Chapter 335: Competition Containing Rewards and Elimination (1/2)
At the edge of Fallen Shadow Valley beside the outskirts of the Forest of Evil, a man with long black hair sat down atop a massive boulder. Chewing several roots of grass, the man seemed to fall into deep thought. It was none other than the man who had been released by Jean Camus.
“It seems like that brat didn’t lie. His identity really is Jean Camus, the number one genius of the Kingdom of Doa and son of the captain of the Royal Guard.”
“But I wonder if he truly doesn’t know, or if he was just acting to trick me. Since it is like this, I guess I will be making a trip to the Kingdom of Doa.”
After a while of thought and muttering, the black haired man silently disappeared from atop the boulder without a trace.
During this last period of time, Fallen Shadow Valley and the Southam Demon Forest had been extremely calm and quiet.
The Abyss of Evil and the plains surrounding it had already been thoroughly combed through several times by the surviving arcane teams. Anything of value had long since been found and split.
As a result, the vast majority of arcane teams had already withdrawn from the greater Fallen Shadow Valley area.
As for the valley itself, now that it was no longer perpetually shrouded by an evil aura, life began to grow once more. In the dozens of days since the end of the war, patches of grass had sprung up everywhere.
Before long, saplings, vines, and shrubs would begin to grow once more as well, transforming the valley into a dense forest. It would become a paradise for wild beasts.
The consequences of this war would have lasting effects on the entire continent of Doraster alongside the enormous, unprecedented repercussions which the Kingdoms of Doa and Eiche now faced.
In order to fully surround Fallen Shadow Valley, the two kingdoms had sent over a thousand arcane teams.
Following the dozen or so days of battle, over half of the arcane masters making up these teams had died.
It was an enormous loss.
Especially because the majority of the arcane masters which had entered Fallen Shadow Valley to do battle were those who had opened four arcane gates and possessed remarkable combat abilities.
But at the same time, those lower leveled teams which used to be overshadowed by their peers now had an opportunity to shine, and those arcane masters who survived the war had gained an incredible amount of benefits to help them improve.
Ultimately, they had won, slaughtering countless Evil Dragon Followers and annihilating their main encampment. But it had also come at a great cost. As a result, a strange atmosphere of grief and joy descended over many of the territories of the two kingdoms.
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A team of five arcane masters wearing the robes of the Office of Special Affairs quickly traversed through the lowest plain in Fallen Shadow Valley and arrived at the town marked as Witch Hat Town on their map.
“Liszt!”
Upon seeing a relaxed Liszt appear before them, the five arcane masters let out a cry of joy as they stepped forward one by one and hugged him.
Having fought beside Liszt before, these arcane masters knew just how difficult it was for an arcane master of Liszt’s level to survive a war like this.