The Material World.
From high above, one could see that the former New Laplace Continent had split into three, surrounded by numerous islands. Among those star-like islands, the Land of Divine War was the largest.
Terrifying storms and other natural disasters constantly shrouded it, lingering without dispersing.
"Not only that, the three continents have all grown much larger..."
Sulu continued looking.
The three main continents formed a triangular arrangement. The continent at the top was primarily occupied by orc nations. Now that the Mages' suppression was gone, the orcs began brutally slaughtering humans in revenge for old grudges, quickly driving pure-blooded humans to extinction on that land.
The continent in the lower left was a human realm. With the Neser Magic Empire's collapse, compounded by natural and man-made disasters, it had regressed all the way to the city-state era, barely clinging to life amid countless catastrophes.
As for the continent in the lower right, it had previously been the coastal region. Montichi's kin lived there alongside humans and a small number of orcs, all enduring the effects of the disasters.
There might still be life, even humans, on the scattered islands, but devolving into savages would already be the best possible outcome.
"The influence gods have on a world is profound and permanent..."
Sulu gazed at it all and pressed his lips together. "Mm... the collapse of the Magic Net has had far-reaching consequences for this world... The foundation of both the Hyperstring Warrior and Mage paths—the strings—has been destroyed! Those two extraordinary paths are probably finished..."
"This world has become hostile to humans..."
Montichi's appearance and the Evil God's contamination had greatly increased the chances of creatures in the ocean mutating.
Likewise, many "demonic beasts" and "monsters" would be born on the continents due to the leakage of the