Of course, first we prepared evacuation of the areas that could be attacked by the beasts. The shore areas, thankfully, already weren't the most populated, so it would take less effort than it could.
Then we sent the scouts to search for the creatures. The Oracles have given us hints for where to look for them, but the task still proved surprisingly hard.
The ocean was too vast. Because it had not only width, but also depth, the scale of it was simply immense. Even finding something as titanic as whales took the scouts' time back when they searched for them; now they had to find the mysterious beasts within a week.
I also voiced another possible complication to this.
