Chi-Hyun tried not to answer. He had said those words, but wasn’t sure how they could be used against him. In cases like this, it was best not to say anything. At that moment, the host, who had been quiet so far, opened his mouth and said, “Please give an answer.”

‘…Why is this punk suddenly intervening after being quiet so far?’ However, Chi-Hyun was the one who had asked Zelit to moderate the discussion. In the end, Chi-Hyun was forced to answer, “That’s right, but before you continue, you need to explain yourself for the insult just now.”

“Isn’t calling that an insult going too far? I just told the truth as it is.”

“What are you specifically referring to?”

“I said that because there are some double standards involved,” Chi-Woo continued. “It wasn’t like this when we collaborated with an enemy other than the Demon Empire, right?”

“If you’re talking about the Sernitas and Abyss, you should refrain from making any hasty speculation. Even if it’s not the Demon Empire, anyone—”

“I’m not making a hasty speculation,” Chi-Woo cut him off. “Do you remember how the seventh recruits joined the earlier recruits?” After getting out of the forest, the seventh recruits settled down in a fortress near the border. However, this fortress did not make a good long-term base. Thus, they recaptured the capital of the former Salem Kingdom, and the seventh recruits were able to join the previous recruits there.

“It was entirely thanks to the Abyss that the previous recruits were able to safely reach the capital of the former Salem Kingdom.” As he said, the heroes who had arrived earlier were only able to travel across the dangerous path crawling with lurking enemies thanks to Evelyn, who had been the witch of the Abyss at the time; she had personally led an army to occupy the attention of the Demon Empire.

“I was the one who made a deal with the Abyss,”...