It had been a month since Lolo and Roussel had walked out of the Abyssal Chasm. The girl's hard work had finally paid off. The crack that had a diameter of 1.9 miles had shrunk to less than 10 meters. The Magic Association could take care of the rest.
With a few more magic arrays, the crack would be completely closed. Lolo could also heave a sigh of relief.
However, when she came out and saw the teachers of the Royal College of Magic and Magic, they didn't look too good.
"What happened? Are the plant diseases still not under control?" There was a hint of exhaustion on Roussel's face. This was a side effect of overexerting his magic power, but he still forced himself to speak.
The two of them naturally didn't receive any news from the other side of the chasm, so they knew nothing about what had happened outside in the past month.
The teachers looked at each other, and one of them said with a bitter smile, "With His Majesty's help, the plague is not a problem for the time being, but we have a new problem recently. Headmaster, you are planning to return to Mirabar, right? It just so happens that the Special Agent from the Association has arrived, and he is waiting for you in the carriage."
After Steins and Demain died, the position of headmaster of the Royal College of Magic and Magic fell to Roussel. The teachers in the college had changed the way they addressed him a few months ago. However, Roussel still wasn't used to it. Out of the three heads of the Royal College of Magic and Magic, he was the only one left.
When he sat in his teacher's empty Mage Tower, he felt unreal. It was all like a dream. When he woke up the next day, those who had left would return. He pushed open the door, and he could still see Steins in front of his desk, correcting documents.
Roussel's thoughts were stirred up by this title until he heard it again.
However, this time, the person calling him was the girl with a ponytail who was dressed well.
Roussel's gaze fell on her. He saw the badge on the boy's chest and raised his eyebrows. "St. Roland Academy of Magic and Magic?"
"Senior, you have a good eye." The ponytail girl smiled.
"You haven't graduated yet, right?" Roussel frowned. The girl's power was around grade 3. For most Academy of Magic, this was the absolute trump card. However, in St. Roland, there was a strict rule. One could only graduate after reaching grade 4. This was also why graduates from the St. Roland Academy of Magic were always stronger than graduates from other Academy of Magic.
The ponytailed girl seemed to like to smile. When she smiled, there were two small dimples on her face, which was very cute. However, this time, before she could speak, the carriage suddenly shook violently. The horse that was pulling the carriage raised its front hooves and almost overturned the carriage.
Roussel's expression changed. But before he could do anything, he heard the ponytail girl apologize. Then, he saw her open the door and jump out. There was the sound of magic exploding outside the carriage. Three minutes later, the ponytail girl returned to the carriage, and it started moving again.
From the window, Luo Luo saw a big pit and the body of a monkey scorpion in the pit. She understood that the ponytailed girl must have been fighting with this monster just now. Luo Luo admired the latter very much. Such a childish girl who had just experienced a fight could still sit in the car with a calm expression. Except for her slightly rapid breathing, it was as if nothing had happened.
"The situation outside is already this bad?" Roussel sighed. From what had happened just now, he could see more things.
If the Sorcerer's Association was not short of manpower, they would not send a student who had not graduated to be a special agent. Judging from the girl's appearance, her job was not as simple as running errands and delivering information. Obviously, it was not her first time fighting monsters. Moreover, this place was less than a hundred miles away from Miral City. There were tens of thousands of imperial troops stationed there, but these monsters were still wreaking havoc outside. The situation seemed to be worse than he had expected.
The ponytail girl did not hide anything. "When you were repairing this crack in the Ferdory Canyon, there were riots in other places. The other places were fine, but the first infantry regiment in Riga was completely annihilated. More than a hundred thousand monsters rushed out. Including the ones that escaped in other places, there are now about two hundred thousand monsters in the Lionheart Empire."
"Two hundred thousand?" Lolo sucked in a breath of cold air. The sense of accomplishment and joy from closing the crack had disappeared. She knew better than anyone how terrifying the destructive power of two hundred thousand abyssal monsters was. After witnessing the destruction of the Northern Region by thousands of monsters, she could not imagine how destructive this number of monsters could be. This was a true catastrophe for the human world.
The ponytail girl's expression also became serious. "Now, the residents of small towns and villages have basically been moved to the big cities, so there are not many people in the wilderness. In comparison, the population of the big cities has skyrocketed. For example, Miral City has almost twice the population."
"Wait, what about the food for so many people?" Roussel immediately saw the core of the problem. Because of the threat of monsters, the population of the big cities had increased rapidly, and the villages and towns that produced food had been abandoned. This meant that the food problem would be even more serious.
"If we wait a little longer, I'm afraid we won't have to worry about food anymore." The ponytail girl smiled bitterly.
"What do you mean?"
"We have more than one problem. Those monsters have been crazily looting the cities, but as long as we are prepared, we can still control the casualties, but there are some things that we can't control." The ponytail girl sat up straight, her expression serious. "If there is a plant epidemic, how can there be a lack of human and animal epidemics?"
Roussel's expression finally changed.
If there were still people who doubted whether this was a natural disaster before, perhaps no one would think so at this time. From the initial outbreak of the plant epidemic to the exposure of the food crisis, to the subsequent outbreak of the monster riots that magnified the crisis, and then everyone was driven from the villages to the cities, causing the population density of the cities to greatly increase. The emergence of a human and animal epidemic at this critical juncture was incomparably fatal. Moreover, the chain of events was definitely not something that could be explained by coincidence.
"What does the Magician's Association need us to do?" Lolo asked directly.
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