The Monk Leader apparently intends to abandon the settlers of the new continent; the Scholar merely expresses surprise but has no further reaction.
Currently, aside from the first batch of explorers who arrived in the new continent 49 years ago with the Adventurers' Guild, the remaining settlers who have established nations here are the various disgraced individuals and scoundrels from different countries who have gradually arrived from the old continent over the past thirty years.
A considerable portion were once pirates, and they have formed a maritime force outside the New Federal United States called the "Seven Islands Alliance."
In the years before the Daguan Fishmen caused trouble forcing the closure of the new continent's sea routes, every month several batches of "settlers" would arrive via the shipping routes under the Martin Company, and their numbers along with their descendants soon surpassed 150,000; now this number has nearly reached 300,000.
