No one knew what would happen to the monsters that destroyed humanity or what kind of effect the remaining negative magic would have on the world afterward.
Not even Del Delatia had an answer for that.
Still, Somnus said his past self had once been told these words.
If the world becomes filled with monsters, I won't be able to travel anymore either.
Those words that was spoken by the being known as Spiritfolk must have carried immense weight for Del Delatia.
Perhaps that was why he chose to wait until the Calamity-class monster appeared before taking action and trying to deal with them one by one.
He had devoted seven hundred years to protecting a world meant for a single traveler to walk freely.
And in the end, that long struggle had brought him to this point.
"…I see," Li Shen murmured after a pause. "I think I understand most of it now."
