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Hector thought carefully. He wanted more details, but it seemed like the ambassador wouldn't be able to provide them.

Perhaps he was getting spoiled by the kind of intel that Gina, the Rainlords, and now perhaps even the Gaolanets were able to provide him with. It sure was nice, wasn't it? Knowing shit about the enemy before going into battle.

He still recalled a time when he hadn't had that luxury, and he wondered now if it was about to make a return.

Hmm.

"Please, Lord Goffe," said Ambassador Stoutamire. "The situation is dire. Only three days ago, seven people were killed. That is the highest single-day body count since that doomed gathering of hunters half a year ago. We fear that the creature is growing more bold and trying to expand its territory. Evacuations have already been going on for months, and now it seems they will only increase. People have had to abandon their homes without any idea of when they might be able to return."

Hector sympathized--perhaps a little more than he should've, even. It was like the man was speaking straight into Hector's heart.

He tried his best to remain cold and logical, though. He wanted to ask the ambassador why Lorent was coming to him of all people when there were so many other servants out there who were way more famous than him. Even if Intar had failed, there still plenty of other candidates to ask.

But as he thought about it more, he supposed he already knew the answer. No doubt, it was because Warrenhold was so close to Lorent. Not to mention, many of those super famous warriors out there were now quite busy fighting a war.

Even a few of his own. Leo and Melchor probably would've been able to make short work of this monster. If they were here.

Would he have even wanted them to go, though? Sending them to Vantalay was one thing. That country was far away. If they made a big splash there, there was a comparatively low risk of it getting traced all the way back here to Atreya.

Either way, he supposed it hardly mattered now.