"Even though the distortion has vanished, the scars remain. What was lost cannot be restored. The cleansed earth will one day become distorted again. Since that banquet, the earth has officially entered a turbulent period. Earthquakes will occur more frequently than ever before in the future. And throughout the world, 'Mad Earth' and resurrected fossil creatures may appear, though they will not be as powerful as those in the Randall River Valley Region and can be eliminated through ordinary means."
This counted as an "aftereffect," but it also meant that the earth's distortion had only been cured once and could still "relapse." It was not because Shade had failed to handle the matter properly; the earth's distortion was connected to changes in the world itself. Unless he could directly change the world and stop the "ultimate apocalypse" whose arrival was still unknown, no amount of planning would help.
Magma gurgled beside his ears. The inhuman Guardian might have been accustomed to such an environment, but Shade was already feeling rather hot. Firelight illuminated his slightly furrowed face:
"Since Mad Earth and fossil creatures may appear in other regions, creatures of this sort should appear even more frequently in the Randall River Valley Region, right?"
Shade asked, and the Guardian nodded:
"The local Church can deal with those problems, and I will help as well. But in the end, things will no longer be as they were in the past."
Shade was not surprised by that in the least. After all, it was always like this.
Coldwater Port was still suffering attacks from Fishmen, evil spirits roamed among Sikar Mountain, and the lingering power of the Pantanal Evil caused strange plant-like monsters to appear from time to time in the Great Swamp. Compared with those, the fossil creatures and fallen Djinn