"A plan to relocate the wood spirits to the North? Wasn't that rejected back in the day? "
I paused in surprise when I saw the official document Renée handed me. I couldn't even understand what was going on.
In order to create a comprehensive defense plan for the entire Northlands, I had tried my best to convince Amelia to relocate a portion of the wood spirits to live in the Northlands. That would greatly alleviate the food and environmental problems in the Northlands.
But in the end, no matter how much I tried to entice her or how many tempting conditions I promised her, she always said "I don't have the conditions."
"Why did she change her mind?"
"Take a look for yourself."
There were many details on the document. One of them was a feasibility report that caught my attention. "Feasibility Report on Planting the Forest of Dreams in an active volcano environment."
The report was quite simple. It only gave a general idea. The general idea was that with enough geothermal energy, the seeds of the Forest of Dreams would be able to sprout and bloom. Then, as long as the geothermal energy could be maintained until the Forest of Dreams expanded to a certain area, it would be able to achieve internal balance. A new Forest of Dreams would then be able to establish itself in the Northlands.
"This is wonderful news! If it succeeds, our food shortage will be reduced by at least half. We'll also have a powerful Nature Alliance, which will be greatly beneficial to the entire Mist Alliance … Renée, why do you seem so unhappy? Is there a problem with what I said? "
"… No problem. Please continue. I can't stop you."
It was quite obvious that she was angry. But based on my many years of experience, young women would often go into a period of irritation for inexplicable reasons. Trying to get to the bottom of things at such a time would only invite trouble. At such a time, as a mature gentleman, I should …
"Do you have a stomachache? Cough, I understand. I have some painkillers that I got from the elves … "
Alright then, this girl actually glared at me before leaving without even saying goodbye. She was so rude. I really wanted to see who taught her to be so rude.
"Didn't you teach her to be like that …?"
Cough — cough — let's not look into those random things. At the very least, it would be great news for the entire Mist Alliance if a portion of the wood spirits could migrate to the Northlands.
The devils had worked so hard to create a volcano eruption. The result was that not only did the Northlands have a reason to not participate in the continent's internal strife, they even received reinforcements from the wood spirits. Due to the Elemental War, the Ice Elemental Plane and the Mist Alliance's relationship had improved by leaps and bounds. Apart from all that, I felt that the benefits were greater than the losses. Could it be that the devils were here to give us gifts?
"… It's not that easy. You should read more about the requirements in the document."
Indeed, I had previously completed a Quest to expand the Forest of Dreams. At that time, the requirements for the Forest of Dreams' environment were quite high. Not only that, the process of creating the Forest of Dreams would require a lot of space to be cut up. It was only natural that the natural residents in the area would react. The moment that the Forest of Dreams' Ancient Tree Seeds were created, elemental creatures would surround and attack us.
"Absorbing geothermal energy …"
This was obviously an attempt to steal from the Fire Elemental Plane. Just thinking about it made it obvious what would happen. But, when considering the benefits, this was completely acceptable. And once the Fire Elemental Plane took shape, it would be the same as the wood spirits and ice elemental creatures blocking the Fire Elemental Plane together. It would be quite difficult for the fire elemental creatures to make a comeback. Perhaps the Fire Elemental Plane would even become a thermostat that would improve the Northlands' environment … I kept feeling like the devils and Fire Elemental Lords were here to give us gifts.
Now that the situation in the Northlands had become clear and everything was going well, I also felt like it was time for me to escape … Yep, I definitely wasn't trying to escape before Amelia arrived in the Northlands. I was someone who would never do anything against my conscience.
Of course, there were still some trivial matters that needed to be taken care of as quickly as possible, such as the construction of the new regions in the Elven Empire, Suana's "resurrection ritual", and the hunting down of the Chaos Abyss devils that had become like rats on the streets.
Currently, the fires of war were raging everywhere in the mortal plane. However, most places maintained a certain degree of balance. The most eye-catching place was the former Kingdom of the Elves located in the southwestern mountain range.
There, the black flood of demons had completely gone out of control. Countless Chaos Abyss demons were walking out from within. Under the leadership of powerful Main Gods, the Chaos Abyss's destructive flood was unstoppable.
Including the Moonwheel Kingdom of the Elves, three middle-sized countries and eleven small countries had already been destroyed. Over two million people had died or gone missing from the first demon wave. Meanwhile, the mega empires of the mortal plane were abnormally silent.
They were waiting for the demon wave's berserk phase to end. They were waiting for the short-lived Chaos War Slaves to use up their lives in a frenzy. The Order Gods were also waiting. They were waiting for the demon wave to end so that they could gang up on the exhausted Chaos War Gods and chase them back to the Chaos Abyss for their glory.
After the first demon wave ended, the various Demon Lords would walk out from the Chaos Abyss. That would be the true Chaos Abyss expedition army. This would be a battle of attrition that would determine the fate of the world.
The will of the Chaos Abyss watched over the first demon wave. It was impossible to defend against the first demon wave. This was something learned from countless previous Holy Wars. The Moonwheel Elves' experience once again proved this to be true.
One couldn't blame the observers for being cold-blooded. Since it was destined that humans would be used up, the Moonwheel Elves would naturally choose the citizens of other countries.
Every day, tens or even hundreds of thousands of warriors and civilians would die. The hungry demons wouldn't be able to distinguish between civilians and soldiers. Every day, more than ten times the number of refugees would be born. Farmers would abandon their fields, and militia would abandon their villages. Nobody would punish them, because even the Domain Lords who had always been high and mighty had abandoned their own territories.
It was said that even the military observers sent out by the various countries had lost several thousand people in this calamity. The observers had been observing the battle from what they thought was a safe underground fortress, but they never expected to encounter the Deeprock Demons that had burrowed into the ground. The observers had been observing from high mountains, but they never expected to encounter the Chaos Abyss's Demon Dragons. The observers had been gathering information from several countries away, but they never expected that several countries would simultaneously be destroyed by a single Demon God's sword.
The tide would rise and fall, and the Mana Tide would not last forever. Everyone was waiting for the moment when the tide fell. Only then would the actual counterattack be effective.
It was precisely because of the eruption of war everywhere, especially the arrival of the demon wave that all the countries entered a state of war. All the countries began to expand their armies in preparation for war. The countries' industries were also being fully militarized. However, there were two calamities that arrived even earlier.
"The Plague of the Dead and the Famine of the Living. It really is as if the Four Knights of Armageddon have arrived …"
The famine that I had anticipated arrived even faster than I had imagined. All the countries were collecting military food, which meant that there was no food available on the international market. The arrival of the refugee wave and the loss of large amounts of human territory further exacerbated the spread of the famine. The only thing worth celebrating was that if the demon wave had arrived three or four months earlier, it would have been impossible to harvest this year's autumn crops. All the countries' granaries wouldn't be full, which would have made the famine far scarier.
Meanwhile, the Plague of the Dead was a new type of abnormal plague. Unlike the Undead Calamity, the Plague of the Dead wouldn't create any high-level undead creatures. Nor would there be any undead leaders. The Plague of the Dead would simply transform humanoid creatures into low-level zombie-like creatures that would drool and roll their eyes as they furiously attacked all living creatures around them.
As for why it was called zombie-like instead of actually being zombies, that was because they were still alive. In fact, it was even possible to use pure Holy Light to reverse this process and restore them to their original state.
In this world where forbidden spells were everywhere, the Plague of the Dead wouldn't have much destructive power. However, the Plague of the Dead wouldn't have much destructive power. If the source wasn't quickly cut off, a town would become a ghost town, and the "zombies" would starve to death within ten days. They wouldn't even be able to reach the next town. The Plague of the Dead wouldn't have as much destructive power as the standard Undead Calamity.
On the other hand, no matter how the Undead Emperors tried to explain themselves (and they didn't try to explain themselves), it was obvious that someone else was controlling the Plague of the Dead.
Another piece of news announced the end of my vacation.
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