Many people knew that the first layer of the Demon Abyss held a group of monsters whom no one was willing to provoke. No one knew where these monsters had come from. Some said they had existed since the birth of the universe, while others claimed they were evil gods from some outer domain. Regardless, they were beings that should have been completely exiled and restricted.
But the problem was... they could not be restricted.
These monsters could not be killed. No matter what method was used, they could never be killed. They appeared in the material world in all kinds of forms, inspiring fear—and that fear was contagious. Like a spark setting the plains ablaze, once it was triggered, it was often impossible to control. This fear could affect not only the environment but also living creatures, twisting and distorting them through torment until they completely transformed from fear. As a result, many places infected by fear would give rise to monsters that ordinary people could not understand...
Some of the horrific scenes were enough to make even elders who had lived through countless eras tremble in fear. Moreover, the contagion of fear caused neighboring life-forms to fall one after another. If it was not contained, spreading across an entire galaxy was perfectly ordinary. Countless living beings were twisted and transformed by fear. It was almost impossible to imagine what kind of mental torment they had suffered to turn themselves into such terrifying forms.
In the past, there had been no effective way to stop this kind of fear. It could only be controlled afterward through purges. Many mercenaries who had carried out such missions knew that these tasks were generally the most inhumane and dangerous, yet also the most highly paid. Depending on the extent of the infection,