The Deserved Fate of the Guilty
In the Kami-Ota area, the Bee Serpents that had originally run rampant like locusts were wiped out in an instant, nearly eighty percent of them destroyed by a single strike from the Beast Vassal reputed to possess the greatest destructive power.
Of the remaining twenty percent, all had scattered throughout the surrounding areas, as if trying to escape from something, giving off an air of panic.
However, no matter what, the Bee Serpents could not be left alive.
After all, who knew whether they might reproduce at an astonishing rate and build up that terrifying number once more?
Once they were released into the outside ecosystem, they might completely disrupt the laws of nature and create another catastrophic magical beast in the world.
Thus, to ensure that not a single Bee Serpent escaped, Anbaina applied to the nation, in her capacity as one of the Three Saints of the Lion King Organization, to quarantine the entire area and exterminate every last Bee Serpent.
The nation quickly responded to the operation and granted permission.
Fortunately, with the Self-Defense Forces' earlier blockade and the numerous barriers deployed by the Lion King Organization, the authorities easily isolated the area. They set up checkpoints along every road leading to the Kami-Ota area and immediately annihilated any Bee Serpents they discovered with their most powerful anti-magical-beast weapons.
The Self-Defense Forces also responded to the operation. After the Kannawa Lake incident, under Anbaina's arrangements, everyone except the personnel who needed to remain behind for coordination and assistance left Kannawa Lake.
As for Anbaina and the others, they returned to Kami-Ota Shrine.
Although Kami-Ota Shrine had a view over the entirety of Kannawa Lake, it was actually not very close to it.
Rather, it was precisely because of the sufficient distance