"The recovery was quite successful. Perhaps these materials could be forged into equipment highly useful to humans. I hope this helps relieve the ever-growing number of curses on you."
After completing the maintenance of the Teleportation Gate, the Great Hunter spoke as it passed through the gate at the last moment.
"So, Hero, our contract ends here, and my kin have fulfilled their agreement with you. It is time for us to leave."
"What do you mean by 'ever-growing'... Anyway, thank you all, and I hope that the next time we meet, we can still talk like this," the Hero said with a frown, but still nodded.
"...We are hunters who chase knowledge, not companions to any human. But if that's what you wish, then perhaps that day will indeed come."
Without dragging their feet, the two Hunters gradually vanished into thin air, with the smaller one disappearing especially quickly.
But before the Great Hunter disappeared, a soft sound of pages turning reached the Hero's ears.
