Seeing Leonard's eyes filled with a mixture of shock, doubt, scrutiny, disbelief, and existential unease, the human woman casually waved her hand and said, "Tell me or not, it's up to you. If you do, maybe Illa will come and help you sometime!"

"..."

This statement had so many flaws that Leonard simply opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. After a moment of silence, he said, "Simply put, it's about sea monsters that need to be killed, which are constantly emerging from the water."

Leonard, taking this opportunity to rest, said, "Mana will be eaten by their mana, so mana-based power is ineffective. Moreover, consuming mana and flesh will allow them to reproduce..."

These are actually very simple pieces of information and intelligence, but few people outside the hunting team know about them. This is not because they are any secrets, but simply because... no one wants to know.

"What the hunting team needs to do is to stop them outside the barrier. If they enter the barrier, their power or their true form will be transmitted to the Nine Realms... The first place to be affected will be the hunting team's home plane - the Prime Material Plane."

"..."

"So you're all from the Prime Material Plane?"

"..."

It's somewhat laughable... laughable to the point of being absurd.

From beginning to end, the calamity has been here, and so have those who stand in its way. Fighting, bloodshed, protection, oaths, death, and inheritance—but…

Those who neither listen nor inquire are also there.