The High Elven Palace was evacuated outright. Every building around the palace and for miles around the massive world tree had been evacuated, and half of the capital of the elven kingdom had officially been sent to the very edge of the capital.
By the time Thalia and the rest of the royal family returned to the palace with the news, Cain was already investigating.
He had literally spread his mana throughout the palace, searching for any source of dark magic, even a trace of mana at the micro level.
The mana of death was incredibly suffocating. Even Atlas was crumbling under the pressure and trying to survive using his aura abilities.
Even though he was spreading Cain's mana, even though he was doing it at the lowest level holistically, the fact that Atlas was suffocating from lack of air seemed to be enough to explain why the Sages were so feared beings.
