Volt Town was roughly a two-week walk from Waterwood Town. Traveling at full speed without sleep or rest could shorten that to a week, and with a horse or donkey, one could even arrive within three or four days.
So, strictly speaking, Volt Town was a neighboring town of Waterwood Town.
Trevor snapped out of his surprise and asked, "What kind of monsters?"
"Strange creatures with bee heads," the vagrant answered.
Strange creatures with bee heads?
Trevor looked at Jin Dong, who shook his head to indicate that he had never heard of such monsters.
"Were there a lot of them?" Jin Dong looked at the other vagrants and asked.
All the vagrants nodded. One of them said, "Sir, I'm from Margaret Town. I heard that Layton City has already fallen to those monsters. Millions of people died."
"A lot. So very, very many. The mountains were crawling with them. They attacked every living thing. I saw them kill several Monster Bears," another vagrant added.
Monster Bears!
Those were no ordinary wild beasts.
Neither Trevor nor Jin Dong could guarantee that he could kill a Monster Bear.
"It looks like something truly terrible has happened," Trevor said gravely.
Mountains crawling with monsters, and even Layton City had fallen. Both pieces of news were horrifying.
Jin Dong said seriously, "Trevor, take them up. I'll find the old man. This is probably no small matter."
He turned and left. Trevor looked at the vagrants and ordered them all to follow.
"Sir, could you give us something to eat? We haven't eaten for two days," a vagrant begged as they walked.
Trevor kept walking and nodded. "I'll have someone prepare food in a moment, but first, explain what happened."
Elsewhere, Owl and Sa had finished their work and were about to take a