Chapter 76 - The Ark Of Conclusion (1/2)

”Yes, after the Umbras have feasted, they would assume the form of the victim that they've taken. Any problem with that?”

”No problem. It's only...”

Minwoo seemed to lose his words for a second before looking at Mavislin in the eye.

”Only?”

”Well... Won't all the victims be gone, but then replaced? If the Umbras take over them, there should not be any reports. Say, except for the mutilated bodies. Within the reports, they aren't forgotten. There should be more reports on random people popping up on the streets.”

Mavislin's eyes widened at the Minwoo's explanation. The two of them quickly scanned through the reports. Minwoo then recalculated his domain's population.

”How can we miss such a valuable piece of information?” asked Mavislin.

”How did the Umbras manage to blend in so easily?”

The Valkyrie froze at the realization. The Mages that had disappeared and then reappeared, have returned looking and acting like a 'human'.

”You'd received the letters from all of the Kings, right? Pass them all to me,” ordered Mavislin, extending her hand to Minwoo as she looked through a report.

”Yes, but I'm not sure if there's any valuable information in there,” replied Minwoo, giving a few letters to her.

Mavislin read through the letters, making an incomplete conclusion as their information was unfinished. Though they reported on the 'missing' persons or 'mutilated' cases, they did not realize to check the sudden fluctuation within the domains' population.

Only Gab and Minwoo managed to do further digging. Minwoo did find a fluctuation, more 'people' had appeared within his area. There were a few reports on 'people appearing within the shadows', but was not tallying up with the number of reports.

This was because the cases were on Mages. Humans and Mages within the above-world society still had grudges against each other. But the underworld was the opposite, without the two, both areas will collapse.

”Gab mentioned something about the Asian continent. The Umbras did touch onto there but did not show any signs of growing. It's stagnant, only having two cases at most. That was in the other letter. What does the one in your hand say?” asked Minwoo.

”He did notice a fluctuation, a major one. Not only that, the reason why he had asked to keep the surviving Mages there is that North Albion has no Mages currently. Hang on...”

”What's wrong?” asked Minwoo, going closer to the girl.