Her frown deepened, not liking the implication.
This Quest had called up everyone in a hundred kilometer radius. Of course, it was possible to just directly ignore, but then you wouldn't get any details, nor would you get the compass leading here. There was also a penalty involved for accepting and then flaking in the end, though this penalty wasn't worth your life.
"You think it's one of them?"
"I don't know. It could be a coincidence, they could have gotten the information through other means, or any number of things.
"There's definitely the possibility that there were some who ignored the Quest that could use where it pinged them as a clue for which areas to check on.
"You said it was 100 kilometers, right? That's quite a large area… but it's not impossible, given the strength of those people."
"How strong were they?"