"Your majesty, I think we should stop the hunt," one of the officials of the Convergence Festival approached the king and said.
The magic tool currently broadcasting the representatives' actions showed that they had long stepped out of the forest and into a region that was truly not accounted for.
As far as he recalled, there was supposed to be a barrier enveloping the entire forest, one stronger than the one placed at the eastern markers.
But the representatives had somehow crossed that too, and now, they were in genuine danger.
After all, that volcano was where the S-Rank beast resided, and the roar they had heard earlier, combined with the volcano's trembling, left little doubt that it had awakened.
King Magnus watched the scene unfold with narrowed eyes. Deep down, even he knew that Lucian was in danger.
And so, he came to a decision.
"The festival will continue," he declared in a flat, emotionless voice.
