The king of the realm then turned to the crown prince. "What are your thoughts on what happened during the royal hunt?"

The crown prince replied earnestly, "Your majesty, after long consideration, I feel that the Jinghun have to have some other supporters we don't know about."

The king of the realm propped himself up on his armrest. "Indeed? Elaborate on your thoughts."

"Your majesty, don't you think that there were too many third- and fourth-level beasts around? Surely the Jinghun couldn't have managed to capture and transport them all unnoticed."

The king of the realm nodded. "I feel similarly. The royal hunt is conducted annually, and although I've manipulated the hunting grounds to produce more third- and fourth-level beasts, they would not naturally appear in such large numbers. The only possibility is that the beasts...