When Mason reported the veil tear incident to his superiors and later to the hunters' community, chaos erupted. Even if Mason had wanted to conceal the news of Zol's near-fatal injuries, too many people had witnessed it firsthand.
S-class hunters weren't just humanity's greatest warriors—they were symbols of hope, standing tall against the horrors that plagued their existence.
To most, the idea of someone like Zol being gravely injured in combat was inconceivable.
That illusion shattered when the news spread. The revelation alone was enough to shake the public, but the emergence of a new class of void creatures added fuel to the fire.
People were already teetering on the edge of despair, and the thought of a monster capable of effortlessly defeating their strongest defenders pushed them into a state of hysteria.
