"What interesting things have you discovered on the continent?" Ang leaned back in his chair, his tone casual yet carrying an unmistakable note of command.
Joyce looked up at Ang, seemingly intending to get up and return to her original seat. But the moment her shoulders moved, Ang reached out, grabbed her, and pressed her directly back into the chair.
"Sit still." Ang's voice was calm, but the force in his hand left Joyce unwilling to resist.
The panic on Joyce's face flashed by in an instant before she regained her usual cold composure. "The Tasmania Continent... truly holds many secrets. Take the Lizardmen, for example. They were not the continent's original rulers either. Like the Empire, they were outsiders who invaded."
Ang raised an eyebrow, a flicker of surprise appearing in his eyes.
"That's not something you can say lightly." He narrowed his eyes, his tone gaining a hint of scrutiny. "What evidence do you have?"
"The Lizardmen's range of activity is very limited." Joyce adjusted her sitting position slightly, and her expression softened somewhat. "They only operate in warm, flat regions. They simply cannot survive in frigid highland areas like the Danpier Plateau. For centuries, their breeding range has never expanded. On the contrary, it has gradually shown signs of shrinking."
Ang nodded lightly after hearing that.
This explanation perfectly matched what he had experienced on the plateau.
While crossing the Danpier Plateau, he truly had not seen any trace of Lizardmen, not even half a nest.
"So that's how it is..." Ang murmured thoughtfully. "The Lizardmen really do seem more like invaders than a native race."
He asked several more questions about the continent's geography, magical ruins, and the distribution of Mithril Ore veins.
Joyce was fairly cooperative as well, answering every question in detail. Though she