ryan wanted to do.
This kid actually wants to poach people!
Although... strictly speaking, the villagers of Ta Lo Village, including the Great Protector, were not native Chinese people of Earth, but humans from another dimension who looked like Chinese people.
But at any rate, the people of Ta Lo Village had lived in China for thousands of years and were a decent force; Zheng Xian didn't want them to be poached away.
But before he could speak, Ryan shot him a look.
In the next moment, Zheng Xian and the three people behind him also saw the giant Tri-colored Spider behind Ryan that seemed to connect heaven and Earth!
And compared to the indifference it showed the Great Protector before, the countless compound eyes of this Tri-colored Spider looking at them now were filled with venomous malice!
Just like a Spider Monarch about to launch an attack on you!
At this moment, the four members of the S.P.E.A.R. finally knew why Ryan's title was 'Spider Monarch'!
This really was a deadly Spider Monarch!
At the same time, the four, like the Great Protector, understood the huge gap between them and Ryan!
Therefore, Zheng Xian, who was just about to interject with some banter, tactfully shut his mouth.
After a moment of silence, Guang Bo shook her head and spoke first:
"Thousands of years ago, our Emperor sent the Great Protector and us, the last of the elites, to help the invaded Earth..."
"And our World was destroyed by the Dweller in Darkness after that. Our final mission was to help Earth fight the Dweller in Darkness. Now that you have completed this mission for us, I think we will continue to live in seclusion here. After all..."
"We have nowhere else to go..." The Great Protector took over Guang Bo's last sentence with a face full of sorrow.
As the guardian deity of another dimensional World, it had failed to protect its own World. If anyone was most saddened by this, it was certainly the dragon.
Thus, it was also the most grateful to Ryan for killing the Dweller in Darkness and avenging its World!
The corner of Ryan's mouth curled up: "I think otherwise. You came to this World to protect Earth, and you've guarded the Dark Gate for Earth for thousands of years. You've contributed enough to Earth!"
"So, you are not without a place to go. Earth is your new home!"
"And in one's own home, being constantly trapped in a tiny room—that's just too restrictive, isn't it?"
"So I think everyone needs to go out and see occasionally. At least, give the young people of Ta Lo Village a chance to choose freely~"
Hearing this, Guang Bo and the Great Protector were somewhat moved.
After all, they were also intelligent beings, and no intelligent being doesn't long for freedom.
They had stayed here their whole lives, especially the long-lived Great Protector, who had been here for thousands of years, so bored it could only pass the days by sleeping. It had long wanted to go out!
Now that there was nothing left for them to guard, and Ryan had opened this topic that they found hard to broach themselves, the longing in their hearts had already reached its peak!
But as the village chief, Guang Bo was still somewhat worried: "But those children haven't been in contact with the outside World after all. They were born and raised here, and have long been out of touch with the outside World. I'm afraid..."
Ryan interjected: "Don't worry. How about this? My Parker Industries recently plans to replace its security team with qualified personnel, but we haven't found anyone suitable. Why not let them try?"
"On my turf, their salary and benefits will definitely be top-tier. The company is full of trustworthy people, so there's no need to worry about them being cheated. This way, they can work at my company while slowly getting to know the modern World~"
Hearing this, Guang Bo, being an old fox, naturally understood Ryan's meaning immediately.
He was planning to bind Ta Lo Village to his Parker Industries!
However... this didn't seem bad either.
With a strong thigh to cling to, why not?
Therefore, Guang Bo did not refuse. Instead, she stood up and looked at the villagers behind her who had been listening in:
"Everyone, you have given your lives to fight the darkness, but Ta Lo Village is free. Now that the darkness has been cleared by Mr. Parker, the path for the future is now yours to choose!"
Even Guang Bo and the Great Protector longed for freedom. The previous successor of the Dragon Power had even given up the powerful Dragon Power for the sake of free love.
How could these young people of Ta Lo Village not long for freedom?
So, after getting the village chief's affirmation and having been incredibly moved by Ryan's intentionally raised voice just now, how could they hold back?
As the first young person raised their hand, it was like a highly contagious disease; one after another, they raised their hands.
In the end, all the young people actually raised their hands, expressing their willingness to leave and see the new World!
Even more than half of the middle-aged group in Ta Lo Village raised their hands, saying that their forties and fifties were exactly the time for them to venture out!
Only the elderly group, due to physical reasons and the fact that old people are generally more nostalgic, decided to stay in this paradise-like village as Village Guardians!
Finally, what surprised Ryan the most was that even the magical animals of Ta Lo Village, which seemed to have stepped out of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, walked over to him one after another, crowding around him and licking him, as if saying they wanted to follow him out too!
For example, the lion with a body size comparable to an elephant, the breathtakingly beautiful Nine-tailed White Fox, and the 'horse' that looked exactly like a Qilin?
There was even a flock of 'Phoenixes' burning with raging flames circling above Ryan's head!
Although Ryan couldn't understand the meaning of their chirping animal language, he could roughly understand their intent through the emotional fluctuations they emitted.
They really did want to go with him, but it wasn't because they longed for freedom, but rather... like submission to the King of Beasts?