[And here comes a great big sigh. Maybe he shouldn't have mentioned it so casually...]
HUMANS STARTED A WAR WITH US A VERY LONG TIME AGO. WE LOST. MANY MONSTERS DIED, BUT THOSE WHO SURVIVED WERE BANISHED UNDERGROUND AND TRAPPED UNDER A MAGIC BARRIER.
A BARRIER THAT COULD ONLY BE BROKEN BY HUMAN SOULS.
IT'S COMPLICATED. WE MONSTERS DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY TRY TO KILL HUMANS, EITHER- ONE EVEN LIVED AMONG THE ROYAL FAMILY UNTIL THEIR TRAGIC DEATH. BUT A CENTURY OF DESPERATION, INCLUDING ONE HUMAN'S BRUTAL MASSACRE, SORT OF... BROKE THE METAPHORICAL CAMEL'S BACK, I SUPPOSE? OUR QUEEN DID WHAT SHE COULD TO CALM THE MASSES, BUT THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT A HUMAN WHO FALLS CAN'T NORMALLY LEAVE WITHOUT TAKING THE SOUL OF A BOSS MONSTER. WHICH MEANS KILLING THEM. AND OUR QUEEN'S ONE OF THE ONLY BOSS MONSTERS, SO...
[He pauses, slumping.]
THERE'S MORE TO IT. A LOT MORE. BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY, WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE ONLY ONE MORE SOUL IS REQUIRED. SOME MONSTERS DON'T WANT TO GIVE HUMANS ANY MORE CHANCES. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE THE SKY AGAIN.
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HUMANS STARTED A WAR WITH US A VERY LONG TIME AGO. WE LOST. MANY MONSTERS DIED, BUT THOSE WHO SURVIVED WERE BANISHED UNDERGROUND AND TRAPPED UNDER A MAGIC BARRIER.
A BARRIER THAT COULD ONLY BE BROKEN BY HUMAN SOULS.
IT'S COMPLICATED. WE MONSTERS DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY TRY TO KILL HUMANS, EITHER- ONE EVEN LIVED AMONG THE ROYAL FAMILY UNTIL THEIR TRAGIC DEATH. BUT A CENTURY OF DESPERATION, INCLUDING ONE HUMAN'S BRUTAL MASSACRE, SORT OF... BROKE THE METAPHORICAL CAMEL'S BACK, I SUPPOSE? OUR QUEEN DID WHAT SHE COULD TO CALM THE MASSES, BUT THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT A HUMAN WHO FALLS CAN'T NORMALLY LEAVE WITHOUT TAKING THE SOUL OF A BOSS MONSTER. WHICH MEANS KILLING THEM. AND OUR QUEEN'S ONE OF THE ONLY BOSS MONSTERS, SO...
[He pauses, slumping.]
THERE'S MORE TO IT. A LOT MORE. BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY, WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE ONLY ONE MORE SOUL IS REQUIRED. SOME MONSTERS DON'T WANT TO GIVE HUMANS ANY MORE CHANCES. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE THE SKY AGAIN.