Vivian had originally been preparing to call it a day and go home, but she suddenly heard some news that caught her attention. Her curiosity was instantly piqued, and she stared intently at Casa Eben. "I haven't gone out in over a century... What exactly happened?"
"The exact details aren't clear." Since neither side intended to continue fighting, Vivian—the "senior" who had gained the upper hand—had also voluntarily agreed to stop, so Casa Eben was clearly much more cooperative. "Things began changing sometime between one and two hundred years ago. It started when a group of Siren descendants risked being hunted down by Demon Hunters and came ashore. They said they had received some kind of revelation in the deep sea and wanted to gather the power of their race that had been scattered across the outside world at the end of the Mythical Era. You all know about plate tectonics, right? Because of those geological changes, some Siren territories from the end of the Mythical Era have actually become coastal land. You can find Siren ruins there. Back then, those people from the water poured into coastal cities across the three major continents of Asia, Europe, and the Americas, even causing panic among the churches. They thought the Otherworlders were going to launch a counterattack from the sea."
"Sirens... I know them. They seem to be the group least affected by the Demon Hunters, right? They live in the deep sea all day, and the Demon Hunters have no way to wipe them out." Vivian looked thoughtful. "Sirens are extremely secluded and barely communicate with the outside world. Even during the Mythical Era, it was rare for them to come ashore collectively. You could say they're the bunch least sensitive to changes in the outside world. What happened to