Now I understand why they got along so badly.
The two finished their drawings and looked at Jude.
"It's what I expected."
Jude asked them.
"Were you cursed into this form?"
Both their eyes widened. It was a look that held so many stories... They would hear them out slowly. There was no need to find out right away. After all, there was no way they could find a solution right now. What mattered was planning for the future.
Jude coughed to get everyone's attention.
"We've only been defending, but let's do things differently from now on. Let's actively defeat monsters and secure our territory."
"Are you going to expand the shelter even more?"
Ezechiele asked.
"Yeah. We need to expand our territory by hunting and securing supplies far more aggressively than we do now. Especially the northern highlands."
Jude nodded.
