Chapter 161 - Riona (1/2)

”A bunch of people? What people?” Hao Xuan's angry voice came from the other side of White, ”And why come here?”

”What do you mean? Why not? They get to capture a few beasts, kill thousands more, it's pretty fun,” Jin Wang replied as a matter-of-factly.

”There are beast horde's all over the continent and almost every year, why did they decide to come here and now?”

Jin Wang smiled hearing his question.

”Because this one is different.”

”Different? How?”

”The neverending rain, the huge influx of beasts, does that seem normal to you?”

Hao Xuan didn't answer. A couple of minutes passed and White pulled back his body, revealing a fully clothed Hao Xuan.

”I'm tired and hungry. Let's talk somewhere else,” Hao Xuan gestured towards Jin Wang and started walking towards the forest. Black and White jumped out of the water, returning to their smaller forms.

Jin Wang was a bit surprised but still followed after.

The rain had still not subsided and the scenery had changed quite a lot. Many places had been completely uprooted by the copious amount of rain, creating small streams and an entirely new river.

They walked for 10 or so minutes before a small hill came into view. There was a clearing behind it. Hao Xuan took out the portable camp and threw it down. Within a few seconds everything was 'unpacked'.

Jin Wang whistled looking at it and walked in before Hao Xuan could do so himself. Hao Xuan wasn't really one for manners to begin with so he didn't mind either.

When Hao Xuan entered, all the formations kicked in at once, providing cover from the rain as well as disappearing in the surroundings.

”Wow, you've got some digs captain. I'm a little jealous,” Jin Wang looked around enviously.

Hao Xuan glared at him once and sat down in front of the fire. He took out a few pots and pans and then dozens of ingredients and started making himself some breakfast, dinner or whatever the appropriate meal was. Because of the cloudy weather, they couldn't even tell the time of day without a watch.

”Explain yourself. What did you mean by your earlier statement?” he asked while fiddling around with the fire.

Jin Wang casually took a seat and made himself comfortable. He picked up a carrot and started munching on it like a rabbit.

”Exactly what I meant. It's been raining constantly for months now. The entire map of the kingdom was changed because of it. The beast hordes laid waste to multiple cities and the rain changed the terrain so much that we couldn't even provide support in time.”

”So the top brass sent a few people to investigate the cause of it and they finally found it a few days ago. A secret realm has opened. All this sh*t has been because of it. The rain was an obvious sign of it. The overflowing beasts was the second one.”

Hao Xuan stopped what he was doing and looked back at him with a frown, ”Secret realm? What's that?”