So quite a few magical beasts and plants had survived on the island.
That was why the two families had chosen Storm Island.
And Storm Island was large enough.
There was more than enough room for both families to conduct their research.
Seeing this, the Empire sent quite a few alchemists along as well.
Albert and Nikola were among them.
In the end, after the two families and countless alchemists had studied the problem,
they managed to preserve some of the magical beasts and plants.
The method was broadly similar to the Class-Change Emblem: rapidly increase the magical beasts' and plants' own strength
until they had a chance of surviving.
Once the technique was perfected, the next step was naturally to restore the ecosystem.
Both the imperial family and the nobility took the matter very seriously.
They immediately committed enormous resources and manpower to the plan.
The early days were difficult, but their efforts bore fruit.
And so, through the tireless work of one group after another,
the once-ashen continent finally showed signs of life more than a decade later.
Several more decades passed.
Life began to return to the continent.
But just then, the soul fragments of the unknown magical beast they had summoned began to exert their influence.
The air, freshwater, and even the ocean
all showed signs of contamination, one after another.
It was not the kind of contamination that turned clear water black or green.
It was silent, colorless, and odorless.
As a direct result, while no one noticed,
many things gradually began to change.
More and more newborns were born with deformities, cases of mutated magical beasts grew increasingly common, and the strange ways plants grew became ever more bizarre...
If anyone had taken the time to examine the data closely, they would have realized