"I don't think it's just that," Reidar said. "While it's true that opening the portals made it possible for stronger monsters to appear, the monsters would act as an excellent diversion for the Aegis Phalanx."
"The Aegis Phalanx?" The scout asked.
"They are troops sent by the Allied Worlds to get rid of the Progenitor, based on what Sub-Adjutant Xy'tharr told me."
"You talked to an officer?" Seraphine said. She heard some time before the raid, when the Allied Worlds arrived, that they did as such, especially because many people who came to Creamont had been sent by them after having been rescued. But those survivors were only able to talk to the foot soldiers. It was nothing on the level of an officer like a sub-adjutant.
"I did. He offered me a quest related to the raid. The goal was for me to help you."
"That's why you stayed!" Seraphine almost shouted. Reidar nodded.
