Heaven City

After the man transformed from the giant bird landed, he looked at the stunned survivors and smiled faintly. He called out, "My name is Kare. I'm an Ability User from the mainland. I heard there was a human settlement here, so I came to take a look. Who is in charge here? Could they come out so we can talk?"

The survivors on the dock looked at one another. In the end, Old Beck on the lighthouse stepped forward and shouted, "Please wait a moment, sir. I'll contact our leader right away!"

As he spoke, he picked up the telephone and dialed the Central Hall.

As the island's outpost, the lighthouse normally had three ways of communicating with the island. The first was using flashing lights, generally for non-urgent matters, with different flashing patterns used to convey notifications. For example, supplies had returned and extra hands were needed, and so on... Since the direction of the flashes could be controlled, it was more discreet than broadcasts or similar methods.

The second method was used when complex messages or specific reports needed to be conveyed: wired telephones.

The reason they did not use radios was not because they could not make them, but because certain monsters could detect radio signals. Frequent radio use might attract powerful monsters. By comparison, wired telephones were safer.

Only in the most urgent situations, such as monsters landing on the island and emergency evacuation being necessary, would they sound the alarm and issue notices through broadcasts. By then, the island was already in danger, so hiding was meaningless. Moreover, the alarm-sounding lighthouse could draw the monsters' attention and delay their advance toward the densely populated areas of the island, buying time for everyone to evacuate.

Therefore, lighthouse watch duty around the island was assigned to experienced,