Irina nodded and said, “Mm. Many things are the same, but even more aren’t. I can slowly fill you guys in.”

“Okay,” Damien said, recalling the scene that day. “The ape king also said that the world you came from is hell. He was bent on eliminating you. Now that the City of Beastmen is destroyed, that’s his retribution. It’s just that the other beastmen are being held back from fleeing.”

Irina, who had heard Damien mention the happenings in the City of Beastmen, said with a sigh, “Good fortune follows upon disaster; Disaster lurks within good fortune. The ape king chased me out, and that actually helped me avert...