News of the Holy Church Orb's disappearance spread, and the royal family and church of Horleta were immediately thrown into turmoil. They promptly began a large-scale search operation, while everyone responsible for guarding the orb that day—including the church clergy—was subjected to a strict investigation. There had already been watch posts set up around Beinz Blood Lake by the church and the Kingdom Knights. Now the blockade in that area had become even tighter, and individual mercenaries were even forbidden from entering or leaving. Anyone who wanted to go in had to be either part of a mercenary team that had accepted a search commission or a member of the knights. This was one of the few occasions on which the authorities had recruited mercenary teams on such a massive scale—clearly, the whole affair was extremely serious.
The matters concerning the Goddess and ancient civilizations in this world seemed quite interesting, and they had also piqued Vivian's interest. As an old-school Vampire who had lived through the entire history of Human civilization, Vivian's favorite pastime was studying other people's history. She asked Becky about all sorts of ancient legends, until the mercenary girl began to wonder whether the group in front of her was even normal—why did they need to spend so long asking about even the most basic common knowledge? Fortunately, Becky was a standard mercenary and somewhat thick-headed. Most of the time, she only considered whether something would benefit her or endanger her. As long as she herself was fine, she didn't care if the world outside was flooded. Even if Izax transformed on the spot and went to melt a city in a sea of fire, Becky probably wouldn't care as long as nobody put up a bounty...
The group had already decided to go to Beinz