The flowing fog wall did not disperse with the death of the Other King. This fog wall could be opened in two ways. The first was for the Others to welcome the enthronement of a new king, which required more than 95% of the Others to gather before the fog wall could be opened through a special method.
The old king had to be buried and the new king enthroned. Apart from that, the fog wall would never open. The king was not only the leader of the Others, but also the core of their collective consciousness. Once something happened to that core, the Others' bestial nature would overwhelm their reason. Powerful combat genes came at a price.
The second method was to use Crawling Spirits to corrode the fog wall. These little creatures came from Planet Sithis and were artificially cultivated lifeforms.
The alien race had originally been the overlords of Planet Sithis. At their height, they had occupied more than 60% of the planet's land and beaten the other three battle races until they were utterly helpless.
The emergence of the Crawling Spirits had dragged the Others down from their position as overlords. It had also let them understand why the first few Other Kings had been willing to give up their freedom just to live inside the fog wall.
The 283rd Other King had been assassinated, and the spiritual core of the Other race had split into four parts. The Parasites were still relatively fine, but the Groundwalkers and Fissioners had nearly lost their minds. Compared to them, the Devourers were even more insane. They had completely lost their reason and were like beasts.
The Others had originally consisted of four branch groups. The Devourers ranked third in numbers and first in combat strength. They had been