But not everyone was Lan Qingyou.
In fact, most Array Masters needed even more practical combat experience than the Giant Slayer Squad's fighters to finish designing a magic array.
The only difference was whom they fought.
For instance, the Giant Slayer Squad usually fought monsters.
But the people from the Magic Array Research Association fought far more than just monsters.
Humans, long-lived species, creatures that flew through the sky or swam in the water—all were included.
This meant they would occasionally seek out members of other races to help with their experiments.
Once or twice was fine.
But nobody could take it when it happened too often.
After all, these were experiments, and some accidents were "inevitable" along the way.
So after witnessing these lunatics' madness, most long-lived species would turn down any further invitations.
And if you really did suffer any injuries, they would very politely compensate you with a large sum of money, other magic items, precious potions, and the like.
That left little room for blame or criticism.
But everyone was struggling to survive in the dead land that was the Karim Continent.
So they merely avoided these people.
And it was precisely this reason.
That led these fellows to fly all over the streets whenever they had nothing else to do, looking for people to experiment on.
Again, the same principle applied.
Everyone had to stick together in this harsh environment to survive.
So the Black Witches could not simply show up and abduct people.
It was recruitment. Recruitment.
Door-to-door recruitment, at that.
If you were willing, you could come. If not, forget it.
But even with such generous pay on offer, very few people came knocking.
And so!
This was where their wickedness came into play.
They stopped going door to door and headed straight