"Ronald, I remember you mentioned you had been to Entrode before?"

"When I was learning with my teacher, I also heard about that country. Later, when I was working for the investigation bureau, I caught quite a few dangerous individuals who came from there. Tell me all about it!"

In the dark underground world, Ronald and Nicole walked side by side.

Since it was from this very place that they reached the position where they had previously met, Nicole seemed quite familiar with the path back.

Moreover, having fully recovered physically and obtained a better condition, while her investigator companions had safely withdrawn, this young investigator girl appeared to be quite confident in the current situation.

Thus, while leading Ronald further inward.

Nicole finally found the time and confidence to discuss with Ronald the encounters they each had after their separation.

Regarding this conversation, Ronald naturally didn't mind explaining:

"It's still due to historical issues left unresolved, so the upper echelons of Entrode are very different from those in Greed. The actual situation isn't very different from what's described in the newspapers, I believe you must already know."

"As for the common people..."

At this point, Ronald paused his speech for a moment:

"The local customs and unique habits caused by the special climate, these things are indeed not seen in Greed. But ultimately, ordinary people are still striving earnestly to live."

The two took turns speaking.

They enjoyed a pleasant chat about topics each found interesting.

After Ronald finished introducing Entrode, he also learned from Nicole about the changes in Berlewood after his departure.

The city where he first settled after crossing dimensions.

During his absence of half a year, Berlewood constructed a new chemical plant, opened a hunting ground in the outskirts specifically for wealthy people, and a newly established professional newspaper group also started to rise in the urban area.

Although it couldn't compare to the rapid changes seen in the capital Springs.

As one of Greed's most important cities, beneath its superficial tranquility, Berlewood actually underwent its own development in various aspects.

To be fair.

Ronald really enjoyed the feeling when talking to Nicole.

However, this comfort did not last long. The content of their conversation soon took a strange turn in the course of their exchange.

Because it involved the dust beasts.

Not wanting to conceal any information, Ronald naturally told the girl in front of him about what happened to him in the Yoiz Forest.

As soon as this topic was mentioned, Nicole's eyes brightened:

"Yoiz Forest, huh!"

"Ronald, our Secret of Aogen school's base camp is right there. When you were searching for the encyclopedia in the forest, did you come across my former school?"

"..."

Ronald almost stumbled on flat ground, and the air instantly fell silent.

Secret of Aogen, huh!

This topic, now that's awkward.

During the process of searching for the Organic Encyclopedia in Yoiz Forest a month ago, Ronald could certainly tell Nicole most other aspects without worry.

But the Secret of Aogen school...

Not to put it bluntly, Ronald wasn't really sure if this school still existed in Yoiz Forest.

As the place where the dust beasts directly appeared.

It can be said that the Secret of Aogen's camp established during the crisis suffered the worst in the whole Yoiz Forest.

And after experiencing these things, those surviving casters from the Secret of Aogen; Ronald could hardly believe they still had the ability and desire to regroup as a school.

Moreover, from Ronald's personal point of view.

When he was in Yoiz Forest, he undoubtedly had very serious conflicts with the Secret of Aogen, even if Nicole had already detached herself from that school, discussing these matters now might be somewhat inappropriate?

"..."

"Ronald, is it possible that there's something wrong with the Secret of Aogen?"

At this time, it was Nicole who took the initiative to speak.

The investigator girl keenly noticed Ronald's subtle expression of hesitation and quickly made her own deduction:

"Did you have some kind of conflict with that bunch?"

"This I can understand!"

"Those people usually don't have much interaction with the outside world, yet they maintain quite a number of old-fashioned beliefs. If those guys were to make some irregular choices, I could even predict it!"

"..."

"Those matters might have surpassed mere conflicts."

Ultimately, Ronald chose not to lie.

On occasions like these, a lie often leads only to more deception and division, eventually resulting in greater troubles.

Nicole is definitely a friend Ronald acknowledges, and he certainly didn't wish to handle the matter this way.

"Actually, when encountering the Secret of Aogen, the whole Yoiz Forest had already undergone significant changes under the control of the Organic Encyclopedia. All humans could even say all creatures faced a severe test of life and death during that crisis."

"And the Secret of Aogen indeed took on some responsibilities of protecting the people, but their methods were somewhat extreme, to the point where I had considerable ideological conflicts when dealing with them."

"More so, after some time, the most unfortunate event occurred there..."

Seeing Ronald's tone and expression both change.

Nicole's gaze also became quite serious.

However, she deliberately skipped the previous section and focused the topic on the latter content:

"This most unfortunate event..."

"You aren't going to tell me it's the dust beast?"

Ronald nodded:

"The location chosen by Secret of Aogen for their camp was right near the dust beast, whose size was tremendously huge, to the point where the entire base was lifted up on its back upon awakening..."

"Tsk..."

Nicole's expression appeared slightly pained.

The whole base was situated on the back of an enormous creature, and then, coincidentally, this creature woke up and engaged in a fight with humans .

Just listening to Ronald's description.

Nicole could imagine what kind of apocalyptic scene that must have been.

"I roughly understand the situation."

"But Ronald, let me confirm once more about the Secret of Aogen."

Adjusting her emotions a bit, although Nicole mentioned the issue between Ronald and Secret of Aogen, her tone was quite calm:

"In such extremely critical circumstances, the leaders of the school I know definitely wouldn't make choices beneficial to ordinary people. They..."

Before Nicole finished speaking, Ronald directly nodded and said:

"Exactly, I even had a fight because of that."

"..."

"That does seem foreseeable."

Although the tone was somewhat heavy, Nicole quickly accepted this reality. As they arrived at the edge of the cave, the investigator girl disengaged from this mood and pointed at the passage ahead, seriously saying to Ronald:

"Ronald, we haven't encountered those white mists yet."

"But in this cave below, we are about to deal with some pretty dangerous stuff!"

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