The More You Thought About It, the More Terrifying It Became

"Could the Fifth World War be about to begin?"

An expert could not help speaking in an almost groaning tone.

There was no doubt that the Third World War had occurred when the Human Alliance had been forced to seal itself off and withdraw from the stage of history.

The Fourth World War had taken place after the various nations had gained footholds on the Moon and Mars. They had fought fiercely over resources, though its intensity had been somewhat restrained compared to the Third World War.

Now, was the Human Alliance, which almost no one even remembered anymore, going to return to the stage and start another world war with its very first appearance?

"No, the Fifth World War probably won't happen because of this. Or rather, it most likely won't."

Another expert disagreed.

"Perhaps the scale involved meets the standard of a world war, but you've overlooked one thing: the cost and the damage. What kind of counterattack do you think the European Union can still launch now?"

As they watched the split-screen display finally begin to dim and return to normal daylight, the experts and professors all fell silent.

Those lightning bolts had not merely destroyed the private ecological residences of those top tycoons. They had also reduced the European Union's military bases and armories to charcoal.

No wonder they had remained lit up for so long. They had been saying those ecological residences should not have been that resistant to electricity.

"By the same reasoning, Germany and Italy probably aren't doing much better either..."

Although Fiendfyre had been classified as a forbidden spell, that did not mean no wizards secretly learned it. Germany and Italy should have had countermeasures in place.

Yet on the split screen, savage beasts surging from the Fiendfyre roared atop the buildings