[Speaking of clever, how goes our Lord's plan with dragging Dante and his men on a wild goose chase?] Nepherage asked.
[Not great, the zakos he made for the trip had somehow become hijacked by the land and have become evolving mutants.]
[Fucking what?]
[On the plus side, he had managed to acquire crucial data on how those knock-off demon knights fight and—]
[No, no, no. Back the fuck up,] Nepherage interrupted. [What the fuck do you mean that the Lord's zakos have been hijacked by the land.]
...Yes, it's as bad as it sounds...
^Well, this is mildly infuriating. Is it normal for these...what did you call them? Zakos?^
[Zakos, yes.]
^Is it normal for them to disappear when defeated like this?^ Dante asked while looking mildly annoyed at best.
[Yes,] Zhen Liu answered while thinking, 'What's not normal is that these guys are somehow evolving on their own.'