This turn of events had come far too suddenly.
Neuvillette, in the Palais Mermonia, had become the busiest person in all of Fontaine.
Although he had followed Ellin's advice and strengthened defenses along the coast, the scale of this disaster still far exceeded anything he had imagined.
Not only was the sea level rising, but groundwater that should have remained underground was being forced to the surface by the overflowing Primordial Sea.
Across Fontaine's interior, groundwater mixed with primordial sea water was now erupting like fountains.
Today, the mechanism beneath the Fortress of Meropide that sealed away the primordial sea water had also ruptured, throwing the fortress into chaos.
Had Neuvillette not rushed there himself and forcibly suppressed the Seal with the power of the Hydro Dragon Sovereign, not only would countless prisoners in the Fortress of Meropide have dissolved, but Fontaine's current crisis would likely have been even worse.
"Phew..."
Seated at his desk, Neuvillette let out a long breath.
Even so, Fontaine's situation had already become extremely dangerous.
Throughout Fontaine's interior, groundwater mixed with primordial sea water was gushing from the earth.
For the people of Fontaine, almost every part of their homeland was now dangerous. There was no way to know whether a casual step might land in water contaminated with primordial sea water.
Moreover, judging by the volume currently gushing out, it would only take a few days for all of Fontaine's freshwater supplies to become contaminated.
When that happened, even if Fontaine was not submerged, many of its people would die of thirst.
He glanced at the two most prominent reports on his desk.
The first report essentially read: yesterday, Poisson had suffered the largest eruption of primordial sea water yet recorded in Fontaine, but a young woman had appeared that day and single-handedly forced