Magic High School.

However, looking from here, the duchy's territory is indeed in a rather dire state.

Seventy percent of the entire underwater continent belongs to the Empire, while the Duchy only occupies a basin nestled among the mountains.

It's somewhat similar to the Shu Han and Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, and this Shu Han even lost Hanzhong, only having the Bashu Basin.

The advantage, however, is that as long as the duchy holds the valley, the empire will basically be unable to get through.

It can be described as a terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and at the same time, it is extremely difficult to launch an attack.

In the region where they were located, there were also many villages and towns of the empire.

Although this place is close to the border, there is no road connecting it to the duchy. The vast underwater mountains physically block it. The only border between the empire and the duchy is a valley, which is so narrow that even a dog's brain would be beaten out over there.

However, when Li Ge and his group went there last time, they found that the Empire had committed suicide. Twelve imperial edicts summoned their own general back to the capital and then executed him. This abstract action left the group of people with blank expressions.

This is truly a case of too many evil deeds to list.

"So, the plan is to first return to the Duchy, rescue Valerie's family, and then go find the Sea God's soul?" Li Ge said directly.

Valerie nodded vigorously.

In this situation, it's obvious that people have selfish motives. Just like Li Ge wanted to rescue her aunt, Valerie's first thought was only for her family and friends. After ensuring their safety, she would try to save as many as possible.

If all else fails, call the parents and have the school come.

The plan was decided that simple: first, go to the border city to take Valerie's father away, then return to the capital of the duchy, take Valerie's other family members away, and then go find the soul of the sea god in peace.

Based on their previous speculation, the soul of the sea god was most likely sealed in the very center of this continent, near the imperial capital of the empire.

So the group hurriedly prepared to begin their operation.

Valerie was especially anxious at this moment, after all, it concerned her entire clan. If things went wrong, her entire clan would be wiped out, and she was definitely worried to death.

Anyone whose entire family lineage is under the sword of Damocles would be in a state of panic.

The group headed toward the nearest town on the empire's border, intending to buy a detailed map there before heading toward the war zone where the empire and the duchy met.

“Speaking of which…” Xiaoye suddenly said on the way.

"What's wrong?" Li Ge asked.

"How can the sea god unseal himself?" she asked.

Everyone else started thinking about this problem, and Yi Lian was the first to think of it: "It's very simple. Since the condition for the seal is in a land without sea, all we need to do is return to the sea."

Then, Yilian was also stunned for a moment.

In this sealess land, we return to the sea... which means...

“Yes, so I think the condition for the Sea God to be unsealed should be to destroy this great magic circle, causing the sea in the sky to fall, the seawater to overflow, and completely submerge this place. In this way, the Sea God can be unsealed…” Xiaoye said slowly.

"Oh no, my entire family!" Valerie exclaimed in even greater panic.

"Don't rush, don't rush. It seems that the Sea God is still far from being truly free, and it's far from the time when your nine clans can't hold on any longer," Li Ge complained.

“You’re not worried about it because it’s not your entire family?” Valerie roared.

“I only have one aunt, no other members of the nine clans.” Li Ge shrugged.

However, the group arrived in the town as quickly as possible and went straight to a map shop.

"Boss, give me a world map, the more detailed the better." Valerie pulled a gold coin directly from her pocket.

The gold coins were from the Empire, not the kind minted by the Duchy. This girl actually used her brain a little at this moment and didn't take out the Duchy's gold coins directly, otherwise the group would probably have been held back again.

"Okay, everyone, please wait a moment. The detailed map of the entire continent is several meters high. Is that alright?" The shopkeeper said with a smile as he took the gold coins.

"It's alright, go get it quickly." Valerie was very anxious.

She kept pacing back and forth while the boss was getting the map.

"Don't rush, the more you rush, the more unexpected things will happen," Li Ge complained. He was currently wearing a yellow and purple insect king armor, which made him quite conspicuous here.

After all, this full suit of armor is probably only available to the most elite knights of the empire, and this is just a small border town.

While they were waiting for their boss, a car accident occurred right in front of them in this remote border town.

The carriage appeared to have hit a person, who was thrown into the air.

However, the person who was thrown away did not die; an unknown change occurred at the wound site.

This scene unfolded right before their eyes, and at that moment, they all looked in that direction.

"Imperial inspectors are on duty, all irrelevant personnel must leave!" The sudden arrival of the imperial inspectors blocked everyone's view, and the soldiers wearing eagle medals went directly to the body, immediately covered it with a white sheet, and dragged it away.

This scene looks so familiar.

Li Ge suddenly paused for a moment, then looked at the whole world.

Suddenly, they realized that at this moment, everyone—imperial supervisors, commoners, or all sorts of merchants—was looking at them with the same gaze.

Although they were indeed dressed rather strangely at this moment—Li Ge's yellow and purple outfit was one thing, but Xiao Ye's purple and black night clothes, Valerie's full-body armor, and Daphne's long dress that resembled a trumpet flower.

Only Yilian's outfit was relatively normal, a clean-cut college student's Adidas outfit paired with casual pants, but such a modern style of dress was quite eye-catching here.

"Wait, Xiao Ye, activate your Golden Eyes!" Li Ge said directly.

He can't activate his Golden Eyes yet, since Li Ge doesn't even have eyes.

Xiaoye nodded and immediately activated her Golden Eyes.

However, in the next instant, she was completely stunned.

Blood-thirst disease!

The entire field of vision was completely covered by these distorted labels called "Thirst for Blood Disease," which resembled blood-red earthworms above everyone's heads.

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At this moment, Xiaoye was completely stunned, the Thirst Disease covering every corner of her field of vision.

Streets, inns, taverns, mountains and forests...

Everywhere in sight seemed to be completely covered by this blood-red label.

As if sensing something, everyone turned their heads at that moment to look at Xiao Ye, whose golden eyes were very conspicuous, and Li Ge and the others.

"Did you see that?" someone asked.

Not only Xiaoye, but everyone else noticed this as well, and felt a sense of unease.

From their perspective, the town, which had been perfectly normal, suddenly turned around and looked at them all at once. Whether it was the children who had just been playing around, the farmers who were busy working, or the imperial prosecutors who were collecting corpses, they all made the same gesture.

Although the vast majority of them were ordinary people without any special abilities, this bizarre turn of events still sent chills down their spines.

"It's alright. I told you not to use magic carelessly. Look, you scared people." Li Ge casually put his arm around Xiao Ye's waist. Although he was holding the King Insect Armor, which was uncomfortable to hold, Xiao Ye felt a warmth for the first time in a long time.

She fell into the arms of the King Insect Armor and turned off her Golden Eyes.

"Here's the map you requested, sir," the shopkeeper said, bringing over a map over two meters tall, rolled up like a large scroll. After giving Valerie two silver coins in change, the shopkeeper immediately turned to Valerie and asked, "Did you see it?"

"Huh? What did you see?" Valerie asked directly.

"No, it's alright. Have a good time, everyone." The owner lowered the brim of his hat and then closed the shop door as if packing up for the day.

At this moment, not only those who were already highly perceptive, but even Valerie gradually noticed that something was wrong.

Although she wasn't from the Empire, she still had some understanding of it. The Empire wasn't some crazy place; it highly valued martial prowess and a culture of dueling.

But at this moment, the whole town felt very strange to her...

"What exactly happened? Li Ge, say something..."

"Let's go!" Li Ge said, grabbing the map and slinging it over his shoulder.

The group immediately stopped talking and quickly left.

I didn't dare make eye contact with anyone along the way and hurriedly left the eerie town.

Then, even after leaving the town and being several kilometers away, when they still found traces of being followed, the group quickened their pace and shook off the little tail behind them.

Having finally arrived at a safe place, Xiaoye activated her golden eyes, shook her head, and said, "There's nothing around here."

"What on earth happened?" Valerie couldn't help but ask.

"Bloodthirst disease, is that right, Xiaoye?" Li Ge asked in return.

Xiaoye nodded.

If Li Ge still had a face at that moment, his expression would have been very complicated. But now he was just a soul residing in the King Insect Armor, and his face was just a clown mask attached to the King Insect Armor.

“Bloodthirst disease, could it be…” Daphne suddenly thought of the history of the fairy race, “Bloodthirsty fairies! Could it be that the original sea fairies here have also irreversibly transformed into bloodthirsty fairies?”

According to the records of the Fairy Kingdom, it was because of the disaster caused by the Bloodthirsty Fairies that they had to leave their homeland, flee their original planet, and come to this continent full of oceans to make a living.

Now, the same bloodthirsty fairies have appeared in another civilization that seems to be a branch of the same race as them.

Bloodthirsty fairies usually disguise themselves as normal fairies, but they gradually lose control of their inner desires and begin to prey on normal fairies, attempting to devour them. This is the origin of the name "bloodthirsty fairy".

After being devoured, the individual will transform into another bloodthirsty fairy, thus seeking its next target.

In other words, the bloodthirsty fairies cannot control their instinct to devour other fairies, and thus cannot control the growth of their population.

They still look like fairies, but in essence they have completely transformed into a different kind of creature, and this thing can spread to other fairies like a plague.

According to Li Ge's experience, this is only the hidden period. When the blood-thirsty patient dies and becomes a blood-thirsty person, that is when their true nature will be fully exposed.

"Valerie, my condolences..." Li Ge said directly.

Valerie: "?"

Valerie: "??????"

"No, explain yourself clearly! What do you mean by telling me to accept my condolences? Riddler, get out of here!" Valerie was starting to panic.

Previously, Li Ge and Xiao Ye had been talking mysteriously, spouting riddles she couldn't understand, and now suddenly they were saying "condolences"?

Why mourn?

“Your parents, brothers, and sisters may all be dead, and what you are about to see may just be another kind of monster that looks exactly like them.” This time, Li Ge stopped with the riddles and said it directly.

"Huh?" Valerie exhaled. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

“Li Ge is right. You have seen the history of the Bloodthirsty Fairies before. Now the whole world may have become the Bloodthirsty Fairies…” Daphne also felt an indescribable feeling.

They had discovered their own kind, and they had found the male fairies who had been extinct for a long time. Two happy things had come together, so why did it turn out like this?