Discovery

When they saw that only a wild boar had charged out of the Portal, the four priests visibly relaxed. But almost immediately, they sensed the evil aura emanating from the boar.

This was a wild boar contaminated by an evil god, but the four priests did not pay it much heed.

The boar was not even a Transcendent Creature, merely an ordinary wild boar. As for its contamination by an evil god, the information sent back by the detection array last time had made it clear that all of Lomb Star was covered in beguiling energy. It was perfectly normal for this boar to be contaminated.

Perhaps the boar had simply wandered into the Portal by mistake. If they sounded the alarm over an ordinary wild boar, the four priests would likely become a laughingstock in the future.

Just as one of the priests was about to kill the boar with a single slash, a black and incomparably intricate pattern emerged on its body. Had David been here, he would naturally have recognized it as the Plague Pattern.

Before the priest's sword could touch the boar, its body swelled up. With a deafening boom, it burst into countless chunks of flesh and blood that sprayed in every direction.

Nourished by the flesh and blood, the black Plague Pattern transformed into a mist that spread along with the scattered gore.

The first to bear the brunt was naturally the priest who had been preparing to attack. By the time he realized something was wrong, he was already retreating, but the Plague Pattern had been cast by Plague God Gladstone. How could it be so easily evaded?

Several chunks of flesh struck the priest. His Level 3 Grade armor was instantly corroded, while the black mist spread inward as if it were