Near Tidal Cave, a place in the Coastal Country teeming with monsters, Yevirk Serpent had set up camp to film a special episode of "Monster World."
It would teach adventurers how to hunt the various monsters commonly found by the sea.
It was afternoon now. Yevirk Serpent's mercenaries had finished a full day of hunting and were preparing dinner in the camp.
Tonight's dinner was a giant octopus they had killed that morning.
"I heard on the Magic Net that those Falosi people made some kind of food show. Luo Na, aren't you going to ask our employer about it?"
The archer sat beside the large camp pot, watching Luo Na toss ingredients into it.
Luo Na did not know how to cook. That job was handled by his lover, who was also the mercenary group's healer.
"I'm already recording."
The camera drifted around beside the pot. The final part of this episode of "Monster World" might even include a recipe for cooking hunted monsters.
"We haven't had black rock octopus in ages!"
The aroma from the pot spread throughout the camp, and Yevirk Serpent's other mercenaries began to stir restlessly.
But in that instant, the relaxed smiles vanished from every Yevirk Serpent member's face. They put down their wine cups and Source Crystal Stone mice, then grabbed the weapons they were most comfortable with.
"An enemy attack? Damn... I just pulled two monsters."
The archer immediately paused his character's actions in "World Rift," took out the bow slung across his back, and warily scanned the surroundings.
Their camp was on the beach outside the cave, where the view was exceptionally open. It was impossible for humans to sneak up on them.
"Calm down. It isn't an enemy."
Reyek's voice sounded beside every member's ear. The archer immediately went to