Chapter 1251: The Price of Offense (1/2)

After the battle was over and the troops were cleaning up the battlefield, Qianye entered the foggy region on his own to check on the situation. The wall of mist at the center was still there, almost as though it had never changed since that day. However, Qianye could feel a certain obstruction after going in. It felt like there was a thin membrane blocking his way, but he could not find the door no matter how hard he tried to sense it.

Qianye was confident in his memory—he knew that the door had to be there, but he simply couldn’t go through it. After several vain attempts, Qianye could finally confirm that this “door” was in a closed state and there was no way to go through it.

Frustrated, he walked out of the misty region to find a number of high-ranking officers waiting for him outside.

An officer from the Great Qin passed over a document, saying, “Sire, this is a secret missive from the Empire.”

Qianye became focused on the contents after reading the first few lines. This late report from the Empire spoke of a “door” appearing on the Qin Continent, and that the situation on the other continents was unknown.

This report came from Zhao Jundu and its intent was to warn Qianye to be on alert for changes on the Fort Continent. Qianye broke into a frown—he had sent word to the Qin Continent the moment he had discovered the door, but it would seem the messenger never reached their destination. Was this a coincidence, or was it something inevitable?

Song Hui said as Qianye put away the message, “That werewolf is awake, maybe his information might be of use. He says he had almost died inside the mist, but he ended up killing one of the beasts and accidentally swallowing one of its organs. He blacked out afterward and was already in our hospital when he woke up.”

Qianye glanced at all the corpses strewn across the ground. “That means eating their organs will give us the power to resist the white mist?”

“Looks like it.”

“Does he remember the type of beast and the part he ate?”

“He doesn’t remember.”

Qianye frowned deeply. “Now that’s a bit troublesome.”

There were over a dozen types of creatures, and each of them possessed hundreds of different body parts and organs. Added together, there were thousands of possibilities. How were they going to pick the right one?

The great shaman noticed Qianye’s frustration. “This is easy. Just pick a couple of beasts from each species and chop them up, then bring some death row prisoners over to try them one by one. We’ll have results in a couple of days.”

There was no room to discuss whether this method was humane. Qianye said after some thought, “Just do it that way, then.”

Song Hui wanted to say something, but she ultimately held back. “Leave this to me, you’ll have results in three days.”

The werewolves were currently collecting beast carcasses and sorting them into piles. Qianye couldn’t quite understand why many of them were smiling.

The great shaman said, “With all the prey we managed to gather, we’ll be able to get through this winter with ease. Many of our pups will grow up, and old blokes like us can live a while longer.”

Song Hui didn’t have a good impression of these werewolves. She said rather impolitely, “You’ll get through this winter, but what about the next? What difference does it make?”

The great shaman wasn’t angry. He said with a laugh, “Things won’t be the same once we get through this winter. The seeds and techniques from the humans will provide for a lot more werewolves.”

He continued, “With enough to eat, we can grow normally without having to rush maturity. This growth period will ensure that we don’t overdraft our talents and life-span. The werewolves of the Jade Sea are not inferior to those from the upper continents!”

This topic was fairly serious. The way the werewolves of the great corridor and Jade Sea reproduced made it difficult to even see them as long-lived species. This went to show that even racial inheritances would be distorted by the circumstances, quite similar in nature to the demonkin of the Thunderfrost Temple.

But Song Hui wasn’t taking it. “What, do you guys plan to prove yourself on the battlefield? Fight against the Great Qin?”

The great shaman said, “We don’t mind fighting the Great Qin if required.”

Song Hui shouted, “We spared your people, now you want to make enemies of us?”

The great shaman replied calmly, “We don’t mind fighting the humans, nor do we mind fighting the Evernight Council. Everything will depend on Sire Qianye. We are loyal to him and his descendants. We are neither the Great Qin’s vassal nor Evernight’s. The Great Qin is not equal to Sire Qianye.”

Song Hui didn’t know what to say.

Qianye interrupted the argument, saying, “Get to work!”

After dismissing the generals, he went back to an isolated room to cultivate and replenish his origin power. This new war had just begun, with a lot more battles to come. A world governed by such different laws would not appear for no reason. The answer was thus clear—this vast world on the other side of the “door” had to be this new world the Evernight powerhouses were talking about. If this theory proved true, they would probably have to fight the dark races again in the future.

On the Twilight Continent, Castle Ducasse had turned into a giant military base. The ancient castle stood high above, looking down at the fog as it spread across the plains. Over two hundred thousand Evernight soldiers were gathered outside of the misty zone. The battle had just ended, leaving small mountains of beast corpses. Apparently, this first wave had failed to break the first defensive line before it was completely slaughtered.

On the top floor of the ancient castle, two dukes were standing side-by-side as they gazed down at the battlefield.

The duke on the left said, “These creatures are truly terrifying. They’re actually an army! I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen them with my own eyes.”

The other duke nodded. “Our losses would’ve been serious if the higher-ups hadn’t given us preemptive information.”

“How about the humans? They must be in chaos by now.”

“At least they won’t be able to cause trouble for us anymore.”

As the two dukes were chatting away, a sudden and inexplicable sensation bore down upon them. The alarmed dukes looked down to find a luxurious airship landing in the courtyard of the ancient castle. Nighteye walked out from the vessel and headed back to her room in the main building.