The undead always harbored an instinctive hostility toward the living.
If Aatrox hadn't controlled the extent of the Black Mist, the Immortal Bastion would likely have faced a massacre at the hands of the undead.
But even with Aatrox deliberately keeping it in check, the Noxian soldiers near the Well of Darkness still suffered devastating casualties. If Darius hadn't taken many of the elite troops with him, the losses would have been even worse.
And besides the undead under Aatrox's command, the undead creatures controlled by Mordekaiser weren't nearly so cooperative. Although Mordekaiser himself had fled back to his own world in a sorry state, many of his undead had retaliated by sowing chaos throughout the Immortal Bastion.
On top of that, gangs taking advantage of the turmoil, slaves rising up en masse, and thugs looking to profit from the chaos had plunged the entire Immortal Bastion into complete disorder.
So Rell, who had just defeated a powerful enemy, hadn't even had time to feel a little joy at her hard-won victory before she was forced to deal with the dire situation. Given that her blood now contained a large quantity of dangerous metal fragments, the ordeal tested both her body and her mind.
It was enough to make anyone's head spin.
Though she was willing to give Noxus a chance, Rell still had a long way to go before she could pass this test.
The chaos in the Immortal Bastion hadn't come as a surprise to Karya.
Or rather, in Karya's eyes, this level of chaos was just about right.
That was already quite merciful.
Now it was time to take a look at Druna. By his reckoning, Lux's side should have their elite assault team ready by now, shouldn't they?
When Karya arrived in Druna, the atmosphere