The Expected Battle

Strange phenomena continued to occur throughout London, but the mages of Kamar-Taj successfully used the Mirror Dimension to isolate the incidents most likely to arouse suspicion.

They stopped six pegasi, twelve armored beasts, and a lava dragon, driving these animals back to their original worlds. At the same time, they kindly helped three dwarves, two elves, and two half-orcs find their way home.

Meanwhile, the mages also opened portals and redirected the ice and snow from Jotunheim to the North Pole.

Although the convergence of the Nine Realms was a spatial anomaly that greatly interfered with the mages' Mirror Dimension spells, under Xiang Qian's direction, discussions of London's strange occurrences remained firmly within the realm of urban legends and did not draw widespread attention.

Of course, the wording carefully emphasized the term "widespread," mainly because a small number of people had still been drawn in. Some had nothing better to do, such as children on winter break; others were researchers who had caught the scent of something suspicious.

For example, Jane Foster, her assistant, and her assistant's assistant.

A group of energetic little brats crowded around Dr. Foster and eagerly ran into a river freight dock not far from Greenwich Observatory, soon disappearing deep within an abandoned warehouse.

The entire process had remained under Xiang Qian's watch. That area lay on the edge of the spatial overlap point. Aside from abnormal gravity in certain places, there were no particularly conspicuous anomalies, so the understaffed mages of Kamar-Taj had not extended the Mirror Dimension over it.

Now, it seemed that the mages' momentary oversight had allowed a pack of overly energetic brats to spot the loophole.

Xiang Qian felt he should go over and take a look, at the very least persuading Dr. Foster to keep this place secret. After all,