Iluna was quite dissatisfied as she recounted the details of last night's mission:
"If it had merely been the Magic Eye losing control, it could only have been considered bad luck. But after resolving the problem, we discovered that the relic's loss of control had nothing to do with the relic itself. That dead Ring Arcanist had somehow acquired a door with a 'Time Tree Hole.' He wanted to observe the past first, then use that door. In the end, the Tree Hole resonated with the Magic Eye's power and caused a huge mess."
This had been utterly undeserved misfortune for Iluna. She had been called out in the middle of the night for a mission, and after it ended, she had only slept for two hours before coming to Shade's place again. Although she was not sleepy, Iluna had always disliked these temporary missions caused entirely by human error.
As the Great Prophecies of the Murmuring Chapters came true one by one, the situation in the Material World had actually grown worse and worse. Shade was merely walking at the very forefront in pursuit of disasters. Behind him, beyond his sight, there were even more Church Ring Arcanists like Iluna fighting against those known signs of the apocalypse.
Therefore, it was very necessary to keep the Church functioning as it did now. Maintaining civilization's basic order was the fundamental condition that allowed the Outlander to carry out all his actions in this era.
"But what we heard last night was an explosion. The accident you described doesn't seem to involve a sound of that magnitude, does it?"
Luvia asked again. Iluna finished her bread and began cutting the bacon on her plate.
"The investigation afterward found that when the Time Loop area appeared, it caused a Spatial Anomaly. The