About half an hour later, two figures appeared outside the western gate of the royal capital and slowly headed into the distance.
Watching Roxie walk forward as though she had no destination in mind, Shien finally asked.
"By the way, what exactly are you planning to do?"
Shien had not been able to guess Roxie's purpose.
Without looking back, Roxie continued walking as she finally began to explain.
"Actually, there have been some unnatural movements among the monsters around the royal capital lately."
Roxie suddenly said this.
"Monsters?"
Shien blinked.
"Yes." Roxie nodded. "Various relatively high-level monsters have always lived near the royal capital. They are also the primary targets dealt with by the capital's adventurers, because some of these monsters even try to attack the royal capital. To the capital, they are a threat that cannot be considered either too great or too small."
Because the royal capital was protected by a barrier, with its walls and gates constantly guarded and patrolled by the Knights, and because adventurers went out hunting for all kinds of commissions, the monsters wandering around the capital were not particularly dangerous. On the contrary, their materials were in high demand by many people, so the royal capital had never considered driving them all away or exterminating them.
But recently, abnormalities had appeared in their activities.
"According to reports from the Knights and the Adventurer's Guild, some of the monsters near the royal capital have left their fixed habitats lately, while others have become violent and restless. It is as though they sensed some terrifying threat. They do not dare approach the royal capital at all, and some have even disappeared in order to get farther away from it, causing more or less trouble for the capital's supply of monster materials."
Roxie spoke softly.
"Furthermore,