Vargion Tribe (2-in-1)

"I never expected that. In just a few short years, even Vulkan World has fallen into crisis."

"The monsters at the edges of those worlds are truly vicious!"

After the gathering ended, some Advanced Wizards departed, while others stayed behind to discuss matters among themselves.

Chrysos sat down beside Roy as if they were old acquaintances and said with deep emotion,

Roy said, "I'm not very familiar with Vulkan World. Could you tell me about it?"

Actually, he had been there before.

He had happened to make a brief trip there the last time he pursued Psycho.

"Of course. It's a world in the Hive Plane, primarily inhabited by the race of the scarab 'Vargion'..."

"Scarab beetles, huh?"

Roy smiled.

This usually referred to insects of the dung beetle genus in the scarab family. Their bodies were long and oval, their shells mostly brown or black and glossy. They had small heads, six legs, and two pairs of wings.

But setting aside the academic information, their common name was truly famous and far more familiar to people.

That was...

Dung beetles!

These insects primarily fed on animal feces, though they also ate fungi and carrion, while a few species fed on pollen or tree sap.

They often used the saw-toothed horns on their heads to dig into and cut feces, gathered it with their forelegs, and then rolled it into balls with their hind legs.

Throughout the process, they pushed and rolled the balls along, constantly reshaping them and removing coarse fibers to make the dung balls denser.

It was precisely because of this habit of transporting and storing dung balls that they had earned their name.

Roy sighed. "That must be a rather... distinctive world."

A strange expression appeared on Chrysos's face. "Exactly.

"Tens of millions of years ago,