Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 652.2: The Ten Years Promise (2)

In the tenth year, the Spirit Cataclysm of the Capital struck the Ancient Austine Empire, and the capital collapsed. The high transcendents channeling the ritual either became crippled or died. Charles declared a mass migration to the west, and they never returned.

“…So, what in the world is the Spirit Cataclysm of the Capital? Did Charles really leave Carolyn there like that?” Roel asked grimly.

“The Spirit Cataclysm of the Capital was caused by a leak of the Savior’s mana. We still don’t know how it happened, but the calamity quickly spread across the Ancient Austine Empire, with the capital taking the brunt of the impact.

“It was complete chaos in the capital. Over half of the normal humans and high transcendents were reduced to monsters or succumbed to madness. Overnight, the city that had signified humankind’s prosperity for thousands of years transformed into a living hell, causing the Ancient Austine Empire to fall to a standstill.

“Charles tried to open the passage to save Carolyn, but the pandemonium had spread too fast. Half of the high transcendents involved in the ritual fell into depravity, causing him to lose control over the Capital Cathedral. To make things worse, he struggled to mobilize manpower to save Carolyn because most people believed that she was already dead.”

“What?” Roel was taken aback.

“Carolyn should have been suppressing the Savior’s mana and preventing it from leaking out if things had gone according to plan. Yet, the Spirit Cataclysm of the Capital happened. That led many to think that the final plan had failed, and she was dead,” Astrid explained.

“…” Roel fell silent.

He stared at Carolyn for a long while before finally heaving a sigh.

Just as Astrid had said, the outbreak of such a huge calamity could be taken as proof that the final plan had failed, and Carolyn was dead. Building on that, the gush of the Savior’s mana from the Abyss during the Spirit Cataclysm of the Capital could have been the mana Carolyn had collected thus far.

Even Roel would have been inclined to

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