Basking in the Sun

Prince Aze turned and said to a wizard behind him, "Quickly send this information back to Wasen Fort. Keep a close watch on the high-level magic beasts in the dangerous regions around us. I suspect Nightmare Patriarch controls far more than just this one magic beast—there must be others."

At the same time, at the edge of the Northern Kingdom, dozens of magic beasts from the Evil Spirit Mountain Range charged out of Nightmare Forest and ravaged places where people gathered. The Glory Wizard Alliance in every region was run off its feet.

The garrisons and the Glory Wizard Alliance forces everywhere withdrew one after another to reinforce their own regions, greatly slowing the support headed to the Northwestern Front.

Although the magic beast unrest was quelled in a short time, the losses among those near the dangerous regions were devastating. The worst-hit was a western province, which lost two small cities in a single day, with tens of thousands killed or wounded.

Shock. Upheaval.

By the time the news reached Dole, he was inside the Storm Domain, putting the finishing touches on it.

He looked toward the North Plains Mountain Range and breathed a sigh of relief. So far, those few magic beasts showed no signs of acting. They were probably not under control.

Nightmare Patriarch truly was terrifying. His silent, invisible control was far more formidable than any beast tamer.

Dole immediately sent orders to the Glory Wizard Alliance, telling them to closely monitor reports coming in from every direction, especially news of magic beast riots.

After thinking for a moment, he rose alone into the air and flew north.

Dole's aura was a storm that blanketed heaven and earth. The moment he emerged from the Storm Domain and released it without restraint, several level-seven beings in