March of Year 3, Transmigration Era.
After eight or nine months of stop-and-go, back-and-forth fighting...
The conflict dubbed the 【Abandoned War】 by the world channel finally came to an end as the Transmigrators besieging the cities of the Abandoned Land retreated.
This sudden war had a massive impact on the entire Kalim continent and the Transmigrator society as a whole.
After all, this was the first large-scale war the Transmigrators had incited on the Kalim continent.
Throughout the fighting, both the attacking Transmigrators and the defending witches utilized every means at their disposal.
The witches possessed supreme magical prowess and stats far exceeding the average person.
Meanwhile, the Transmigrators possessed an absolute advantage in numbers.
Over ten million people participated in this war, but over nine million of them were Transmigrators who had been drawn in, wave after wave, by the allure of evolution items.
According to statistics compiled by busybodies on the world channel, the death toll stood at approximately three million.
Furthermore, the majority of those three million deaths occurred during the early stages of the war.
As time went on, the number of people 'dropping' from the world channel steadily decreased.
Normally, a war of this scale on Blue Star would certainly track casualties, not just deaths.
But in Kalim—a place where anyone can be saved as long as they have a breath left, or even resurrected after death—tracking only deaths was the most logical choice.
According to statistics from certain anonymous sources, the witch death toll was around one hundred thousand.
This meant the final casualty ratio of the Abandoned War reached a staggering 1:300.
This was even higher than the 1:200 ratio seen at the start of the conflict.
However, while it might seem like the Witch race had won, losing a hundred thousand people was actually a devastating blow for them.
After all, with the Clan Leader, Lan Qingyou, currently trapped, there was no one left to produce Witch potions.
Although Alisa’s lineage still existed, she was the Clan Leader of the Workshop Clan; she had nothing to do with the High Tower Clan.
Therefore, the witches of the High Tower Clan were now a finite resource; every death was a permanent loss.
Losing a quarter of their population in just over half a year was a crippling blow from any perspective.
But...
“That death toll is just too abnormal.”
“Exactly. A 1:300 ratio is simply absurd.”
“Just a reminder—that casualty ratio happened even though they were hit by a surprise attack.”
“I heard from some people who retreated from the Abandoned Land that the Witch race has magic capable of resurrecting the dead. That’s why their numbers are so low.”
“Heh, if I remember correctly, there were people like you before the war claiming how powerful the Witch race was just to stir up greed. The result? Three million people died in the same place in six months.”
“Now that you mention it, you're right. The Pure Original Sect still hasn't been found, which just shows how deep they're hiding.”
Whenever anyone on the world channel spoke of the Witch race's strengths again, no one believed them.
After all, no one was a fool. How could something like resurrection be possible?
Furthermore, setting aside 'resurrection,' the various manipulations and statements made behind the scenes on the world channel had been unearthed.
Any intelligent person could see that something was wrong.
Now, whenever such rhetoric appeared, it was universally treated as an attempt to incite conflict.
As for the millions of Transmigrators who had rushed in wave after wave, it could only be said that they were driven by their own desires.
In fact, many people had pointed out suspicious details back when the initial battles ended and the war entered its stalemate phase.
However, as the war dragged on and photos of guerrilla units like Pandora and Nangong Lengyue were leaked, even more people flocked to the Abandoned Land, hoping to get a piece of the action in this lawless war.
After all, the sight of a figure riding on a dragon's back or a Magic Eye capable of creating a vast sub-space with a wave of a hand was something everyone yearned for.
As for how these newcomers arrived given that the teleportation circles in the Abandoned Land had been destroyed, they had the teleportation circles of the Adventurers' Guild in the surrounding regions to thank.
In a way, although Lan Qingyou was absent, her shadow influenced the battlefield at every moment.
Whether it was the teleportation circles or the potions.
However, for these latecomers to get a piece of the spoils, they had to be even more desperate than those who came before them.
By this time, most of the witches had already retreated to various shelters to fight defensive wars.
The only ones left to attack were the guerrilla units.
Indeed.
It could be said that the vast majority of deaths in the mid-to-late stages of the war were caused by these few guerrilla units.
Despite suffering heavy casualties and having to secure their own supplies, these people maintained a feverish enthusiasm for battle.
It would be more accurate to say that the war lasted as long as it did entirely because it was fueled by the desires of those Transmigrators.
But to call this a victory for the Witch race would be self-deception.
Aside from losing a quarter of their population, almost all of their previous profit models—save for traditional potion-making—had been destroyed.
Not only was the auction house burned to ashes, but the industrial zone and the academy district did not escape the destruction either.
The maritime trade fleet that Shang Chuan had dreamed of, which had been built with such difficulty, was destroyed in the Abandoned Harbor.
Even several mines had been 'harvested' clean by others.
After all, those monsters only needed to be killed for the ore to be taken away.
But those were merely external possessions.
The one thing that truly deserved the description 'catastrophic loss' was the Perching Giant Tree.
Because of the scorched earth policy, every part of Typhon City except for Lan Qingyou's shelter—the Central Habitat—had been occupied by the enemy.
Therefore, the Transmigrators only needed to attack this one point. After all, this small patch of land housed over a hundred thousand witches.
However, under the protection of the Five Dragon Reincarnation Protection Magic Circle, the enemy failed to succeed no matter how they attacked.
This was thanks not only to the witches' efforts but also to the contributions of the War Treants.
The moment the invaders appeared, these treants would bind them tightly and toss them into the air to serve as targets for the witches.
It was precisely because of these treants that the defense perimeter of the entire habitat was extended by over a hundred meters, ensuring the invaders dared not take a single step across the line.
But for that same reason, anyone wanting to attack the habitat had to eliminate these annoying treants first.
Consequently, all the treants became the primary focus of everyone's attacks.
For a time, all sorts of magic, skills, and tactics were unleashed upon the treants, leaving the witches with relatively little to do.
But the results were significant.
Although the War Treants were troublesome, they were restricted to a small, designated area.
After spending a month finding a breakthrough, the crowd began clearing out the War Treants.
Fortunately, Cynthia, the Thorn Witch, was there.
Otherwise, the treants would likely have been completely uprooted.
And this 'breakthrough' was none other than the Perching Giant Tree where the flying monsters resided.
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