Chapter 756 (1/2)

Chapter 756: Magic Power Tide

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Roland was startled, “Is there anything wrong?”

After a little hesitation, Phyllis said, “Here’s the thing… We heard that within the last year, only one witch awakened here. Is it true?”

Roland took out a name list that was made by Wendy from his drawer. He could easily look up each witch’s Day of Awakening and Day of Adulthood on it, it was prepared in the case that he would forget these important dates.

After checking the list, he nodded and said, “Yes, two witches joined the Witch Union last year during Months of Demons. One is Paper, who awakened three years ago, the other one is Summer, who awakened last year on her Day of Adulthood.”

Phyllis knitted her eyebrows, saying, “That’s not right, Your Majesty. How many people did Neverwinter have in the last year? 20,000 or 30,000?

Roland could not help but feel proud when talking about the population growth. “Probably 50,000, and this year there are already over 100,000 people in the city.”

“A city of over 100,000 people resembles Arrieta in the early days. When we retreated from the Fertile Plains, Taquila only had 250,000 people. However… do you know how many witches awakened every year in those two cities?” Phyllis’ voice turned deep. “Even when the magic power tide touched the bottom, Arrieta had at least 10 newly awakened witches every year… Taquila’s number tripled that.”

“Magic power tide… touched the bottom?”

Agatha explained, “Yes. The magic power prevailing in this world has ups and downs like tides. Two years after the arrival of the Bloody Moon is the peak of magic power, during this period of time, new witches will awaken everyday. After the peak, the power will decline around the world. With the magic power at low tide, this period between two arrivals of the Bloody Moon will only see witches awaken during the Months of Demons.”

Roland had heard it from Agatha that more awakenings of the witches would happen when the magic power was strong. However, he had only known that the power would have a peak every year during the Months of Demons and never thought that it had several-hundred-year cyclical fluctuations. He was surprised, saying, “But the third Battle of Divine Will is close.”

Phyllis looked worried, saying, “This is what we’re worried about. Fearful Beast of Hell appeared, which means the Bloody Moon is about to come. During this period of time, the magic power should get stronger than usual, and it will, according to Celine’s test results. Given this, lots of witches should awaken now. If they are not in the city, they should awaken in nearby towns and villages. Back in the Taquila age, our domains around the Holy City offered more witches than the city did. Based on the Union’s experiences, a city with a growing population should see a significant increase in the number of newly awakened witches. But why don’t we see many new witches appearing in Neverwinter?”

Agatha said slowly, “At first I guessed it might be because the city deliberately avoided recruiting girls or because the newly awakened witches were too afraid of the church to expose themselves and join Neverwinter. However, now it seems that I was clearly wrong. We’ve discussed with Pasha and come to a conclusion. We think that some unknown factor may be affecting the awakenings of new witches… and its influence is gradually expanding.”

After a long thoughtful pause, Roland asked, “If that’s the case, will you be able to find out the factor?”