"It's fine, we just got here too. Now that everyone's here, let's set off! Hopefully today's haul won't be too bad."
As Kogetsu approached, a young man patted him on the back and spoke expectantly.
"It will be!"
Once everyone had gathered, they set off. Their destination was a canyon not far from here, roughly one or two hours away.
After setting out, no one made another sound. Humans could be said to be at the bottom of the food chain in this world. Many terrifying creatures possessed power beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
To prevent accidents, people generally did not make any noise when outside. They relied more on hand signals and colors. Having worked together for many years, they could usually understand each other with a single gesture or glance.
And in order to survive... humans had very strong learning abilities. Besides their own language, they even learned the languages of other races.
Whenever Kogetsu and the others had gone out to search for food in the past, their luck had been quite good. They had usually escaped danger without incident.
But this time... Kogetsu and the others' luck seemed to have turned. Before they had even left the village, they had caught the attention of someone... no, not a person, but a powerful creature.
"What... is that?!"
Though they would not normally speak carelessly, the man in the black robe stared ahead and could not help crying out in terror.
Hearing him, Kogetsu and the others could not help looking up into the sky ahead. A humanoid creature was flying through the air. The figure was extraordinarily beautiful, a peerless beauty even by human standards, but...
"An angel? A winged one? No! It's a Skywing! Run!!"
Looking at the beautiful creature ahead, Kogetsu felt no