A Calm After the Storm?

Over the next three days, things unfolded with an almost eerie smoothness.

Perhaps it was because they now had two extra allies, the Black Flame Emperor and Thor. Casualties remained well under control. Some Official Wizards had died, but the death toll hadn't reached the warning threshold, and they hadn't even used up all their reserve Apprentices.

Luo Ye had even recovered some of his smile and could joke around with Thor.

"Looks like this Black Tide is just a little baby. I wonder how long we'll have to prepare for the next one, though. A year? Or five?"

Thor didn't answer. Before the workday was over, he kept any discussion of the matter serious and focused.

During this time, Alfonso had barely left the seabed, but his Mental Power fluctuations remained steady, showing no change.

That meant the situation on the seabed was under control.

Even so, Luo Ye still went down to the seabed every day to make a round, as if worried that something might happen to Alfonso while he was alone.

Starting on the fourth day, however, the new Black Tide began to weaken. Even the sea monsters were no longer as densely packed as they had been at first.

Thor had also suffered a few minor injuries in battle over the past few days. The main reason was that, on the third day, a particularly large number of Alienated monsters had attacked the Defense Zones at once.

At the time, Luo Ye was already tied up in another Defense Zone. Meanwhile, another Defense Zone was being attacked by two Alienated monsters with Tier 3 strength and could barely hold on for a minute.

Thor fought his way through the tidal wave of monsters and charged all the way to the Defense Zone on the outermost