The chaos had persisted for 19 hours.

Monsters that had hidden deep in the mountains attacked villages, some pretending to be dead suddenly sprang to life and escaped, while others washed ashore after appearing in coastal waters. Yet, as time passed, the situation began to stabilize.

After a suffocating 24 hours, no additional monster-related damages were reported.

This was undoubtedly a relief for humanity, but public sentiment told a different story.

Online Forum Discussions:

• "What are the hunters even doing?"
• "Living off our taxes and can’t even handle this?"
• "The government should conscript hunters on a national scale. If …