Chapter 3026: Resurrection of the Dead, the Broiler Makes a Great Contribution

————Still about thirty minutes left~~

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In the days that followed, Xia Duo continued to monitor the progress of the Northland-wide screening from time to time. Although it had been over a month, it was still very difficult to screen every single resident of the Northland.

After all, the Northland had a total population of over one hundred million, and given that the control capabilities of the Classical Era were far inferior to the modern day, they had likely not even screened half of them yet.

The real confidence supporting the Northland Alliance in initiating and subsequently completing this plan was Magic. The Northland Alliance had designed a highly efficient marking and verification system; everyone who had participated in the comprehensive screening was marked and could be quickly verified through a simple spell.

Recently, banquets of all sizes had been constant across the various Northland nations. Beyond the genuine celebrations for the breakthrough in the comprehensive screening and the Snow Melting Competition, a more critical purpose was to gather the middle and upper echelons of the Northland to see who had not been screened.

Imagine a scene where an Elf attends a banquet, and the conversation inevitably turns to Demon Descendants and the topic of comprehensive screening, and then a guest casually casts a 【Detect Magic Mark】 spell.

All the guests who had participated in the comprehensive screening would show no abnormalities, but a guest who had not participated in the Demon Descendant screening would immediately emit an exceptionally conspicuous red light, drawing stares from everyone present.

Although the Alliance had decided to be lenient toward Demon Descendants, most Northland residents were still influenced by long-standing perceptions and maintained a vigilant or even hostile attitude toward Elves suspected of being Demon Descendants.

The Alliance made full use of this, widely deploying the 【Detect Magic Mark】 spell so that every Spellcaster had the ability and opportunity to participate, and they also set up Magic Artifacts for detection in most public places and key thoroughfares.

Such a threat was less about the Darkness Society and more about potential dissidents within the Alliance; even without the existence of the Darkness Society, these potential dissenters might still create situations that would be difficult to manage.

Afterward, there would likely be a second or third round of screening until the basic situation of Demon Descendants in the Northland was thoroughly understood.

Compared to the Darkness Society jumping out to cause trouble, the Alliance was actually more worried about them mixing within the ranks to carry out peaceful evolution. However, in this regard, as long as the relevant systems were perfected, it would not lead to the total collapse of such a vast Alliance overnight.

That Yuanqixing Guardian had not actually fully ascended to Saint Form, but if he did not die, Crown King Wuweilun would clearly not be at ease, so he died.

If such a situation were to truly occur, it would be an unmitigated disaster for any country in the Northland.

This was also the main reason why the Northland Alliance felt optimistic about the Darkness Society issue.

Therefore, Xia Shao speculated that the Darkness Society might get stuck at the end of the window period—that is, the stage before the spellcasting success rate drops to a certain level but is still potentially successful—and pull off something big directly in the Yuanqixing region!

Thus, the judgment regarding this window period was critical. Based on the memories of the Seer Pafen, Xia Shao estimated that the effective window period could last at least until the end of the year.

Xia Shao also had confidence in the development of the Alliance, but based on his understanding of the Darkness Society, he felt that the Darkness Society did not seem like it would settle down so easily.

But the current Alliance was still confident in dealing with it.

As long as there were signs or indications, and they were snuffed out in time, the Darkness Society would be nothing to fear.

Compared to ordinary high-level Mages, Seers were even harder to deal with. They might understand their opponents better than the opponents understood themselves; this was an immense advantage, and if one added a willingness to risk their life, they could almost walk sideways across the Main Plane.

If these few years were missed, Xia Shao would probably be as optimistic as the others in the Alliance. By then, if the Darkness Society had not yet been wiped out, it would likely pose no threat to the Time Line of the Main Plane.

The further it was dragged out, the greater the difficulty of spellcasting would be, and at the same time, the greater the commotion would be; thus, the success rate of the spellcasting would become increasingly lower.

In short, not relaxing one's vigilance for the next few years was the best choice, and any Time-Involving Signal that might appear within the Northland or even the entire Main Plane must be dealt with immediately.

It was what is known as a "one-wave flow"!

It was just that the Saint Form was too bugged; as long as one was not afraid of death, they could almost 100% take their opponent with them. Back on the day the Northland Alliance was founded, the Comanso remnants adjusted Crown King Wuweilun, and it was only because the latter did not dare to risk his life that the former found an opportunity to win.

Through various similar measures, the Alliance firmly controlled the progress of the comprehensive screening. From the news Xia Shao received, it was expected that all residents of the Northland nations could be screened before the Midsummer Festival.

As for the long term, Xia Shao believed that the development of the Alliance and his own would be sufficient to deal with the long-dormant Darkness Society in the future.

Even for Xia Shao, it would be quite difficult to deal with.

After all, the spellcasting window period did not appear or disappear abruptly; it moved forward at key nodes. The earlier the better, and at the same time, the closer one was to the location of the node event, the higher the requirements for the ritual.

In other words, the Darkness Society should be in a very difficult position right now. They must conduct an unprecedented Time-Involving Ritual near Ailan as soon as possible so that they could potentially make up for the several rituals previously destroyed by the Alliance in one go. At the same time, to avoid subsequent rituals being destroyed, it would be best to concentrate the effects into a single ritual.

It was a pity that the last Guardian of Comanso chose to sacrifice himself for the sake of other Comanso remnants, and he even presented the Comanso legitimacy to Wuweilun in front of representatives from various Northland countries.

As for the Darkness Society, it would be best if they could be caught. If they really could not be caught, as long as the Time-related Research did not stop, it would only become increasingly difficult for the other side to cause trouble again.

From now on, Wuweilun's rule over the former lands of Comanso would no longer have any hidden dangers in terms of legitimacy. This was actually the main reason why the Comanso remnants were suppressed by Wuweilun. (They were worried about them restoring their nation, and the land had actually already been occupied by Wuweilun~)

However, nine out of ten Seers of the Darkness Society were high-level Mages. If high-level Mages wanted to carry out suicide attacks, it would be very simple and impossible to guard against.

But currently, the Northland Alliance was in a state of maximum vigilance precisely because it could not catch the Darkness Society. Acting under such circumstances, while the spellcasting difficulty might be lower and the commotion relatively smaller, the success rate was the lowest.

It did not require a Spellcaster to control it; as long as the passerby did not carry a 【Detect Magic Mark】—which was the mark obtained only by undergoing the comprehensive screening—it would issue a reminder, urging the target to complete the screening and obtain the mark as soon as possible.

Xia Shao was not sure if the members of the Darkness Society dared to risk their lives, but at the very least, one had to be prepared—when there was absolutely no hope for the Time-Involving Ritual, to prevent them from having a "final madness."

Correspondingly, the further it was dragged out and the further away it was from the location of the node event—that is, the Yuanqixing region—the higher the requirements for the ritual, and the less likely it was to succeed.

The specific time might be at the end of this year, or it might be next year.

If one were reminded by the spell multiple times, then the next time, law enforcement officers from their own country would arrive. Continually refusing to accept the screening would be considered suspected Demon Descendant activity and would be prioritized for attention.

Currently, the window period for the Darkness Society's Time-Involving Ritual had not yet completely passed, and there was still a chance to pull off something big. Only when this window period had completely passed would the Darkness Society possibly settle down.