My Distant Raccoon Brother

Through the squirrel and raccoon's account, Ian gained a rough understanding of the New Continent's situation.

The three great beast kingdoms—the Great Abyss, Nethersea, and Illusory Sun—were isolated from one another and had no contact in ordinary times. Their generals and subjects likewise had almost no interaction... Each occupied one of the three major ecological zones: mountains, oceans, and plains, with starkly defined borders.

Among them, Nethersea was the strongest, because the New Continent's marine ecosystem was the most complete. Great Abyss and Illusory Sun each occupied one side of the land, standing in a three-way balance with humanity.

After ending their standoffs with humanity and carving out their own territories, most other independent beast lords had also returned to slumber.

That was rather strange. On Terra, Fourth Energy Level Great Magic Beasts basically never slumbered. Ian had a hypothesis about this, one he would soon be able to verify.

In ordinary times, humans also cooperated with Magic Beasts to develop certain regions. The Magic Beasts needed human technology, while humans needed the Magic Beasts' strength and permission.

Yet in secret, humans and Magic Beasts monitored each other as well.

Like this squirrel and raccoon, the major beast kingdoms paid close attention to human activity—they were not stupid at all. Once they learned that there was another Terra Continent on the other side of the planet, and that Farshore Island was not even among the strongest forces on Terra Continent, these Magic Beasts all grew nervous.

After all, more than a century had passed. The Magic Beasts also knew that all human power came from them. Rather, the reason the New Continent's Magic Beasts had never dared to wipe out Dawn Harbor completely was that they feared driving away one Farshore Island only to bring a whole host of other