After dozens of images flashed by, the guild hall fell silent, with heavy breathing echoing through the hall.
Everyone present looked grim after seeing those images.
Even the Guild Master, Makarov, was frowning deeply at this moment.
Ezreal waved his hand, and the green crystal in the air transformed into a green mist, returning to his body along his fingers.
Ezreal surveyed the silent crowd, and with a serious expression, he said, "I have some insights into Soul Magic and memory probing."
"These images were obtained from Stone Man Torre, the Vice Guild Master of Black Unicorn."
"I encountered Stone Man Torre while investigating the spatial node. After I defeated him, I searched his memories."
"The Guild Master of Black Unicorn is named Chris."
"The Magic Council has detailed records on this person."
"This person was once from the Fiore Kingdom, born in a small village in the western wilderness. Their family possessed a strange bloodline; according to legend, their ancestors had bathed in some kind of dragon blood."
"Therefore, people in their family inherently possessed magic that could manipulate metal, and their physiques were extraordinarily strong, with a single horn on their heads. When emotional, dragon scales would even grow on their skin."
"Although from a talent perspective, their family was practically born to be Mages."
"However, their family also suffered from a special hereditary disease; no one could live past thirty years old."
"Moreover, their dwelling place was too remote, and the locals were very exclusive towards outsiders."
"Chris's parents died very early, and as a young child, he was discriminated against, living with his five-year-old sister, relying on each other."
"But one day, his sister was stoned to death by the village children, and her body was even thrown into a well by them."
"When Chris returned from hunting in the mountains, he discovered his sister's tragic death. In a fit of rage, he killed all the villagers."
"And he ate their bodies."
"People from the neighboring village noticed that no one had been active in the adjacent village for a long time, so they reported it to the Magic Council."
"When the Magic Council's enforcement team arrived in the village, Chris was sitting on a putrid corpse, eating."
"The young Chris was no match for the enforcement team and was arrested and imprisoned. The branch chief at the time, after understanding the full story, sympathized greatly with Chris and gave him a lenient sentence, changing it from the death penalty to life imprisonment."
"While imprisoned, Chris learned how to properly use his magical power from other inmates. Relying on his powerful bloodline, after seven years in prison, the 21-year-old Chris finally broke out of jail, releasing a large number of criminals."
"After escaping, Chris formed the Black Unicorn Guild, taking in most of the criminals."
"The painful experiences of his youth made Chris extremely hateful of humans."
"And Chris's ancestors were experimental subjects who escaped from Newborn City."
"Before its fall, Newborn City had been dedicated to researching biotechnology that fused human bloodlines with Magical Beast bloodlines."
"Two hundred years ago, this technology was gradually completed. Fanatical researchers persuaded the City Lord to promote this technology to all humanity, transforming all humans into New Humans fused with Magical Beast bloodlines."
"This idea was too insane, and although the technology was complete, it had an extremely high mortality rate. After fusion, individuals would retain some Magical Beast characteristics, even deformities, and their minds would be twisted to a certain extent."
"Realizing that this proposal was inappropriate, and the City Lord had a premonition that this technology would cause a great disaster."
"So, the City Lord at the time, in conjunction with a group of powerful and conscientious Mages, cast Spatial Teleportation Magic, banishing Newborn City into the spatial turbulence."
"To retaliate against humanity, Chris used the records of Newborn City left by his ancestors, allied with several Dark Guilds, and finally, two and a half years ago, found the spatiotemporal coordinates of Newborn City. He then used Spatial Magic to teleport inside."
"From Newborn City, Chris obtained the bloodline fusion technology, strengthening all allied Dark Guild members by fusing them with Magical Beast bloodlines."
"Among them, including Chris, there were ten strongest individuals in total."
"They were Brain, code-named Swift Blade Mantis."
"Arnold, code-named Ox Demon."
"Caesar, code-named Fierce Tiger."
"Chris, code-named Dragon Man."
"Hydra, code-named White Snake."
"Alice, code-named Unicorn."
"Douglas, code-named Goat Demon."
"Jack, code-named Magic Ape."
"Viktor, code-named Golden Roc."
"Boros, code-named Hellhound."
"These ten individuals are the leaders of the organization called New World."
"Each of them controls a portion of Newborn City's territory."
"Within two and a half years of entering Newborn City, Chris and others, using the advanced biotechnology within the city, utilized White Rat Magical Beasts and Black Pig Magical Beasts, which have extremely strong reproductive capabilities, to fuse with human bloodlines."
"They created Orc Soldiers named White Rat People and Black Pig People."
"According to Stone Man Torre's memory, Chris plans to use the Orc Soldiers to launch an invasion against the Fiore Kingdom. After occupying the Fiore Kingdom, he will transform all humans within the kingdom into Orcs with Magical Beast bloodlines."
"Using the Fiore Kingdom as a base, he plans to launch an invasion against the entire continent."
"The Fiore Kingdom is a permanently neutral country and never participates in wars. Its standing defense force is only around 300,000."
"However, Chris's Orc Soldiers have already surpassed 500,000 in number."
"The spatial node outside Jinkadi City is the spatial coordinate they created to pull Newborn City back from the spatial turbulence."
"We discovered it too late. According to Tore's memory, Chris and his group have already completed the positioning of the Rhine Basin. In ten days, they will return with Newborn City and an army of 500,000 Orcs."
After Ezreal finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall grew even heavier.
Everyone exchanged glances, their eyes filled with shock.
Mystogan, who had initially asked the question, now raised his head slightly, breaking the silence, and calmly asked, "Ten days from now, the Rhine Basin. Is this accurate?"
Ezreal looked at him. Mystogan's entire face was wrapped in a scarf, with only a pair of azure blue eyes visible.
From those eyes, Ezreal saw only calmness and serenity.
Ezreal looked directly at Mystogan and affirmed, "Accurate, without error."
Mystogan nodded and said nothing more.
Erza, sitting beside him, now looked up at Guild Master Makarov and asked in a low voice, "Guild Master, we need to inform the Fiore Kingdom so that the King can prepare for war in advance."
Makarov frowned, tugging at his goatee, and said, "We have already notified them, but the Fiore Kingdom alone is definitely no match for an army of 500,000 Orcs."
Mira softly spoke, "Can we contact neighboring countries for aid?"
Laxus glanced at her and said, "No country will meddle. The Fiore Kingdom has been neutral for nearly four hundred years, quietly developing while other countries waged war. Now, the Fiore Kingdom has long been viewed with hostility by other countries."
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