World Alliance (4)

If the world we were in was the "hidden world," then it should have the same structure as the "surface world." Maybe that was why; despite some odd turns of phrase, we could communicate just fine.

After that, Kimidori Gorun-san taught us a few things.

Talent Jewels existed, but they were extremely rare, and only people in positions of power or those who had made outstanding contributions to their race were given them.

Talent Jewels could only be obtained in dungeons.

After a major war in the past, there had been absolutely no interaction between the races. We knew where they lived, but not what they were doing.

The broad geography appeared to be the same. The Dragonkin lived at what the "surface world" called the southern edge of the Kingdom of the Knights of Heavenly Light, around the border with the Holy Kingdom of Kurvaan.

"What about the other lands? Well, nu... We're supposed to go out and scout around Dragonkin City once every few years, but everywhere is so desolate that there's nothing we can do about it, nu."

"By 'desolate,' do you mean the land is barren and uninhabitable?"

"That's part of it, but in the end, there are simply too many monsters. There are fewer monsters once you reach Dragonkin City, but places like the cliff land called 'Canyon' at the northern edge are home to monsters far, far beyond what humans can handle, nuri..."

"'Canyon'?"...