"However, according to eyewitness accounts, the hunter was covered in blood, kept muttering something with his head down, and showed strong aggression after noticing someone nearby. In the end, the person was separated from his companion and managed to escape with great difficulty."
"It sounds like he has a mental problem."
I said, "While I am curious as to why he moves so much faster than us, that cannot be taken as a reasonable conclusion that he is also a member of that strange cult."
"The reason, of course, is that he met with those people."
With Yao's guidance, a document fell into my hands. It contained a list of the purchase of monster corpses spanning a wide period of time, as well as a large number of material transactions.
Before he could even voice his doubts, the answer slowly emerged: "This is the hunting list that the cult sought after him after making contact. It includes everything from common wild animals to various kinds of magical beasts that roam the vicinity of the Gray Zone. Lions, eagles, snakes, monkeys, wolves, earth dragons... and many others."
"Master of the Box Garden, what can you glean from this?"
The answer is self-evident.
"It's experimental material for chimeras, isn't it?"
This appears to be part of the experimental materials used in the underground laboratory of Adrian's Workshop or the Sacred Tree Fortress.
If this is extrapolated, it is difficult to say how many more people with the relevant abilities are intentionally or unintentionally providing assistance to that strange cult.
Hunters can be great partners.
In addition, mercenaries who make a living by taking on commissions are even more adept at dealing with monsters.
If we think about it more deeply, then...
"A beast tide?" The incredulous words slipped out unconsciously from his mouth.
After realizing what I had just said, even I was startled.
“Master of the Little Garden, it seems you’ve realized it.”
The calm voice spoke in a flat tone, Yao's posture unwavering: "One of the reasons that those guys triggered the beast tide ahead of time is related to their need to obtain a large number of monster corpses for chimera experiments."
"But that must be difficult, right? Ordinary monster corpses can be butchered by selecting the still edible parts, and the rest are mostly disposed of harmlessly by mages, leaving nothing behind. How could they possibly obtain anything from them..."
The words were cut off in my throat.
How many chimera laboratories are still unconfirmed? When did they reactivate, and how long have they been developing? Just looking at the laboratory beneath the observatory is enough to tell you that this is a massive project that cannot be completed overnight.
Perhaps it's not just the remnants left from the previous encirclement and suppression, but many more hidden in other places.
Thoughts became complicated, and the world before my eyes appeared shaky and uncertain due to excessive mental exertion, as if the hangover from last night still lingered in my body and failed to dissipate.
"Shall we take a break first?"
Cool fingers are pressed on the temples on both sides, and gently rubbed and rotated.
Hikari's soft voice sounded from behind, followed by a familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar melody, bathed in warm light.
If I didn't mishear, then I must have learned a few tricks from my mom.
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