Waaaaah……!
Just then, a cheer full of awe spread from somewhere in the distance.
Jioh turned to see what was happening. Apparently, one of the merfolk who had recovered considerably had leaped into the sea.
Near the outskirts of the medical camp.
Beyond the safety fence erected around the area, enthusiastic applause and cheering poured forth.
They were civilians who had seen the news and come looking for the rumored “merfolk.”
Last night, in the heart of a French city, the French Guardian Order, the American FBI, and South Korea’s National Intelligence Service had all moved at once.
There had been no particular embargo, but even if there had been, it probably would not have held.
The horrific crimes committed by mages whose clientele consisted of the wealthy were swiftly spread across the globe, stamped with labels like exclusive and breaking news regardless of the hour.
Anything concerning the resurrection of the dead went unmentioned, presumably because none of the governments of the three countries had released that information due to the danger involved.
Instead, the story had been reduced to the madness of mages who believed in some absurd legend of immortality.
Even so, it was racial extermination.
Genocide was a grave crime that could never be forgiven, in any era.
The mages who had reigned at the summit of the world’s invisible pyramid saw their authority plummet dramatically because of this incident.
Merlin, the head of the world’s Mage Towers,…