What happened was a shock to every single Empire and Kingdom in the central region of the Westnia continent. The first few people that got the news were the Emperors of the rivaling Empires.
Everyone regardless of who they were, whether it was the Duke or the commander or the Emperor was shocked to hearing that the Ethereal empire had failed to protect the lives of the citizen and had lost more than 1.5 million people in a single night.
The first move that the rivaling Empires make after hearing this news was to add more soldiers to their border.
While the ordinary citizen had no idea how terrifying the mutant fire ants were, the Emperors and the nobles had a deeper understanding of the whole situation and knew what danger the mutant fire ant had. Everyone became wary of the Heavenly Hemlock Forest. Adventures stopped from entering the Heavenly Hemlock Forest fearing that they meet the mutant fire ant and will get killed.