The disaster that had occurred in the Beinz Region had been witnessed by countless people. The world-destroying spectacle and the rampaging Firstborn had spread throughout the world with unstoppable force, but only a small number of people knew the truth behind the incident—including how it had ultimately been resolved. Even among those few, only the people who had been present knew the complete story.
Of course, that included Ofra and Elson.
By now, the Kingdom of Horleta had successfully sealed away much of the information that was unsuitable for public circulation. It had carefully fabricated the parts that could be made public, then cautiously fed them to the restless masses who were desperate to learn the truth through the state's propaganda machine. Admittedly, this approach benefited the overwhelming majority of people: the royal family needed national stability, the church needed devout believers, and ordinary citizens only needed someone to tell them that tomorrow would remain peaceful as usual. As long as everyone knew only what they needed to know, the world would remain safe. As for the disastrous truth, there would naturally be people with enough courage to face everything and deal with it—great heroes, or parties of protagonists, or perhaps a twenty-five-person pioneer group that had fallen from somewhere... Anyway, it would be people of that sort.
Elson led Hao Ren and the others along the rugged mountain road through the Dragon Ridge Mountains toward the nearest knights' outpost. As they walked, he told them what he knew: "The incident in the Beinz Diocese was an invasion by an evil god. An ancient evil god bewitched some heretics, invaded the holiest place in this world, and corrupted the Twisted Woods, turning it into a monster. But the devout Archbishop Geldon and a group of enlightened missionaries received a revelation