At the mention of Beyond and his group, everyone glanced at Netero with complicated expressions, unsure whether to condemn him or stay silent.
After all, Beyond was Netero's son, while Pariston and Xiyou were the vice chairman and a member of the Twelve Zodiacs whom Netero had valued and promoted.
Many of Beyond's subordinates had also been recruited over the years and placed within the Hunter Association as Specialized Hunters.
In other words, Beyond's faction had grown into a force to be reckoned with, and Netero couldn't escape responsibility.
If they hadn't known Netero as well as they did, everyone would have thought he was the mastermind behind it all.
Not to mention, Beyond and his people had helped fan the flames of the Great Chaos.
Netero knew all this himself, but he wouldn't regret his choices, nor would he shield his son.
This was a time for handling matters by the book.
"We should certainly teach them a lesson. But for now, our main focus should still be on the survivors on this continent."
Netero wasn't saying that out of self-interest.
A large number of survivors were still scattered outside the fortress, their whereabouts unknown.
How to manage the survivors inside the fortress and provide for them in the future were both problems.
Besides, they could blame this incident on an attack by monsters from the Dark Continent.
But what would they do about the problems left behind by the Kakin Royal Family, the nobles, the military and government, and the members of the thirteen mafia families, most of whom had perished?
And that wasn't even mentioning the monster lairs spread across this continent. The most familiar among them were the ferocious, man-eating Chimera Ants...
The Hunter Association couldn't just abandon all these survivors to pursue Beyond.
In fact,