Some also worried:
"What if we really 'lock the power of Peerless Experts in a cage,' and it gradually withers away inside? When the time comes that we truly need that power, what if it can no longer be wielded?
"After all, during the Monster War, Peerless Experts proved countless times just how important they were to the entire civilization.
"When Doomsday Beasts appeared, their world-shattering, earth-destroying might was never something the Iron Torrent could withstand. Peerless Experts still had to take the field—soldier against soldier, general against general, king against king.
"And according to our research, Dragon City's coordinates should place it in a tiny region in the south of the Otherworld's main continent. Assuming the Otherworld's land area is roughly comparable to Earth's, we have explored only 1% to 2% of this world's landmass.
"In the regions we have yet to explore, there must be civilizations more powerful than the Monster Civilization.
"The recently appeared 'Beastfolk' are the best proof of that.
"Locking the power of Peerless Experts in a cage now may not be a problem, but when we need them again next time, are we supposed to respectfully invite them back out?"
This view was immediately rebutted:
"It is precisely because we placed too much importance on the power of Peerless Experts over the past several decades, funneling too many cultivation resources toward them, that the strong grew stronger, the weak grew weaker, and the gap between them became so vast that the weak could only cling to the strong.
"But such a situation is destined to be unsustainable in the long run.
"The strong are not the weak's nannies. Why should they protect the weak unconditionally forever, rather than use their power to seek personal gain?
"If, from the very beginning, we had invested more