Although "Darkness" claimed she had a way to send people swiftly to the Sanctuary despite spatial teleportation between the continents being cut off and transportation being slow, she did not immediately tell everyone what her method was. She only said that it required the full cooperation of the high-ranking priest Kalasios and an appropriate opportunity—and that opportunity would come within the next few days. The high-ranking priest was naturally far from satisfied with the mysterious woman's claim, but circumstances left them no choice. No matter how many doubts he had, he could only suppress them for the time being.
After all, given the Sanctuary Investigation Team's current situation, they could not find any other way to return to their homeland quickly. The teleportation array could not be used, and the fastest means of transportation they could find was probably the Kingdom of Taros's magic-powered flying battleship. Yet even the most advanced magic battleship could only cruise at low speed in the Chaos Storm. The Holy Light Hammer had taken more than half a month to reach Ansu even while traveling through the relatively calm Sea of Magical Energy. The journey back by airship would only take longer.
After returning to Hao Ren's base north of the hills and setting up camp for a night's rest, Cudith, the commander of the Black Raven Knights, came to bid them farewell.
Hao Ren's sudden appearance had completely disrupted everyone's plans. The monsters had planned to go to White City to look for the Landlord of the leader of the wolves' family. The Sanctuary Investigation Team had planned to search the Barren Wilderness for "that light" mentioned in the revelation. The knights had planned to escort the leader of the wolves to White City while completing their mission of contacting the royal family. But