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After finishing the cleanup, Thor began the next step.

"The biggest problem with sick merfolk is that they can't survive in Black Tide waters like other merfolk. Merfolk like these are of no use to the Judgment Court." Alfonso pointed at Coral. "If merfolk can't absorb the pollution in the Red Sea Tree efficiently and with minimal waste, the Judgment Court will resort to more extreme methods to deal with it."

After a pause, Alfonso added, "The Red Sea Tree protects the Nephrite Continent, not the people living on it."

Thor understood. If the entire continent were destroyed by the Eye of the Abyss, most wizards might be able to flee to other continents, but at least a third of the Wizard World's resources would still be lost.

And if the remaining continents had no effective means of resistance, they could only wait to die, bit by bit.

Tier 4 Wizards would be the last survivors of this world, perishing alongside the world's last remaining remnants.

The Wizard World was sealed off. There was nowhere to flee.

So if the altered merfolk couldn't serve as garbage bins for the Red Sea Tree, the Judgment Court would have to find another kind of garbage bin.

Whatever they chose would bring catastrophe to the entire Nephrite Continent.

Thor cut the rotting flesh from Coral's tail and temporarily sealed the wound with a potion.

Then he drew in seawater mixed with Black Tide Pollution and poured it into the glass tank that had held Kate.

The mermaid Kate stood on the beach. When he saw the tank, he desperately wanted to climb inside. Unfortunately, to rule out other factors, Thor couldn't let him soak in it just yet.

While Thor filled the tank, Alfonso went over, undid the straps on Coral, and lifted