I couldn’t utter a single word.

The wind brushed past Shin Noya and reached me, carrying the faint scent of plum blossoms.

Though the fragrance was sweet, there was an undeniable hint of sadness woven into it.

The atmosphere felt hollow and cold.

I stood silently, my gaze fixed on Shin Noya, trying to process the words I had just heard.

"The creatures emerging from the Magyeong Gate…"

They were remnants of worlds that had perished when new masters took over?

The sheer weight of the revelation left my mind reeling.

When a world loses its master and gains a new one, the lifeforms within it are erased.

This had always been a known law of the world—a simple fact I had accepted as truth.

But now—

"This is connected to the Magyeong Gate?"

The lifeforms weren’t simply erased. They re-emerged as monsters through the Magyeong Gate. And then—

"We hunt them."

The Magyeong Gate that appeared in Zhongyuan, and the monsters that poured from it, had always been hunted and exterminated.

Never once had I questioned what the Magyeong Gate truly was, or what these monsters represented.

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"There was no need to."

It wasn’t something that required deep thought.

It was just common sense.

Sometimes, the Martial Alliance or other sects would attempt to delve deeper into the process.

But even then, the most they could glean was a slightly better understanding of the monsters themselves.

In such circumstances—

"Just how far does this connection go?"

How much of this was tied together?

Why did these erased lifeforms manifest as monsters?

And—

"If Noya’s words are true…"

What did he mean by creatures that almost became monsters?

What was this place where we now stood?

Overwhelmed by a flood of information and questions, I furrowed my brow.

As my mind churned, Shin Noya’s voice broke the silence.

"Snap out of it and move. This isn’t the time to stop."

I looked up, startled. Shin Noya was already walking ahead.

Hastily, I followed and asked,

"If what you said is true, then what were those creatures earlier?"

"I already told you. They’re beings that almost became monsters."

"That’s not exactly an explanation I can understand."

If he was going to leave it at that, what was I supposed to make of it?

"If lifeforms are erased or turned into monsters, then what’s the deal with that leader? Something feels off."

"Off?"

At my words, Shin Noya glanced at me.

"You’re wrong."

"Excuse me?"

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