After a brief meeting and assessing the situation, Ian returned to the hut.
The members, who had been waiting for Ian's return while organizing their luggage in the hut, approached and asked.
'How did it go?'
'It looks like the request might take quite a while.'
It wasn't exactly what you'd call good news.
Ian briefly summarized and explained the things he had heard during the meeting to the members.
'They say a Stinger nest has appeared in the forest.'
'A Stinger?'
'What kind of monster is that?'
No one seemed to have heard the name before, as they tilted their heads upon hearing it from Ian.
Only Rin reacted as if she recognized the name.
'Ah, I think I've heard of it.'
'I wonder what strange book you read that in this time...'
'No! I heard about it when I was in the village! I heard people say never to go past the stream on the mountain behind us because Stingers appear there!'
It seemed a Stinger's territory had been near the village where Rin lived.
