Every person had at least one thing they valued—it could be their family, friends, honor, money, or pride. And Seo Jun-Ho knew well what he valued.

‘Family, friends, and…’ 

The world his friends and him had been protecting and the world his late comrades laid down their lives to protect.

The monster in front of him had just said that he would invade that very world. He was clearly threatening what they valued.

‘How dare he?’ 

Just who was he talking to?

Seo Jun-Ho put in great effort to cool down the burning fury filling his veins. In the past, he had confidence in his ability to regulate his emotions, but these days, there had been many times when he was furious.

‘...He pisses me off.’ 

Erebo started sharing his extravagant plans, ignorant of Seo Jun-Ho’s feelings. “I heard from the humans I took prisoner that it only took 350,000 years after the first humans on your planet, the homo sapiens, appeared for the population to reach one billion.[1] Is that right?”

Erebo snorted. “When I first heard of this, I thought that the breeding rate of your species is very slow, but I was wrong.”

“...”

“Though it took 350,000 years for your population to reach one billion, it only took 200 years for the population to reach eight billion!” And then from there, it had taken only a little more than twenty-five years for them to reach 10 billion. “Human, do you know why your rate of reproduction became so high?”

Seo Jun-Ho only stared...