In Cecil City, a stream of intelligence reports from expeditionary commanders across every front had been delivered to Amber at the earliest opportunity, then organized and placed before Gawain.
"...We can now confirm that the abnormal atmospheric discharges and large-scale 'auroras' have been occurring irregularly across the entire continent," Amber said, standing beside Gawain's desk. Sunlight fell across her face from the side, and her amber eyes held a rare seriousness today. "Their distribution is random, and so is the timing, but all of them have occurred within the past twelve hours. The garrison at Crimson Jade City in the Augurey Tribes Nation was the first to spot the anomalous phenomenon. After that, abnormal auroras and electrical discharges appeared over the Empire's northern border, the Holy Dragon Duchy, Typhon, the Highland Kingdom, and even Tarlonnd across the ocean..."
Gawain frowned deeply as he rapidly flipped through the documents in his hands. "What do the scholars think?"
"The Institute of Arcane Energy believes this was a large-scale magical 'resonance' phenomenon. A powerful magic field suddenly entered the atmosphere and reacted violently with the high-altitude cloud layers and magnetic field," Amber recited the experts' conclusion with perfect seriousness—though she herself understood barely any of the words. "Considering the randomness of the occurrences and the delays between them, they believe there was more than one magic source causing the resonance. Instead, magic sources scattered throughout different locations began leaking and resonating one after another.
"Furthermore, considering the scale of the phenomenon, especially since abnormalities were observed even over Tarlonnd, they believe this was undoubtedly a planetary-scale event..."
"...A planetary-scale event may point to a planetary-scale magic circulation system behind it." Gawain looked up at Amber with an exceptionally grave expression. "It seems the Sentinel finally couldn't sit still. It is activating its arrangements