pondered what to do. Unfortunately, there was no quick and easy way to leave this place when flight was prohibited. They had been looking at the fire while sitting with their back to the wall for about an hour, which brought things to the present. “Well... before I can make an escape plan, I need to know about Jötunheimr considering I have zero knowledge about this field...” Kirito finally drove away his drowsiness, looked out into the darkness with sharp black eyes, and spoke. “Indeed, before coming here, the Sylph lord said something when I handed over the coins. ‘I think to earn this much money, you’d need to hunt evil-gods in Jötunheimr,’ or something like that.” “Ah, yes, she said that.” Lyfa nodded her head, recalling the memory. Before getting swallowed by the worm, Kirito and Lyfa had met with the Sylph and Cait Sith Lords at their conference and fought off a large hostile force of Salamanders who had attacked them in surprise. Afterward, Kirito had given the same lords a large sum of money when he heard that they lacked funds. While accepting these funds, the Sylph lord Sakuya had certainly made some remark resembling that. “...Having said that, Kirito-kun, where did you get all that money?” The unexpected question derailed Kirito’s train of thought and caused him to stumble over his words. “That, ahh, some people I knew gave it to me. They used to play this game a lot in the past, but now have quit playing...” “Well, if you say so...”