It didn't take long for the man, whom Vale later found to be named Corvis, to explain what he meant by babysitting, and when he was done, Vale realised that the deal wasn't so bad.
According to him, there was a beast surge coming and it was going to be big.
Vale already knew about this as the old couple had informed him before they left. They hadn't explained much about it as they didn't know all the details behind it.
But Corvis was more educated on the subject.
The bottom level where they all resided was divided into two parts, although that wasn't an accurate analogy. The part where the beasts resided was about a quarter of the entire level and it was sealed off by a barrier.
The beat surge was caused by the annual weakening of the barrier; this was an event that happened every five hundred days, and since the sun was not a reliable method of tracking time, most towns had devices to track it. According to Corvis, this cycle's weakening had come earlier than anticipated.
