Guardverse

*The title of this article is **conjectural**.
No official name has currently been given, so an unofficial name is being used. This article is subject to renaming at any time.*

## Appearances

### Last appearance

Chapter 271

The **Guard world**, referred to colloquially by fans as **Guardverse** (Korean: 가드버스, RR: *gadeubeoseu*) was a world belonging to the Deepest Spring. The world was devoured by its source and has since been lost along with all its people, now remaining only as residual data used in the construction of dungeons.

The Guardverse is named for its Guards, that world's equivalent of Hunters, and is notable for its Awakened people having particularly weak mana recovery abilities, a feature that contributes significantly to the system and culture around Guards.

## Overview

The Guardverse was a world centered around Mana Holes, which connect directly to the Deepest Spring and give out mana. Mana Holes appeared in various locations, usually at significant distances from each other that could take days to traverse even with high-powered vehicles, and cities were built around these Mana Holes. Mentioned cities include the following:

* Sollemnis
* Achates
* Lancea
* Médecin
* Nepos (formerly, merged into Médecin)
* Drosia
* Pharus

Due to the prevalence of high-rank monsters, each city was built to essentially be a small, self-sufficient country. Cities were surrounded by defensive walls and Defense Agencies built close to or on top of the city's respective Mana Holes.

## Inhabitants

The primary species in the Guardverse externally appear identical to humans, though given that their planet is distinct from Earth, the humans of the Guardverse may display internal differences to Earth's people. They are noted as generally being more tan-skinned than South Koreans, with black hair being less common and blue or green eyes being highly frequent compared to dark ones.

The Guardverse is one of the worlds without dungeons, with monsters appearing freely throughout the world. The monsters of the Guardverse are generally higher-ranked than those on Earth, with SS-ranks appearing weekly in most cities. On the flip side, however, the lower-ranked monsters are also more vulnerable, with C-ranks and below being burned up by the sun in the daytime and eaten by higher-ranked monsters in the nighttime.

## History

The nature and history of the Guardverse planet prior to the appearance of monsters are largely unknown. Early on, monsters were D-rank or lower and were tackled by the armed forces of the Guardverse. As time passed, however, monsters grew more powerful and harder to handle. B-rank and lower Awakened people began to appear, able to handle the monsters with ease.

However, they soon ran into the problem of their low mana recovery ability. 2 years after the appearance of monsters, the first Mana Hole was discovered near the border of a lost location called Insidema, and the mana recovery problem was solved by the discovery of Mana Holes being able to replenish mana. Cities were constructed and society restructured around the Mana Holes. The ranks of Awakened people rose, with special baptisms once or twice a year birthing S-rank and SS-rank Awakeners.

Further work on mana replenishment was done, and research focused on using living creatures as mana containers, originally targeting animals but moving on to C-rank and lower Awakened people due to their greater intelligence and higher mana storage capabilities. Inscriptions, markings along the paths of mana flow through the body applied through surgical procedures, were discovered with variants. From mana inscriptions arose "fuel cells", low-rank Awakeners used exclusively as mana batteries, while protective inscriptions stopped higher-ranked Awakeners from losing their magic to monsters with mana-draining abilities.

The transcendents overseeing the Guardverse were "White Tail" Delrose from the side of the filial duty addicts, and presumably the centaur scout on behalf of Crescent Moon from the immoral people's side. Delrose was colluding with Achates City, specifically with the Achates Defense Agency employee and Alpha's handler Panuz, in order to help Achates grow strong enough to conquer other cities.

The Guardverse was lost to its source at some point in the past.

## Synopsis

Since its fall, the Guardverse has been incorporated into the data used to create dungeon environments, and serves as the location for the virtual reality dungeon constructed by Newcomer.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 222
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 225
3. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 224
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 266
5. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 257
6. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 258
7. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 226
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 221
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 227
10. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 268
11. ↑ *The S-Ranks That I Raised* Novel: Chapter 246