Chapter 742: Chapter 451: The Situation Changes_2
Colin speculated in secret while waving his hand lightly.
Swoosh!
The half-body of the worm corpse was instantly taken into his Storage Ring, disappearing without a trace.
"Hiss—!"
The Insect Monsters around became agitated upon seeing this.
Colin waved his hand again.
An invisible Force Field spread out, and the Temple Ring Binding covered each of the Insect Monsters present, not only the golden ones but any that were still breathing. He bound them all tightly.
After pondering for a moment, Colin looked at the cave floor strewn with skeletons and white bones and collected some samples into the Storage Ring. He picked through each type of remains thoroughly before he continued searching for the path to the surface.
Half a day later.
Tilaimei Plain, Borlay Kingdom, New South City.
An empty space outside the city.
"What’s happening?!"
"The earth dragon is turning over!"
The passing caravan suddenly cried out in panic as the ground beneath their feet began to quake, followed shortly by.
Boom!
A barren patch of ground to the left and front of the caravan suddenly exploded, sending sand and stones flying and dust billowing into the air.
An invisible dragon took shape outlined by the gray-yellow dust.
Colin appeared in midair, dispelling his hidden witchcraft.
’This is... the southern side of Borlay Kingdom?’
He looked down at the ground and quickly determined his location.
However, the number of caravans on the ground was abnormally high at the moment, and many didn’t look like merchant groups, but rather like nobles migrating with their families...
Colin frowned, paused, then flew toward the most luxurious carriage in the middle of the nearest caravan. He sensed that there was a First Rank Wizard sitting inside.
The First Rank Wizard clearly noticed his approach and, concealing the panic in his heart, stepped out of the carriage with a cold face and said sternly:
"This is Borlay Kingdom territory, bandits will be severely punished. The great Lord of Tilamei is watching over this place, sir..."
"What has happened in Tilamei recently?" Colin showed himself completely and asked solemnly.
"The Lord of Tilamei?!" It was only when Colin drew near that the First Rank Wizard from the caravan finally got a clear look at him and his face went blank with surprise.
"What has happened in Tilamei recently that so many groups are migrating?" Colin continued.
The First Rank Wizard regained his composure, his face flushing with nervous tension, and after a pause, he stammered somewhat embarrassingly:
"Because of the war, great Lord of Tilamei. The Divine are invading the continent, and everyone wants to migrate to the deeper parts of Wizard City. I also... of course, I do not think that Tilamei Plain is not safe, nor do I think you’re not strong enough, I was just at the Sky Pit outside of Intuo City a few days ago, it’s just..."
Now it was Colin’s turn to be stunned. He had just been down in the cave for a few days, and the situation on the battlefield had already changed so drastically?!
"Has Teiya Strait fallen?" he interrupted the continuous ramblings of the Wizard in front of him, asking almost reflexively.
However, the First Rank Wizard shook his head, "Teiya Strait’s defensive line is still strong. It’s Graham City that nearly fell! In fact, it’s said that at first, the Divine Avatar had already descended inside Graham City, and the Miracle City was nearly lost. It was only with the intervention of the Supreme Councilman that it was reclaimed, but at great loss.
And Merredith City suffered a fierce attack from the Divine yesterday. Luckily, being situated at the edge of the Sea Domain, Merredith City has been vigilant and didn’t almost fall like Graham City..."
Swoosh!
Before the First Rank Wizard could finish speaking, Colin, with a furrowed brow, rose into the air and headed at high speed towards the Golden Barley.
...
A few minutes later.
The Golden Barley Wizard Tower.
Atbolde, Jennifer, Shelley, and Lillian were gathered here discussing the recent sudden developments on the battlefield.
"As long as Merredith City has not fallen, we shouldn’t have to worry about our safety here in the Tilamei Plain, located inland," Atbolde analyzed.
"That may be so, but since Divine could bypass the Teiya defensive line and directly attack Merredith City yesterday, they clearly also have the capability to come directly and attack Tilamei Plain. The attack on Lord Colin earlier is a cautionary tale," Jennifer said with worry.
"Yet Tilamei is not Miracle City, not a prime target for Divine attacks, and even if Divine could bypass the Teiya defensive line on a large scale, it’s not certain they could bypass the defenses of Merredith City," objected Lillian. "I think there’s no need to be overly concerned."
Jennifer thought for a moment and nodded, "I am indeed a bit scared, especially since Tilamei Plain has just suffered from crop contamination attacks and Lord Colin himself was assault not long ago... plus he is not here now..."
"Perhaps we could organize Wizards to patrol and be on alert within Tilamei..." Shelley added, then seemed to sense something, turn her head towards the window with a hint of surprise, "Colin is back!"
"Lord Colin is back?" Jennifer looked out the window following her gaze, unexpectedly relieved, and the fear in her heart dissipated considerably.
Colin always provided her with a full sense of security.
Whether it was the initial contamination of the fields or the subsequent family crisis, it was Colin who saved her, who saved the Roon Family.
Despite the current war situation being far from optimistic, she still believed that as long as Colin was there, no major problems would arise in the Tilaimei Plain.
Just as Jennifer was immersed in her thoughts, Colin pushed open the door of the study and strode in.
"Tell me, what has happened recently?"
...
Five minutes later.
Colin finally understood the ins and outs of the entire war situation.
To put it simply, the reason the situation had become what it was, was due to the resurrection of a new Divine!
The Supreme Council had not yet published specific information about this Divine.
But its descent was near the Sea Domain close to Graham City.
Like Merredith City, Graham City was also a Miracle City near the Sea Domain.
However, compared to Merredith City, its location was extremely far from Colin, almost on the other end of the Siya Continent.
The main area of the Divine’s descent was the Southern Sea Domain; the place near Graham City was the cold Northern Sea Domain, rarely visited by humans.
Even during the war a thousand years ago, the Divine’s troops had never reached that land.
However, yesterday, that newly resurrected Divine had brazenly descended in Graham City.
If it hadn’t been for the quick reaction of the Supreme Councilman, that Miracle City might have already been completely conquered.
The other nearby Miracle Cities had already sent large numbers of Wizards for support.
A great number of Wizards from Neustadt City had also gone to support Merredith City.
Under such circumstances, a wave of panic swept across the entire Siya Continent, with even slightly well-informed Wizards migrating to more inland Wizard Cities.
...
"Organize Wizards to patrol, not only to prevent possible Divine attacks but mainly to check for criminal incidents.
As for those Wizards who want to leave the Tilaimei Plain... do not obstruct them. But take precautions to prevent robberies of the caravans..."
Colin pressed his brow and issued some simple orders.
If the Divine could bypass Merredith City’s defenses and attack the Tilaimei Plain, relying solely on them, no matter the prevention, was clearly of little significance.
What he needed to do more was to ensure the internal order of the Tilaimei Plain was stable.
After all, the spring harvest was coming soon!
After briefly stating these matters, he had Jennifer go to the other Kingdoms to convey the latest orders.
Colin then took Shelley and the other two to an empty factory outside the city.
Swoosh!
The glow of witchcraft gently flickered.
Nearly a hundred fierce golden Insect Monsters suddenly appeared in the empty factory.
"These are my new discoveries in the cave, I’ll explain the specifics once I’m back from Neustadt."
Colin explained and then looked at Shelley, "These Insect Monsters will be in your care for now; I need to visit the Supreme Council."
Shelley and the others nodded.
Colin didn’t explain too much, after saying this, he promptly set off toward Neustadt.
The resurrection of a new Divine, the sudden shift in the war situation... compared to this, the discoveries in the cave seemed to become less significant.
But he still had to report these discoveries to the Supreme Councilman!
What’s more... he had a hidden anticipation—perhaps the Supreme Councilman could extract pure Divine Blood from the remains of that worm and the golden Insect Monsters!
As the discoverer, if he could extract Divine Blood, he assumed he would be entitled to share in some of it!
Unfortunately, if the war situation were stable, he might have attempted to extract Divine Blood himself.
But now, time was precious... handing it over to the Supreme Councilman was clearly the best choice!
Power... Colin sighed silently in his heart.
’Time waits for no one; I must enhance my strength as soon as possible.’