"Dio, we have new trouble."
Galileus's magical projection carried a trace of exhaustion. "After the Black Tide erupted, huge numbers of monsters appeared from who knows where... They're a little different from the Naga. They have humanoid forms, but also fishlike features! My staff officers call them the 'Sea Race.'
"Now those Sea Race bastards are wantonly attacking our strongholds! Giant Pincer Island, the Black Algae Archipelago, the Coral Archipelago... those people can be seen everywhere.
"I need you to reduce their numbers as much as possible. If possible... go search the waters where the Black Tide originated and find out where exactly they came from. Report to me at any time if anything happens!"
Following Galileus's communication, Bai Pu also received a prompt from the Spirit Realm Will.
[Ascension Main Quest 2: Naga's Revenge, quest progress has been updated.] [Quest Objective 1: Reduce the Sea Race's numbers: Kill 30 Sea Race invaders of elite rank or above. (Otherworld Travelers will be converted as Ascension templates according to base priority +1)] [Quest Objective 2: Source of the Black Tide: Investigate the source of the Dark Tide.] [Quest Time Limit: 30 days] [Quest Reward: Unknown] [Additional Reward for Quest Objective 2: Gaia Military Merit *100]
Bai Pu had previously received the trigger for Ascension Main Quest 2, along with a prompt telling him to seek out Galileus for further information.
However, Bai Pu had found Galileus too quickly. At the time, the Barbarian Race had only just withdrawn their troops, and the overall situation had not yet become fully clear, so Galileus had only given Bai Pu the quest reward, without any further quest progress update.
Now that two or three days had passed, it seemed the empire and the Barbarian Race had already reached an alliance agreement and were going