As they continued onward, Duanmu Huai and the others chatted as they walked, gaining at least a basic understanding of this world.
Setting the Sky People aside for the moment, the world below was essentially divided into two factions: the Eremia Church and a security company called Tenba.
The reason these two organizations existed was simple. Although everyone in this world currently lived on Floating Islands, that did not mean the islands were free of threats. The monster Duanmu Huai had seen earlier, for example, posed a danger to the safety of the people in this world. More importantly, these monsters possessed extremely strange traits. Ordinary physical attacks could not hit them at all. Only after a Songstress of Levatiel imbued them with power through her chanting could people fight them.
That was why the white warrior had initially been chased around by the loach monster, only to turn the tables later as if she had been injected with stimulants.
Thus, the key naturally lay with Levatiel.
That was also why the Church and the company existed. Whoever controlled Levatiel could naturally protect the people from the threat of monsters.
The two sides could be said to be evenly matched. Although the Church was very popular among the people, it lacked sufficient strength and capital to expand its operations. Tenba, on the other hand, was a capitalist company that covered every aspect of society and engaged in all kinds of businesses. It was the wealthy and powerful sort.
The two sides also treated Levatiel differently. The Church regarded the Songstresses as companions, while Tenba treated Levatiel as consumables—once one wore out, they could simply find another. Although this practice had sparked plenty of criticism, and the Church was deeply dissatisfied with it, Tenba was a capitalist company, after all. They