Chapter 2 — We Don’t Really Have Any Reason to Go Out of Our Way to Help Them
Yogiri’s group was utterly confused. They had just returned to Base Town to find a hellish scene of monsters ripping people apart. Yogiri had killed the monsters that had tried to attack them, but they had no idea why monsters were there in the first place.
“If the monsters made it here, they must have come through the gate.” Yogiri turned around to look at the large doors they had just come through. The town was in an isolated cavern that they had only managed to reach because Van had teleported them. As far as Yogiri knew, these doors were the only gate that allowed entry or exit.
“I heard there was also a way to change channels,” Tomochika said, reminding Yogiri of the explanation they heard from Van. “There are a bunch of towns similar to this one, and they’re distinguished by their channel number. Maybe the monsters can come here directly from their town?”
“The place I was in was hardly a town. It was little more than a cave,” Atila replied. “It is just a hunch, but I suspect it is impossible for them to come here straight from their own town.”
“Is there a reason for the monsters to attack Base Town in the first place?” Yogiri asked.
“Defeating humans earns them DP,” Atila answered. “The more creative they are in the killing, the more points they earn. It would not be strange for a raid on the city to accrue a large number of bonus points. Even if there were no such bonus, the humans here would never expect an attack and thus be easy prey.”
“Monsters have to pay the Life Tax with DP too, right?”
“Correct. Otherwise there would be no reason for them to proactively attack humans.”
“I am sure we all have many thoughts on the matter, but I do not believe this is the place to be discussing it,” Edelgart suggested.
“I guess we should take a look outside,” Yogiri agreed. They couldn’t accomplish anything by stand