The eruption of the demon tide was like the opening of Pandora's Box, bringing great trouble to all the material planes.
Grimm had no idea how the other three organizations had arranged their plans.
All he knew was that the central continent was in deep trouble.
Ever since the demon tide had arrived in the Magus World, there had been more than a hundred invasions reported from the central continent every day. As for those who had snuck in through covert means, there were even more of them.
The arrival of these invaders had brought unimaginable chaos to the central continent.
Most of them had mistakenly entered the space-time vortex and were randomly teleported to the Sorcerers World. There were also some that had crossed thousands of miles of the endless void, taking advantage of the opening of the Sorcerers World's portal to barge in, preparing to plunder and slaughter without restraint …
The former were many, but their strength was uneven. Thus, most of them were stowaways in the Magus World, ready to escape to other planes at any time. Most of these fellows had average strength and did not have much of a background, so it was not difficult to deal with them. Basically, all of them were killed.
The latter, on the other hand, were much more difficult to deal with.
After all, they had come prepared. They were either more familiar with the environment of the Magus World, or they had the support of powerful forces. Either way, it was not a good thing for the rulers of the plane.
Currently, there were seven large-scale deaths on Grimm's desk, spread across six regions. Behind each incident was the fall and destruction of a human settlement.
[Molten City's mysterious deaths:
[A large number of mortals have died in the Scotis region today. It happened in the east of the region, 300 miles away from Molten City. In a place called Mars Town, 416 mortals died in a single night … "
[According to preliminary investigations, the corpses of the dead are all present. Clothes, belongings, and other items are all present. The dead are scattered all over the town, and it seems that they died at the same time due to some unknown reason …]
[All the dead were smiling, and their muscles were stiff. After preliminary autopsies, there were no traces of extraordinary power found on the corpses …]
[The time of death was three days after the demon tide …]
[The deaths are currently being investigated by Molten City's rank 2 Magus, Freena …]
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[Clark's Treasure Well's mysterious disappearance:]
"Clark Alchemy College in the Ankara region has suddenly experienced an abnormal change. As the main trial site of the college, the Treasure Well is shrouded in a mysterious white fog …"
"Currently, we have lost contact with the 11 Apprentice Alchemists in the treasure well. Even an official Magus of the academy went to investigate, but he was nowhere to be found … "
"This incident happened on the third day of the Mana Tide. Currently, the Entom Family's Grade 2 wizard, Woodwhisker, is investigating …"
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"Plague incident in Entonas City:"
"On the seventh day after the demon tide broke out, a mysterious plague suddenly broke out in the city of Entonas in the Alathia region. The first outbreak of the plague infected nearly a third of the city's population. The estimated number of infected people is 21,000 … "
"After the outbreak of the plague, it began to spread at an extremely fast speed to the surrounding areas. At present, it has already infected three surrounding villages, and the scale of the epidemic is still continuing to expand …"
"This area is jointly managed by Quirin's Hut, Death Knell Academy and Molin's Spire. They've all sent out Magi to form a joint investigation team to investigate and control the plague …"
"From the information we've obtained, traces of forbidden magic have been found in the plague. The investigation team is urgently pursuing the Magi who broke the law, and there are currently no signs of invaders from another world … "
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Grimm flipped through the report on his desk, his brows furrowed.
In the past, he only needed to manage the affairs of the Crimson Family. With Meryl and Emelia's help, he didn't feel that the family's affairs were that complicated and difficult.
Now, as the entire central continent gradually fell into his hands, there were 31 regions of varying sizes, 37.51 million square kilometers of land, and thousands of Sorcerer families … These were all areas that he had to understand and control. The complicated affairs that were as vast as the mountains and seas drowned his desk like an avalanche.
It had to be known that Meryl and Emelia had filtered out most of the less urgent matters for him. Those that were sent to his desk either involved a rank 4 Magus or a rank 4 organisation, or had hidden secrets that required him, the head of the family, to make a decision …
No matter which one it was, it was enough to give him a headache for three days!
Over the past few days, the ordinary family affairs had all been blocked off. The fact that these seven matters that had a greater impact were sent to him meant that they were closely related to the demon wave that had erupted.
Behind many seemingly insignificant incidents, it was highly possible that some powerful and cunning creature from another plane had snuck into the central part of the continent and was stirring up trouble there, carrying out some kind of terrifying ritual or crazy massacre.
Grimm wasn't too worried about those fellows who went on a killing spree.
These fellows only wanted to eat to their heart's content, and would naturally leave once they were full. Grimm's attitude towards them was to expel them.
After all, there were too many demons from other planes, and it was impossible to kill them all.
He would find them, expel them, and then seal the cracks they had entered. This was the best outcome that Grimm could think of!
What really gave Grimm headaches were the other kinds of cunning fellows.
They wouldn't go on a killing spree just for a moment of pleasure and attract the attention of the Magi. Like chameleons, they would sneak into the Magus World and use some sort of method to hide their traces. They would then disguise themselves and blend into the local nobles.
For the sake of some unspeakable plan, they would often hide for decades, using their own special methods to invade and hollow out the local human society bit by bit.
When their deeds were exposed, it would often lead to the extinction of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people!
The Spore Men invasion, the Snakeskin invasion, the Undead invasion recorded in the Sorcerer's Handbook … Each and every one of these terrible incidents had traces of the involvement of some powerful organisation from other planes.
After all, the Magus World was a well-known large plane, and the quality of the human souls here was much higher than those from small to medium-sized planes. Hence, many demons and monsters from other planes would abduct the souls of creatures from the main planes as their noble cause.
They would abduct the souls of creatures from the main planes and bring them to their own planes, which would undoubtedly strengthen the plane's power and allow them to obtain more feedback from the plane. This was also a method for a plane world to strengthen itself!
If the central continent didn't belong to Grimm, he wouldn't care about it anymore. But now, he had just ruled over the entire central continent in name. If he allowed the demons from other planes to plunder souls in his' territory ', it would undoubtedly damage his image.
Hence, Grimm asked Meryl and the rest to report all the mysterious incidents that had happened after the demon wave broke out. He then entered them into the A.I. Chip's database and compared them with other sources of information to find the most suspicious incidents.
With a target in mind, Grimm would personally send people to urge the locals to find the culprit behind the mysterious incidents as soon as possible. He would then dig out these hidden parasites from their nests one by one.
However, to be able to sneak into the Magus World and conceal themselves without anyone noticing, they definitely had the strength of at least a Grade 3 Magus. Hence, when it came to the final showdown, none of the old fellows in the central continent would sit still and do nothing. They had to make the best use of their resources and contribute some of their strength.
Currently, the thing that worried Grimm the most was the Space Crack in the Alden Family's territory. Since the demon wave broke out, nearly a hundred Grade 2 Magical Beasts, monsters, and demons had escaped from the Space Crack. There were even three Grade 4 Magical Beasts.
Of course, they were all killed on the spot by the Wizard's Pagoda and the War Wizard's Pagoda. However, from the images transmitted from the scene, the number and quality of the magical beasts that had entered the plane were on the rise.
Once high-level Calamity Beasts or powerful Astral Beasts entered the plane, even with top-notch Wizards like Mary or Monash around, it was inevitable that some of them would escape.
If they managed to break through the first obstacle and escaped into the plane, it would be extremely difficult to hunt them down again!
After all, without the support of the Wizard Tower and the support of spells, human Wizards would be sending themselves into the tiger's den if they wanted to fight against the magical beasts of other planes with thick skin, long bloodlines, and shocking recovery abilities. Even a Super Wizard like Grimm had a headache thinking about the dangers involved.
The eruption of the demon wave also indirectly tested the strength of the various Wizard Families!
Take the Elobis and Hayworth regions controlled by the Crimson Family as an example. Up until now, there had not been a single case of a magical beast harming the local people.
In the past ten years, the Crimson Family had sent countless Magi and acolytes to every corner of the two regions. They sealed up all the weak points in space and set up the corresponding alarm spell formations.
Although the demon wave had caused all the Space Cracks to open automatically, breaking through most of the space seals, the overall situation was still under the Crimson Family's control.
As soon as something happened to the alarm spell formation, the nearest floating warship would rush over without hesitation. The Witches of Destiny on the ship would be responsible for finding traces of the enemy, the Battle Wizards of the family and the Magic Squad would be responsible for eliminating the invaders, and the Wizards of the academy would be responsible for sealing the Space Cracks again …
With the close cooperation of the various power systems, no invaders could escape the Crimson Family's pursuit and escape to human society. Hence, the human countries in these two regions still maintained peace and stability, becoming the safest, most prosperous, and most lively places in the central part of the continent.
It could not be helped. Other regions and other countries could not do this.
The human nobles did not have any loyalty. In order to continue the family and preserve their bloodline and inheritance, even in the farthest regions in the central part of the continent, the local rulers would spend a large amount of money to send their direct descendants to the Horton Witchcraft Academy in the Crimson Realm to study.
In this way, not only could they increase their strength, but they could also avoid unknown risks.
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