Chapter 333: Chapter 333

No sooner had his voice fallen than a cold wind suddenly arose, and a figure wrapped in snow descended from the sky.

A man and a woman gazed at each other, their expressions complex.

Sam’s eyes flickered, and suddenly, clutching his Magic Wand, he charged forward.

"Sam!" Millie’s face changed dramatically. "Schtrude, don’t kill him!"

Schtrude’s expression was icy as he lightly waved his sleeve, and a Gale knocked Sam to the ground.

Carl, hiding behind a tree, curled up, motionless.

Schtrude, ignoring Sam struggling to rise, looked tenderly towards Millie and extended his hand.

"..." Millie glanced at Schtrude, then at Sam, who wore a face full of hatred, and slowly shook her head.

"I am from the Kape family."

Sam paused, his hateful expression briefly relaxing.

"The Kape family is no more!" Schtrude’s hands trembled lightly. "The Monroe family is also gone. We can forget the enmity between our families and start everything afresh."

"As long as I’m here, as long as Sam is here, the Kape family still exists," Millie said, her expression complex. She stepped closer to Sam and then turned to Schtrude. "Schtrude, my love."

"Some things can’t be let go. The hatred between our two families has predestined that we cannot be together, so... let us go."

"Millie!" Schtrude swayed, his eyes clinging to Millie, before he finally dropped his head weakly. "You’re right."

The Gale rose again, carrying the emotionally complex Schtrude into the sky, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Carl walked out from behind the tree, watching Millie and Sam’s departing figures side by side, sighing helplessly.

So complicated! It seems the Hand of Shadows and the Monroe family were the puppeteers behind it all, aiming to overthrow the Kape family and then take over Leipzig Market? Humans... With the beast tide coming, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands, these people still engage in scheming, seizing the opportunity to eliminate their rivals. Millie was right; human hearts are far more dangerous than a beast tide. To those in power, what does it matter if some die to achieve their goals?

Muttering quietly, he gathered his aura and ran towards the market.

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The market, which had once been rows of buildings stretching for miles, was now nothing but ruins. Not a single building was left intact.

Following traces left on the ground, Carl barely located where the pharmacy used to be, only to find that the backyard had been completely unearthed.

The hidden cave beneath was exposed, revealing a scene of complete disarray inside.

Fortunately, there were no traces of blood, but there were unique hidden markings belonging to the Six Rings Tower.

Charlie descended to greet him. "Carl, I knew you would be all right. Thanks to your arrangements in advance, Babaala didn’t encounter any mishaps. I really should thank you."

Several people from the apothecary had been brought over by Charlie. Apart from the guardian Jie, who was slightly injured, the others were fine.

Of course, he was only concerned about Babaala, who carried his Bloodline.

"It’s what I should do," Carl said modestly. "How are things now?"

"Not good," Charlie sighed and asked, "How much do you know about the beast tide?"

"Not much," Carl shook his head. "I was just about to ask Senior Brother about it."

"The beast tide..." Charlie looked back at the distance and began slowly, "In Ancient Times, an Evil God invaded this world, and the Gods and Wizards joined forces to expel it."

"The duration of that war is unknown. We only know that the Magic Forest was the final battlefield of that great war."

"After that battle, due to differing paths, the Wizards occupied the barren Kaliem Continent, while the wealthy Eastern Kingdom Continent went to the Gods. This is how the current situation came to be."

"Oh!" Carl showed surprise. "So that was it?"

He really didn’t know this. Charlie made the process sound effortless, but how could seizing territory from the Gods be easy? There must have also been a great war between the ancient Wizards and the Gods.

The Evil God from beyond the realm? Otherworld had also experienced an invasion by an Evil God, but it hadn’t been truly expelled. He wondered if there was any connection between them.

"In that war, countless Third-tier and fourth-level beings died, and not a few of the Fifth Order and even Sixth Rank," Charlie continued.

"Ultimately, the central region of the Magic Forest became an area forbidden to living beings, where even a God might perish."

"And every so often, the forbidden area undergoes changes, its leaking aura causing ferocious beasts to rampage."

"You can think of the Magic Forest as a closed room where humans and various other creatures live. Normally, they keep to their own areas, but these changes disrupt that balance."

"This is what is called the beast tide!"

"Rampage?" Carl asked. "Do you mean they don’t intentionally target areas where humans live?"

"No," Charlie shook his head. "Most ferocious beasts lack reason, possessing only the instinct to hunt. Creatures with intelligence, however, know that humans are not to be trifled with. For example, the recent incident of the Corrupt Dragon attacking the Kape family Wizard Tower was quite strange. Several Wizards suspect that someone tampered with things behind the scenes."

No one was a fool. Especially Wizards who had lived for over a hundred years. Their long lives had given them a wealth of knowledge and experience.

With the recent changes in the Kape family and many other abnormalities, how could the Tower not have noticed?