Witnessing the wild battle, Netero exclaims: " This place is too big. At the end of each one of the V5 expeditions they were brought back one of the Five Threats: the botanical weapon Brion, the gaseous life-form Ai, the twin snake Hellbell, the human feeding beast Pap, and the immortality disease Zobae. Without them, it would be impossible for humans to get past the Known World's oceanic borders. The Guide is a being summoned by the Gatekeeper, a race of magical beasts, which holds the only known connection to the Dark Continent. Īn indispensable component of a successful voyage is a Guide. However, these voyages were not sanctioned by the V5 and were, therefore, unofficial. Furthermore, only three of the survivors managed to clear the post-evaluation test and return to their daily lives.
The mere survival rate of 0.04% is indicative of the Dark Continent's hostility toward outsiders. Of these only five were successful and had survivors, in the aggregate they were 28, which possessed immense physical prowess and prodigious luck-one amongst them being Beyond. But, over the past few years, there have been recorded 149 attempts of voyages to the Dark Continent. Therefore a protocol was established by the V5 200 years ago, also known as the Inviolability Treaty, that prohibited said action. It is written on ancient artifacts that disasters occurred every time humanity excursed to the Dark Continent.