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The banquet continued without interruption, as halting it wouldn’t have solved anything. Besides, nothing was certain yet.
The Emperor and Empress Louise discreetly gathered the people they needed to speak with, inside the conference room of the Spring Palace, and posted Scarlett at the entrance to ensure no one could enter or leave at will.
The five empresses and the Emperor were all convened in one place.
The Emperor waited in silence as they all reviewed the contents of the notebooks. Their expressions and reactions mirrored his own.
Some species of monsters were reproducing, and it was impossible to determine which species were multiplying, how extensively, or where.
Despite the gradual recovery, resources on the continent were only about thirty percent compared to the previous era. Exterminating all the monsters at this juncture was simply impossible, and so the task had to be postponed until they had the means to accomplish it. If the information in the notebooks was representative of the new reality, though, then a time where all monsters were eradicated might never come.
The situation might not be as dire as the Gate Incident, but the battle against the monsters would still be unending. Perhaps they might be eradicated one day, but that day seemed awfully far away.
A gloomy shadow settled over the faces of all those in the room.
“We can’t say that we’re too late,” Charlotte said. “After all, given where we are, it has just been impossible to scour the entire continent and kill all the monsters.”
She was right. This was just another disaster following the first, and there had been no way to prepare for it. The...
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