Over the past three days, the black pillar region has undergone startling development. To contain it, tall magic-enchanted walls have been erected around it.
At the same time, a new military district was set up right behind those very walls.
Although they had been told the Evernight Territory wouldn't invade the Great Ratholos Empire again, only fools wouldn't try to set up any forms of defensive measures in case things went south with Gehenna.
Nevertheless, 80% of the construction work was completed quickly, thanks to the help of the Red Dragon Clan and Black Rose Empire. Otherwise, they wouldn't have made that much progress, even if they were given another four months.
Whether it was the transportation of materials or the technicality of construction, the convenience of magic made everything much simpler.
Even so, Emperor Varan had to give a lot of credit to the Red Dragon Clan.
For a dragon race boasting superior strength and knowledge, he didn't expect them to be so skillful in human construction. It made him feel ashamed. It seemed like anything humans could do, the dragons could do it better.
Nevertheless, since the black pillar region was mostly settled, Emperor Varan could focus on other matters.
Although the Black Pillar region may have experienced the most destruction, it wasn't the only place in the imperial capital that suffered. Various buildings scattered throughout the city also required repair.
Furthermore, several new districts needed to be built to accommodate the homeless citizens. They could stay in temporary refuge camps and receive disaster relief forever.
It was both a burden on the empire and the citizens.
Resolving all of these matters would take at least six months, minimum. The vampires didn't invade for long, but the extensive damage still set the empire back a substantial amount of time.
"Why do you both find that strange, Empress Astoria?" Emperor Varan asked with a baffled look.
To him, the Eastern Sea being rich in mana stone deposits was normal.
"Think about it. Before Gehenna's emergence, mana didn't exist in our world. Thus, the rich mana stone deposits in the Eastern Sea shouldn't have existed before that time," Henrietta mentioned.
"However, mana is like air; it's light and more likely to float into the upper sky, where most of the world's mana is gathered. Even if it dropped on water, it should float and not sink to the bottom."
"Despite that, the rich mana stone deposits in your Eastern Sea tell us otherwise," Henrietta stated.
"Indeed, mana is more likely to float if it lands on water. But suppose it was submerged from the start. In that case, sinking becomes reasonable," Astoria chimed, adding, "However, wouldn't that also imply Gehenna's mana is being injected into the sea directly?"
"You suspect there's another dimensional crack connected to Gehenna in the Eastern Sea?" Emperor Varan casually asked, unsurprised, before nodding, "Indeed, that should be the case, though we have never confirmed its exact location."
"You see, the Eastern Sea isn't exactly a place we can freely explore. In fact, I could argue the sea is far more dangerous than the Perilous Lands on the continent."
"However, I'm more concerned about the power that has been connecting Gehenna and Pangea," Emperor Varan added.
"What do you mean, Emperor Varan?" Henrietta asked curiously.
"The dimensional crack in the northern land is connected to another land, and the one hidden in the Eastern Sea should also be connected to another sea. If that weren't the case, the Boundless Sea would have been drained long ago. However, isn't this too coincidental?" Emperor Varan mentioned.
"Even Great Devil Abaddon required long years of preparation and a huge sacrifice before he established a connection between Gehenna and Pangea, and even then, it's not on the same scale as the dimensional crack north of your seven witch kingdoms."
"Doesn't that suggest the power that created those large dimensional cracks is even greater than the Great Devils?" Emperor Varan raised an alarming question.
However, Kuvat suddenly chuckled without any concern.
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