It really seemed like a futile question. Why that location? It was obviously because their enemy made their move there. Considering Chi-Hyun’s personality, everyone thought he would scold Alice, sarcastically asking what she had been listening to and where she had been this whole time. Yet Chi-Hyun’s response differed from everyone’s expectations.

“It’s something we don’t know yet. We made several guesses, but none of them have solid evidence backing them up.” And instead, Chi-Hyun studied the map like he was curious about the question himself.

Chi-Woo didn’t know what was going on. He already had an ominous feeling about this expedition, and now his brother was acting strangely. It was then he realized something after organizing everything he had heard. The Sernitas were passionate about experimenting and restructuring living creatures for their own purposes. They modified all sorts of things to the point that they even experimented with a god. And it was clear that they didn’t do all this out of sheer boredom alone, but for an important purpose—specifically, their goal to gain dominance over Liber. Now that things weren’t going in their favor after the recent failure of their collaborator, the Demon Empire, they might have finally taken out their secret weapon. That led them to the question:

‘Why that location?’ Like Chi-Hyun said, perhaps, the Sernitas were counteracting against humanity’s progress, or they could be trying to stop the Cassiubia League from expanding their territories to protect their important bases from getting stolen. But even then, it made them wonder: ‘Is that the only reason? Did they really have to go so far for that?’

If they were going to reveal their secret weapon, it seemed only natural that they should do it more properly; or perhaps they should only reveal themselves after establishing themselves a bit more in that area. It didn’t seem to make much sense right now.

“That means it’s either one of two things,” Chi-Hyun continued, “There’s a mysterious trap waiting in that area.”

“Or there’s a reason, unknown to us, why they had to choose that place,” Alice finished for him.

Chi-Woo nodded, hearing the two’s responses....