More importantly, the Gilded Kingdom had once sent someone to talk to the Cartia Family in a bid to get them to give up a magical metal mine that they had. However, the Gilded Kingdom was as stingy as ever, and offered a rather low price. Hence, the deal did not go through in the end.
Hence, in Sandev's opinion, the Gilded Kingdom's team was definitely targeting the Cartia Family this time. Not only would they snatch everything that the family had, they might even destroy the Cartia Family. The strength of the Cartia Family was slightly inferior to that of the Malfa Family. Not to mention pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses, they even had a pitiful number of Legendary powerhouses. It was impossible for them to resist the attack of the Gilded Kingdom.
However, no matter how much Sandev tried to persuade them, only the leaders of the forces near the Cartia Family spoke up for them. The others remained indifferent.
In fact, they couldn't be blamed for being selfish. After all, the Gilded Kingdom's team was too powerful. There were thousands of powerhouses above level-15, and dozens of Legendary powerhouses. Such power was not something that ordinary forces could contend with. That was because Elvis had not told them that there were Sanctuary powerhouses in the Gilded Kingdom's team. If that news were to be leaked, the alliance would probably fall apart.
At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the door again. Everyone in the conference hall was already numb to the sound of footsteps, because they would hear it once every two to three hours. Everyone knew that there was new information coming from the frontlines, and the entire conference hall immediately quietened down.
As expected, a mage of the Mithril Alliance hurriedly walked in from outside while holding a piece of paper with obvious creases in his hand. He walked towards Elvis, the host of the alliance this time.
Seeing that Elvis glanced at him after getting the piece of paper, Sandev slumped into his chair without even asking about the contents of the piece of paper. Judging from the speed and direction of the Gilded Kingdom's team, they had to be standing on the ruins of the Cartia Family at this time. At the thought of this, Sandev seemed to have lost all his energy, and he muttered to himself with a gloomy expression, "Is it over? Is the Cartia Family going to be finished in my hands!?"
However, after glancing at Sandev, Elvis did not say anything. Instead, he frowned slightly and revealed a very puzzled expression.
Seeing Elvis's expression, Abred from the Caesar Family couldn't help but ask curiously, "Elvis, what exactly is the message? Did the team from the Gilded Kingdom do anything to the Cartia Family?"
"That's what surprises me." Elvis showed a puzzled and bitter smile on his face. Without saying anything, he directly handed the note in his hand to Abrad next to him.
Abrad took the note and looked at it. He was as confused as Elvis. He said, "How, how is this possible? Did those guys make a mistake?"
The conversation between the two immediately aroused the curiosity of the people below. They were eager to see what kind of information could make Elvis and Abrad react like that. On the other hand, Rojet from the Taylor Family exclaimed, "What are you two doing? There are so many people waiting here. What exactly is written on that note!?"
Abrad shook his head, and passed the note to Rojet again, while Elvis said to the others, "According to the information we just obtained, the team from the Gilded Kingdom did not enter the territory of the Cartia Family, and instead took another path that leads here." After saying that, he pointed at a location on the map with the stick in his hand.
"What!? Are the people of the Gilded Kingdom fools? Or do they not know the way at all? Why would they go to the Blackwater Swamp!? "
"Haha, the people of the Gilded Kingdom are in for a good show now. What kind of place is the Blackwater Swamp? It's a place of death that even Sanctuary powerhouses dare not set foot in easily!"
"This time, I think the Gilded Kingdom's team has to thank the gods for being able to retreat from the Blackwater Swamp by half."
Seeing the location that Elvis was pointing at on the map, the entire conference hall immediately became lively, and the leaders of the various forces all clapped and cheered. It was as if they had already seen how the Gilded Kingdom's team struggled in the Blackwater Swamp, and how they retreated in a sorry state after suffering heavy losses.
As people of the Breezy Plains, how could they not know the famous Blackwater Swamp? It was the most famous place of death in the entire Breezy Plains. In the Blackwater Swamp, poisonous swamps and poisonous gas were the most common things, and the poisonous magical beasts were not the most terrifying. What was really fatal was a type of poisonous insect in it.
Because the poisonous insect was unique to the Blackwater Swamp, it was simply named the Blackwater Poisonous Insect. However, its abilities were not simple at all. Firstly, it was highly toxic. The poison of the Blackwater Poisonous Insect was a combination of death, filth, corrosion, curse, and other characteristics. It could be said that anyone who was bitten by it would definitely die. Even a wyrm would definitely not live for more than three minutes after being bitten.
Of course, when it came to insects, the first thing that people thought of was to burn them. In fact, that was also the case. Many adventurer teams would basically not be in any danger as long as there was a mage in the team who could cast fire magic when they were attacked by poisonous insects. However, the Blackwater Poisonous Insect was different. It was not afraid of burning flames, and could even devour the power in the flames. That was also the reason why no one went to burn the Blackwater Swamp.
More importantly, not only were the Blackwater Poisonous Insects not afraid of flames, they were also immune to all kinds of magical damage. It was very easy to kill the Blackwater Poisonous Insects as one would be able to smash them into pieces with a single slap. However, if one were to face millions of poisonous insects, they probably wouldn't be able to do it even if they had 1,000 hands. As long as a person was bitten by a poisonous insect, there would be no second possibility other than death.
No one knew exactly how many Blackwater Poisonous Insects there were in the Blackwater Swamp. They only knew that the black fog that often rose above the swamp was completely composed of the Blackwater Poisonous Insects. If anyone entered the Blackwater Swamp, they would not be able to guard against the ubiquitous Blackwater Poisonous Insects at all. They would not be able to walk out of it alive at all. Fortunately, the extremely vicious poisonous insects could not leave the Blackwater Swamp at all. Otherwise, all the living beings in Anril would have been wiped out.
That was precisely the reason that the people of the forces were no longer worried at all, even though the team of the Gilded Kingdom was extremely powerful, and could even sweep across the Breezy Plains. They simply did not believe that those who had entered the Blackwater Swamp would be able to walk out alive.
"I didn't expect that terrifying place to actually help us so much this time." The people in the conference hall all had relaxed smiles on their faces, and were just waiting for the footsteps to sound again to bring them the good news that they had expected.
"It's alright now. Haha, those damned guys actually went the wrong way. They're really unlucky." Sandev, who had originally been in despair, immediately perked up again after hearing the news. He was so elated that he could not even close his mouth.
However, there was not much joy on the faces of Elvis and the others at this moment. Instead, the frown on their faces became more and more obvious. They did not think that the people of the Gilded Kingdom would make such a low-level mistake as going the wrong way. Even though the Gilded Kingdom was an external force, it was impossible for them not to know about the Blackwater Swamp.
In that case, what if the people of the Gilded Kingdom did not go the wrong way, and instead headed straight for the Blackwater Swamp? That seemed to be a possibility, but it made Elvis feel even more bewildered. The Blackwater Swamp was the most famous place of death in the Breezy Plains, but unlike some other dangerous forbidden areas, there was basically nothing valuable in the Blackwater Swamp. It was because everyone knew that the Blackwater Poisonous Insects loved to devour mana, and anything of value would probably have long been devoured by the poisonous insects.
If there was anything valuable in the Blackwater Swamp, it would probably be the endless Blackwater Poisonous Insects. After all, their toxins seemed to be of some use to pharmacists. However, did the Gilded Kingdom go to such lengths just to catch a few insects? That was obviously unexplainable.
Elvis and the others did not voice out the doubts in their hearts, but the others in the conference hall almost immediately popped open champagne to celebrate the news. If they thought about it carefully, they would naturally be able to think of the doubts in it. However, they were more willing to believe that it was beneficial to them because they had been stressed out by the matters of the Gilded Kingdom.
Besides, in their opinion, regardless of whether the Gilded Kingdom's team had gone the wrong way or not, it had already become a fact that they had entered the Blackwater Swamp. Given the terror of the Blackwater Swamp, the Gilded Kingdom's team would not be able to escape unscathed no matter what their purpose was. Hence, there was no need to consider the purpose of the Gilded Kingdom's operation this time.
Just about an hour after the news was received, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the conference hall again. The entire conference hall suddenly quieted down. There was new news so soon, which made the people in the conference hall more confident in their conjectures. Hence, they craned their necks to look at the door, waiting to hear the new news about the losses of the Gilded Kingdom's team.
As expected, the figure of the mage who delivered the news soon appeared in front of the door of the conference hall again with a note in his hand. However, this mage did not care about the crowd that was filled with anticipation. Instead, he walked quickly towards Elvis with a horrified expression on his face.
The crowd did not pay too much attention to the expression of the mage who delivered the news, and simply thought that he had been shocked by the horror of the Blackwater Swamp. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the note in the mage's hand, and they followed it closely to Elvis's hand.
However, to their bewilderment, Elvis glanced at the note after getting it, and did not immediately announce any exciting good news to everyone. Instead, his face was full of disbelief like the mage who delivered the news.
"Master Elvis, what news is this? Has the Gilded Kingdom's team been destroyed?" a few people at the side couldn't help but ask Elvis.
"No, it's the Blackwater Swamp." Elvis shook his head, took a deep breath, and said with a solemn expression, "From today onwards, there will no longer be a place called the Blackwater Swamp in the Breezy Plains."
As soon as Elvis said those words, there was an uproar in the entire conference hall, and everyone almost couldn't believe their ears. Some of them even forgot Elvis's identity, and kept asking him if he had seen it wrongly or if he had delivered the wrong news.
Elvis did not explain much, and simply passed the note in his hand to everyone to read. In the end, almost everyone who saw the contents of the note immediately became dumbfounded, and fell into their chairs while muttering about how impossible it was.
At this moment, the scouts who had just delivered the news in the coastal area of the Breezy Plains finally stood on the ground of the Blackwater Swamp after the Gilded Kingdom's team. Or rather, it could no longer be considered the ground of the Blackwater Swamp, because the Blackwater Swamp, which no one had set foot in for thousands of years, had already become history.
The Blackwater Swamp, which was once shrouded in black fog and exuding the aura of death and decay, had now completely changed. The black fog had dissipated, and what replaced the aura of death and decay was a somewhat salty odor. It was as if they were on a beach.
The surrounding decaying trees and various swamp plants were now sprawled on the ground, and their bodies were wrapped in a thick layer of salt as if they were carved out of some kind of crystal. The ground, which would have sunk with a single step, was now covered with a layer of hard salt. Even the weapons in his hands couldn't leave any obvious marks on it.
Is this the Blackwater Swamp that was once known as the Death Land of the Breezy Plains? The scouts looked at everything around them in disbelief. They really couldn't imagine what kind of power could actually turn the Blackwater Swamp into such a state.
"This is the power of the gods!" one of the scouts exclaimed with a face full of horror, as if he had gone crazy from the shock of the changes.
However, his companions around him did not mock or laugh at his seemingly crazy words. Instead, all of them looked as if they had agreed with him. They recalled the earth-shattering scene that they had seen previously. Soon after the Gilded Kingdom's team entered the Blackwater Swamp, boundless seawater suddenly emerged out of nowhere, and drowned the entire Blackwater Swamp in an instant. By the time the seawater receded, the Blackwater Swamp had already become what it was now. If it wasn't the power of the gods, what else could it be?
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