In just one day, Shinji had visited more than seventy Contaminated Zones across the Six Rings World, from the largest to the smallest. He hadn't even spared the few Contaminated Zones in the polar regions, inspecting every one of them.
Yet the results were the same. He hadn't found the slightest anomaly, so Shinji returned to the Knowledge Tower, full of questions.
The battle around the Knowledge Tower was still raging. However, with reinforcements from the other five Magic Towers arriving one after another, and with the Radiant Alice and Greedy Wolf Hengo conducting a relentless sweep without regard for ammunition or energy, the number of Flesh Puppets besieging the Knowledge Tower was rapidly dwindling.
Another day passed, and at last, the fighting subsided.
After defeating the powerful invaders, the mages all breathed a sigh of relief, their spirits high. Yet on the temporary war fortress, as they looked out over the smoke-filled, devastated battlefield, the Lantern Bearers were all grave.
Greedy Wolf Hengo lit himself a cigar. "They're celebrating too soon!"
Arcane said helplessly, "After finally wiping out the Flesh Puppets, it's only natural for everyone to let their guard down!"
Alice looked worried. "This is only temporary. A second wave will come soon, then a third."
Arcane was well aware of that. He turned to Shinji and the old martial artist. "Have you gathered any useful information over the past two days?"
Since the old martial artist specialized in close combat, he hadn't joined the fight against the Flesh Puppets either. Like Shinji, he had gone out to investigate. At Arcane's question, he replied, "I looked around the surrounding area, but didn't find anything unusual."
Shinji said calmly, "I investigated ninety percent of the Contaminated Zones in the Six Rings World and found nothing unusual. The Plague Overlord