453 Joining the Meeting, The Mysterious Cause of the Hastened Invasion of the Infected in the Spirit Dimension (2/2)

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Compared to the time that passed in the Mortal World since the outbreak, it had just been a month and a week since they noticed that something strange was happening in the mortal world.

At that time, the King of Sylphs sent soldiers to see what was happening as they were the only ones that had a Spirit Tree in the area. Unfortunately, not a single one returned.

Since then, some sort of rumor started to circulate and was passed by tribes and kingdoms. Apparently, they encountered some enraged humans that got lost into this world. As not all Spirits and Elementals hated humans, they tried to help then to return to the Mortal World, only to get attacked.

Luckily, the instances were rare, and there would only be one or two that would get lost. There were also no casualties reported as the humans attacking were immediately restrained by magic and were sent back.

After a week, the instances started to become more frequent. The residents of the Spirit Dimension was could already feel that the barrier between the Mortal World and this dimension was getting unstable.

That was when the term Infecta started to circulate as some casualties appeared and became like Infecta, attacking their own kind. The situation was still controlled at that time, and they tried to find a cure for their infected families and friends to no avail. There were also some odd-looking creatures and animals appearing in the same manner and having the same behavior.

They Spirits still managed to control the situation preventing it from worsening.

It changed about two weeks ago.

Some sort of disturbance happened on the western coast of the land. The surviving witnesses said that it seemed to be akin to two demonic deities fighting.

Cracks in space appeared, which caused Miasma and Flames to seep out of the cracks. Their assumption was hard to doubt as only some demonic races could control Miasma, and the Flames contained a demonic aura.

Although the disturbance did not take too long and vanished, it left the space in a seriously unstable state.

Many rifts in space appeared after two days until the stability of the space returned.

The problem was that, though.

In those two days, dozens upon dozens of Infecta were transported because of the rifts. They varied in sizes, strength, and appearance. They started to invade the kingdoms and killed the tribes they encountered. Many members of the races became Infacta with their magical abilities remaining intact. This caused another level of threat to everyone living in this land.

Just on the first day they appeared, the Infecta already conquered the western areas and was spreading fast. Many races tried to flee to the eastern parts to no avail.

Some made it, the majority did not.

Since then, this part of the Spirit Dimension had turned into a mess filled with deadly creatures that continued to mutate day by day.

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Hearing this, Mark was keeping his straight face. Inside, he already wanted to slap his forehead.

'So, the majority of things that happened here were because of me and that flame demon?'

He thought.

No wonder that after the battle between him and Gar'Vlam, the whole Bay City Settlement was quiet for several days. The infected that should have been attacking the settlement could have been attracted to the rifts in space. After all, these rifts that connected to the Spirit Dimension would surely release strong magical energy to attract them in entering.

Nevertheless, there was no use to dwell in it. That was what Mark had decided. According to what he heard just now, the barrier between the Mortal World and Spirit Dimension was already getting unstable. It was just a matter of time before things ended up the same way.

The accident that he and Gar'Vlam caused only hastened the inevitable. It was already bound to happen sooner or later.

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Mark also inquired about the thing that occupied the Kingdom of Sylphs.

Fortunately, it was not related to him. Apparently, during the spread of Infectas, a Berberoka, somehow, entered their Spirit Tree through the mortal world. It was still unknown how it was able to enter. The worst thing, that Berberoka was in the midst of turning into an Infecta.

It suddenly mutated inside the space of their spirit tree, filling the space with its mass. It attacked the Sylphs residing inside the space, causing the majority of the Sylphs to become Infectas because of its tentacles.

The King and the Queen, along with their close aides, managed to escape because of their control of the portal going outside.

But soon after they escaped, the space inside the tree collapsed, causing the more than three thousand infected Sylphs to swarm those that were outside.

Luckily, Danaya, who was gathering survivors from the western areas, was passing by and managed to save a good number of Sylphs, before fleeing.

While they were continuing with the meeting, the person in question, the young Diwata called Danaya, arrived.