My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

[The surviving Magical Beasts seem to have also found a safe zone centered around Alice.]

[From their perspective, these winged miniature puppets, all looking identical and holding various strange tools, seem like angels sent by the Beast God to protect them from the bizarre explosion’s infection and influence.]

[The Magical Beasts deeply remember these puppets in their minds, regarding them as the messengers of the Gods.]

[Ding! Your follower has obtained a new Alternate Art: Puppet Angel: Tracking Angel]

[Ding! Your follower has obtained a new Alternate Art: Puppet Angel: Blessing Angel]

[Ding! Your follower has obtained a new Alternate Art: Puppet Angel: Listening Angel]

Goodness, even these miniature puppets got Alternate Art Cards?

Shen Sui couldn’t help but exclaim.

Who could have thought that the source of all this was just Alice wanting to brew a bottle of Transformation Potion?

After Alice released the miniature puppets, the explosion in the Demon Beast Forest was somewhat contained. They just needed to wait until the dawn of the next day for the potions to lose their effect, and this man-made disaster would come to an end.

The explosion in the Demon Beast Forest was not a small commotion.

Originally, this place was the most famous adventure holy land, and countless adventurers viewed it as a treasure trove of wealth. Independent adventurers, adventure teams, and mercenary corps, along with a large number of hunters, formed a massive ecosystem around the Demon Beast Forest. However, due to the impending Magical Beast disaster, many high-level Magical Beasts were lurking at the forest’s edge, and most adventurers had given up entering the forest during these days, instead choosing to build defensive lines on the spot, waiting for the Magical Beast disaster to arrive.

Of course, there were also quite a few fearless adventurers who adhered to the principle that "the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish," choosing to enter the Demon Beast Forest at this time.

This destructive disaster was indiscriminate, bringing equal devastation to both Magical Beasts and humans alike.

After nightfall, a torrential rain swept across the entire Demon Beast Forest. The rainwater, infected by the potion, fell into the chilly forest, leading to a second wave of explosions in the Demon Beast Forest. Although the individuals within the miniature puppets’ line of sight did not explode directly, the aftershocks from the second explosion destroyed some of Alice’s puppets. Those areas, once they left Alice’s perception, joined the exploding army.

In a way, the number of Magical Beasts killed by Alice this time was more than that killed by humans in the past five years.

The destruction of the Demon Beast Forest was immediately put on Zhang Fang’s desk as an emergency report.

Zhang Fang froze upon seeing the report, then immediately inquired of the assistant beside him, "Are our agents near the Demon Beast Forest alright?"

The number of Exploration Bureau agents in World No. 1 was already small, so they were distributed in some areas urgently needing surveillance.

However, World No. 1 had proven its dangerous nature, as agents monitoring the Thousand-Year Mine in the Snow Realm of the Northern Lands had been nearly wiped out in the snowfield not long ago. If the agents in the Demon Beast Forest were also severely damaged this time, the Exploration Bureau’s observational strength in World No. 1 might have to rely on the few individuals with powerful Soul Cards.

"Our agents are fine," the assistant quickly said. "Upon hearing that Shen Sui’s Soul Card Alice was heading toward South Roland, they immediately took a leave for a seaside vacation."

"...Huh?" Zhang Fang was stunned for a moment, slowly uttering a question mark.

Originally, Alice’s trajectory was difficult to predict, but after entering South Roland, as the leader of the Twilight Legion, she often had some intelligence exchanges with some Twilight Legion officers. Those Exploration Bureau agents within the Twilight Legion thus learned of Alice’s whereabouts.

All of the Exploration Bureau’s World No. 1 agents knew that Alice equaled Hozerville, and Hozerville equaled impending disaster. Therefore, those originally near the Demon Beast Forest wisely chose to go on vacation, leaving only one agent behind to check on the situation.

After the assistant explained the situation fully, Zhang Fang nodded and even felt somewhat relieved.

Damn, the employees slacked off and left their posts, and I actually feel relieved. How strange.

"The agent left in the Demon Beast Forest is okay, right?" Zhang Fang continued to ask.

"He’s mostly fine; he was building fortifications with his Soul Card at the time," the assistant said. "But if something did happen, a few agents who went to the seaside to vacation were attacked by pirates. Though no one died, a few were seriously injured."

Zhang Fang’s lips twitched.

Goodness, it’s important to note that here at the Exploration Bureau, not only do the agents have insurance, but their Soul Cards are insured too.

"What happened?"

"They ran away too early," the assistant said with a wry smile. "They just happened to catch Miss Hozerville’s conquest of a coastal city."

Alright, it’s Alice again.

Still, the assistant had some good news to share: "According to the report from the agent left in the Demon Beast Forest, during the explosion, those agents in our database belonging to America and Europe gathered together to check out the situation in the Demon Beast Forest."

"Goodness, they really dared to? There weren’t many left to begin with," Zhang Fang felt suddenly in a good mood.

"However, the situation in the Demon Beast Forest still needs to be investigated clearly," Zhang Fang pondered.

Oh, right, Shen Sui’s Soul Card Alice seems to have just arrived nearby.

Wait a minute? Could it be this guy’s doing again?

Zhang Fang’s eyelid twitched slightly as he looked at the computer screen where the All-Star Game was being broadcast live.