Human Realm (5)

Anna followed the convoy for two days, and couldn’t help frowning after watching the five-star mage wipe out a group of demonic creatures.

Something was not quite right… When she walked this path with Dubian, although she would see some demonic creatures from time to time, the number was not as alarming as it was now.

Could it be that there was something wrong with the line of life and death?

Anna remembered that when she was still in Black Cloud City, she and Natalie, Rothgarr, and Leon went to the life-and-death line to practice together. Unexpectedly, three-headed demonic eagles that should not have appeared near the line of life and death appeared in groups and took her away.

Afterwards, they reported this strange situation to the Mage Association of Black Cloud City, and the Association sent a team to investigate, but found nothing in the end. Was there any connection between the abnormality at that time and the excessive number of demonic creatures now?

After a while, the convoy turned suddenly away from the line of life and death and stopped about an hour later.

Anna was invited off the carriage. She saw a village in front of her. She thought that they had stopped for a rest or a meal, but Bishop Christopher called her over.

Bishop Christopher didn’t say anything, but just led Anna from house to house.

There were about 20 houses in this village, made of stone, wood and thatch. When she reached the entrance of the village, she remembered that she had been here with Dubian. At that time, she bought several sets of men’s clothes from a family as a disguise. She still remembered that it was a peasant woman who sold her the clothes. Those sets of clothes were left by her deceased husband. The simple and honest peasant woman smiled from ear to ear with the silver coins she gave her.

But now, the village was quiet and deserted.

Anna had a sullen face from the first room until the last house.

Every house was a mess with blood everywhere. Some had a small amount of human remains…

Bishop Christopher remained silent. When they finished looking at all the houses, he said, “This village is nearly ten miles away from the line of life and death. Occasionally, there will be relatively weak demonic creatures that wander over, and the hunters here can easily drive them away. But recently, a large number of demonic creatures attacked the village, and everyone died in the mouths of the demonic creatures.”

He looked ahead and said: “This kind of thing didn’t just happen in this village. We have received reports that there are at least seventeen other villages near the line of life and death where such tragedies happened. Two other cities were also attacked by demonic creatures, but survived because the Mage Association in the city organized mages to fight against the demonic creatures.”

Anna remained silent, and Bishop Christopher continued: “There is a problem within the line of life and death. And the root of this problem lies in the Demon Realm.”

He looked at Anna and said sincerely: “Mage Anna, we need to know the situation of the Demon Realm. Otherwise, if this situation continues, the entire Human Realm will be destroyed by demon creatures.”

Anna suddenly remembered the abnormality of The Abyss.

Rothgarr said before that The Abyss had an activity cycle, and he waited until it was safe before taking her close to The Abyss. But The Abyss suddenly swelled and sucked them all in, which showed that something went wrong with The Abyss.

In the past, Anna thought that the situation regarding the line of life and death was a bit peculiar. Crossing the line would cause some discomfort, just like humans would experience discomfort when entering the Demon Realm. But the effect of the discomfort was much worse. Now that she thought about it, perhaps that the space within the line of life and death was an extension of the Demon Realm. Those demonic creatures were only active within the line of life and death, because the environment there was more similar to the Demon Realm, and they would feel very comfortable. The farther the interior you went from the life and death line, the higher the level of demonic creatures. They didn’t like to come out, presumably because the interior was more similar to the environment of the Demon Realm, and high-level demonic creatures felt more comfortable inside.

And now, swarms of demonic creatures were attacking villages… Maybe it wasn’t the demonic creatures that had a problem, but the line of life-and-death that has gone wrong! That is to say, the line of life and death was probably expanding outward, so the group of demonic creatures was also moving outward!

Anna certainly understood the seriousness of this matter.

According to the information she knew so far, maybe something went wrong with The Abyss, which affected the line of life and death, and ultimately affected the entire Human Realm.

If the problem could not be solved, the entire Human Realm may “transform” into the Demon Realm. When that happens, only high-level mages could survive in this new Demon Realm, and it would be very likely that human beings would become extinct in the end.

Anna naturally couldn’t just watch this happen.

So, Anna said: “There may be something wrong with The Abyss.”

Bishop Christopher was relieved to see that Anna was willing to speak up after seeing the tragedy of the village.

He was the core figure of the Vatican, of course he knew what The Abyss referred to, but he didn’t know exactly how The Abyss was produced and what it looked like.