Everyone's Shock

It was a common occurrence for a conversation to drift off-topic.

However, this matter was simply too significant, and David, the Magician, clearly didn't want to waste time on inconsequential details.

And yet...

High Priestess: "Hey, Magician, I'm still currently under attack, you know. Can't this wait until I've finished off these pests and puppies before we get into the details?"

Magician: "I don't think such an attack would have any effect on you."

Seeing the High Priestess chatting with him while in the middle of a battle, David knew she was perfectly at ease.

The Tower: "I'm also curious why someone would attack the High Priestess, as well as the Hierophant's and The Star's Merfolk."

Hmm...

Seeing that Lan Qingyou—who hadn't appeared in a long time—had finally surfaced and was asking questions, the Magician suppressed his own curiosity and waited for them to talk first.

This group was just like that.

Even if the sky were falling, they had to finish whatever they were talking about first.

Besides, Lan Qingyou had provided good opinions and analytical directions several times.

So, he also wanted to hear if she had any thoughts on these matters.

Although his Man-Demon race had not yet been attacked.

But if things continued to develop this way, those acting for the sake of attributes would definitely not be few.

It was important to realize that there was a huge difference between this Racial War and the previous Abandoned War.

The Abandoned War had been organized privately by certain individuals, and there were no guarantees regarding victory, loss, or profit.

In reality, that was exactly how it turned out.

Especially for the ones who came later wanting a piece of the action; they basically got nothing out of it other than serving as cannon fodder.

That was also the main reason for the final collapse.

But this time was different.

With the official backing of the world consciousness, many would surely be willing to strive for this cause.

After all, humans die for wealth, as birds die for food; without profit, there is no motivation.

Furthermore, they were striving for their own benefit.

As for whether it was true, one only needed to find an opportunity to kill a member of another race to find out.

If someone was too lazy to even do that, they could simply observe the messages on the world channel.

There were essentially no obstacles whatsoever.

Whether psychologically or physically.

Hierophant: "I honestly don't know. The sea was calm that day, and since things felt a bit dull, the fleet just anchored at Merfolk Bay."

Hierophant: "As it turned out, those merman race and sirens suddenly charged out and attacked the docks and the Merfolk underwater."

There was a major difference between the Merfolk and the Witch race: the former lived by the water or underwater.

Consequently, they couldn't recruit large numbers of transmigrators to live in their cities like the Witch race had done.

This meant the people living in the Merfolk Harbor or working in the fleet were primarily composed of Merfolk; there were very few transmigrators who weren't evolved beings.

Thus, when they were attacked, they didn't have a diverse mix of people like the Witch race did.

The attackers were the merman race and sirens, two degenerate species.

However, even as degenerate species, they were significantly stronger than transmigrators who hadn't evolved.

As a result, they suffered heavily during the initial assault.

Neither The Star, Ruan Qingyi, nor the Hierophant, Nemo, had expected this to happen.

Fortunately, they eventually stabilized their positions, or there was no telling how many clansmen they would have lost.

Even so, many clansmen died during the three or so days they were under attack.

After all, although they were called degenerate species, there wasn't much difference in attribute values compared to evolved species.

Thus, even a one-to-one casualty ratio was seen as a massive loss by the two leaders.

The Tower: "That's not it. I want to ask if there's anything unusual about the corpses of your clansmen who were attacked—like missing limbs or something."

The Star: "What do you mean?"

High Priestess: "?"

Everyone found Lan Qingyou's words strange.

After all, this was war—a battle where one could be killed at any moment—not some trivial village brawl.

If that was the case, injuries were a certainty.

Everyone thought so, taking it for granted, but...

The Tower: "You all know about the Demon Hunters, right? The main reason they can ambush or kill evolved beings is that their attributes have been boosted."

Empress: "..."

Righteousness: "That's impossible. They're genuine transmigrators who haven't evolved."

The Emperor: "Such a thing actually happened?"

Lovers: "Their values shouldn't be the same as evolved beings or degenerate species."

Almost everyone immediately jumped in to deny Lan Qingyou's statement.

Although they knew she wasn't someone to make groundless claims, this simply defied common sense too much.

Ever since arriving on the Kalim continent, everyone had been constantly breaking the common sense of the Blue Star.

However, the Kalim continent had its own common sense.

The most well-known piece of common sense was that transmigrators could not possess the attribute values of evolved beings.

The Tower: "True. Under normal circumstances, that is indeed common sense. But what if the circumstances are abnormal?"

Justice: "Abnormal?"

The Tower: "For example, if these Demon Hunters have at least one Witch's Magic Eye installed in their own eyes."

!!!

Everyone fell silent at that moment.

Magic Eyes!?

Wasn't that an innate talent of the Witch race? How could the Demon Hunters... uh...

Thinking of this, everyone suddenly remembered the question Lan Qingyou had asked before giving her answer.

Corpses with missing limbs... the previous Abandoned War... tens of thousands of dead witches...

If the Demon Hunters really had Magic Eyes in their sockets, then the witches who died in the war must have been missing things like their Magic Eyes, just as she had said.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have said such a thing.

No... she must have even investigated it thoroughly before speaking.

If that were truly the case, then the missing parts of their own clansmen's bodies...

Hierophant: "Now that you mention it, there really seem to have been quite a few cases like that."

Originally, no one had cared about such things; it was war, after all, and damage was expected.

But if it happened frequently enough, there was definitely a problem.

No one had pointed it out before, so they hadn't given it much thought. Now that they had been reminded, Ruan Qingyi, Nemo, and even Vivian, who was still fighting, immediately noticed it.

The Star: "Now that you mention it, the things everyone lost are indeed very similar—webbed hands and feet, or gills."

High Priestess: "For us Vampires, it's mostly wings and teeth that are missing."

Justice: "Wait, if the Magic Eyes can grant attribute points once installed, wouldn't the body parts of Merfolk and Vampires do the same?"

The Tower: "What are you talking about? Not only do attribute points increase, but the innate talent skills of the Magic Eyes can be used as well."