The three teams heading to Holy Grail Mountain to carry out the Relic Event had all been selected through combat trials,
and each possessed considerable strength. They should have been able to slay their chosen mountain pathogen and climb to the summit. After all, exploring the relics of the Old World was the main focus of the event.
However, according to the information relayed by the Watchers, only two teams had reached the Old World.
One was Yi Chen's team. The other had chosen Black Pus Syndrome and was led by the female captain, Norma Copet.
The third team, which had chosen the mountain route—Septicemia—was White-robed Lotsen's team. They had not reached the Passage Entrance, and the Watchers had never seen them.
That team had vanished completely inside Holy Grail Mountain,
and since Lotsen was a member of the Mage Association, valued by the association for his mastery of rare Ancient Magic, as well as possessing considerable strength, he should not have gotten lost in the mountains.
Considering Lotsen's value and the potential dangers in the mountains, Zion immediately dispatched elite gentlemen to the Baron's Mansion, where Septicemia had occurred, to search for traces of the team.
The gentlemen responsible for the investigation discovered that the Baron's Mansion had been completely purged. The rear half of the mansion had even been obliterated by what appeared to be a small meteorite, leaving behind a huge, pitch-black crater.
The final conclusion was that the team had eradicated Septicemia and continued climbing the mountain.
That was strange.
Since the primary danger had been eliminated, why had the team still vanished on the way up?
Just as the gentlemen were preparing to search upward along the mountain road behind the Baron's Mansion,
a figure descended through the mountain path shrouded in Gray Fog. It