The alpha's insistence on going to the ominous land contaminated by Chaos had triggered a dispute among the mixed team behind her.
The internal dispute was not surprising. The team that accompanied her came from three forces. One of them was the knights of Fort Raven, who were ordered by Ulysses, the governor of the southern border, to be the guide and guard of the alpha. Their main mission was to go to White City to establish a line of communication. The second force was the Sanctum investigation team brought by Calaxus. Their purpose was to cross the Kingdom of Taros to find the Cassouin Grand Temple in the hinterland of the wilderness. The third force was the personal guards composed of demonic wolves, trolls, and bear monsters. The main force of the Beast Tide had been left on the southern border. Lily had selected a group of guys who were good at fighting as her henchmen. They were loyal to the alpha, and they would support whatever the alpha announced unconditionally.
If the three forces were in a hurry, they would work together. But now, there was a conflict.
The leader of the Raven Knights was a dark-skinned, red-haired female knight named Tridis. Female commanders were rare in Fort Raven, but no one dared to look down on the tall and slender lady, who was good at wielding a two-handed sword and was born with great strength. She was the first to stand up against the alpha's opinion. "The tearing point of Chaos is dangerous, Alpha. You don't understand it. It is much stranger inside than it looks. We don't have to waste time here. We must go to White City as soon as possible. This is our top priority. "
Calaxus then suggested, "The tearing point of Chaos is not a rare thing, Alpha. You can see more tearing points in Taros that are more spectacular than here. You can explore them when you get there."
Calaxus was familiar with Lily. At this time, he thought that she wanted to explore the purple-black mist out of curiosity.
The demonic wolves in the beastly guards began to howl. They agreed that the alpha was right, and humans should not talk nonsense.
Lily circled the place twice. She wrinkled her nose and pointed stubbornly at the hill in front of her. "No, my nose is fine. I just smelled something familiar here. Maybe the landlord is in front!"
Calaxus and Tridis looked at each other. They knew that the alpha's sense of smell was far superior to that of humans. If what the alpha said was true, then no one could stop her from exploring the tearing point.
Everyone knew that the only reason why the alpha wolf went to White City was to find her landlord.
"Make your choice." Lily put her hands on her hips and looked at the two groups of humans in front of her. "I'm going in to see what's going on, but you can leave. After all, you're not my subordinates, so you don't have to follow me and take risks."
Calaxus frowned. His eyes swept across his team members. The Sanctum warriors had rested in Fort Raven and were now fully recovered. But they were still wearing the tattered church uniforms. The once glorious investigation team now looked like a wandering army.
Facing the gaze of the high-ranking monk, the knights and monks of the church straightened their backs. No one flinched.
"It is our mission to fight the Chaos. No matter where we are, we cannot retreat in the face of the Chaos. But the mission is equally important," Calaxus said, raising his hand to select a few knights and monks from the investigation team. "Karl, Hubert, Vanessa, Verusseland, Ryan, the five of you stay outside. If the alpha and I have not come out in a day, you will leave immediately and continue your mission. Do not stay any longer. Hubert, take care of my seal and sacred relics. "
The high-ranking monk handed a few seemingly important things to his deputy, a seemingly down-to-earth and steady church knight. After a short thought, Tridis nodded to Lily. "Lord Ulysses has ordered me to be the escort and guide of the alpha before we arrive at White City. A knight should not fail his mission. I will bring half of my men with you, and the rest will wait outside. Just like the monk said, they will wait outside for a day." She then turned around. "Now I will start the roll call. Those whose names are called, come with me!"
Lily thanked her and looked back. She pointed to the big iron cage that the bear monster was carrying. "What about this smoked meat?"
"This' monster 'still holds important secrets." Calaxus frowned. "At least bring it to White City and hand it over to the royal family of Taros. But the one guarding the monster must be a bear monster who will not fall into dreams. "
"Simple. You guys stay here too." Lily waved her hand and let a few bear monsters stay. She also left a lizardman shaman who could speak the human language behind. Otherwise, the stupid bear monster would not be able to communicate with the humans. "You, you, you, and you. Well, someone will be responsible for escorting the smoked meat. Is everything ready? Let's go to the tearing point! "
This time, no one raised any objections.
Everyone checked their equipment. Just in case, Lily also asked each of them to put a tuft of her tail hair in their pockets. After everything was ready, the alpha took the lead and stepped into the swirling purplish-black mist.
The moment she stepped into the mist, she felt that she had stepped into a completely different realm. The air was filled with a cold and rotten atmosphere. Her vision was affected by the purplish-black mist, and the ground under her feet became soft and rotten. Even the sky above her head was shrouded in a layer of purplish-black gauze. The sun became a dim round spot, tottering as if it would be driven away by the darkness at any time.
All these changes happened the moment they stepped into the mist. Before they stepped into the mist, the tearing point of Chaos was just a gloomy hill from the outside, far less eerie than it was now.
Lily sniffled. The rotten smell in the air made her a little uncomfortable. She looked down at her hands and found that they were glowing again.
But this light was much weaker and less effective than when she was in the Black Forest and the great wilderness. After all, the tearing point of Chaos was surrounded by the land of Order. The ubiquitous power of Order suppressed the primordial magic energy of the dark, and the conflict between Order and Chaos was naturally weakened.
"This place is much wider than when I looked from the outside." Lily shook her head and looked around. "It was just a mound when I looked from the outside, but it has become a hill from here."
Calaxus was an expert in this field. "The space and optical phenomena near the tearing point of Chaos will distort. It is normal for the environment inside and outside the tearing point to deviate. Everyone, be alert. We have entered the realm of Chaos. The evil forces in this land have noticed the approaching invaders. They will attack at any time. "
Lily nodded and led the team to climb the hill.
The hill was not big. It was a few times bigger than when they looked from the outside, but it was only a few hundred meters high. Lily looked up at the top of the hill and saw a large, dilapidated house standing quietly in the dark.
It was a two-story bungalow. It might have been gorgeous once, but now its outer walls were mottled and broken. There were several big holes in the roof, and the windows and doors had become black holes. Around the bungalow, twisted and poisonous thorns grew wantonly under the stimulation of dark magic. They climbed up to the second floor of the bungalow as if they were going to swallow the whole building.
"That is Horgus' Hut." Calaxus knew every tearing point of Chaos in Collow like the back of his hand. He had read the history of every nest of Chaos in the library of the sanctum. "Four centuries ago, before the establishment of the Kingdom of Taros, this hill used to be the territory of the Eagle Empire. One year, a plague with cursed features broke out here. A powerful shadowy mage was ordered to come here to investigate the traces of shadowy magic behind the plague. But the shadowy mage named Horgus was actually a believer of the Armageddon. He planned everything to collect the primordial magic of darkness here to open a portal to the Chaos in the world of Order. Later, his plan was exposed, and the knights of the emperor chased him all the way to this place. This was his last magic laboratory. The madman used himself as an energy source to open a portal of Chaos here. "
"After that, this place became a tearing point." The female knight Tridis shook her head. "Its power once enveloped one-third of the southern hills. Later, with the efforts of many generations of Sanctum monks and occult masters, the tearing point was reduced to such a small area. So the cult madmen are the most hateful things in the world. We must kill every one of them. "
At this time, the team had come to the top of the hill, and the dilapidated house was right in front of them. Lily's eyes were sharp, and she saw something unusual at a glance. "Someone has been here recently!"
Because of the dark magic around the house, it was originally covered with poisonous thorns. But apparently, the thorns in front of the door had been cleared.
Lily crouched down and sniffed hard. Although the stench of the rotting soil made her very uncomfortable, there was indeed a hint of a familiar smell mixed in with the stench.
But this time, the happy look on her face gradually faded.
Calaxus was the first to notice that something was wrong. "Alpha, what's wrong?"
"There are other smells." Lily's eyes flashed with a strange light. Those who were familiar with the alpha knew that it was her instinct as a predator awakening. "It's an unpleasant smell. I want to bite someone."
Strands of dark magic began to seep out of the house.
Tridis, who had been a warrior for years, reacted quickly. The female knight immediately raised her swords. "Be careful, there are enemies!"
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