The Level Two alert in the Devil Race's occupied territories was not lifted until March 12. After nearly two months of large-scale searching, with the entire occupied region mobilized and even the Demon Marshal personally rushing about for two months, the Soul-Chasing Spirit Butterfly still failed to sense any trace of that black-robed Knight before its lifespan ran out. Thus, everyone believed that after killing Ent, the black-robed Knight had fled far away using some secret art.
On March 13, Kelong, the Lucas Family's retainer Knight in the Beian Kingdom, also returned to Saren City, the capital of the Beian Kingdom.
By March, winter's bitter cold had completely passed. A hint of spring was drawing near; leaves were putting forth new buds, grass was beginning to grow, and the ice was quietly melting—many believed that strange black-robed Knight had departed along with winter. The turmoil of the past two months seemed destined to become the final minor twist before the Devil Race and the Three-Eyed Society completely occupied the northern Blakerson Human Corridor.
Every Three-Eyed Society family understood that the year 896 of the Black Iron Calendar was the year set on the Demon Marshal's timetable for the Devil Race and the Three-Eyed Society to completely seize the northern Blakerson Human Corridor.
The Demon Marshal was filled with ambition. Although last year's Battle of Ampton had dealt a setback to the super legion under his command, that setback had not truly injured the Devil Race legion's sinews and bones. Its vital strength remained, as did the Three-Eyed Society's power. Looking across the entire Holy War, one small defeat was nothing.
Including the Lucas Family, every Three-Eyed Society family was envisioning the day they occupied the entire northern Blakerson Human Corridor.
At that time, the evacuation and transfer of vast populations