At Snow Peak Mountain Station, a sudden downpour swept across the entire mountain range, shrouding it in an endless curtain of rain. Orange mist appeared over the distant peaks.
Everything at the station carried on as usual. The man guarding the northern checkpoint was Zhan Kong's direct subordinate, Wan Duanfeng.
Wan Duanfeng commanded the Thousand-Man Regiment and was an intermediate-level earth element mage. No one in Bo City surpassed him when it came to defense.
He wore a one-piece leather raincoat and stood amid the rain with an air of dignity and authority, his gaze fixed on the rain-drenched mountain forest.
Suddenly, a bright orb of light burst through the orange-yellow rain from behind a mountain, casting a faint glow across the dim sky.
"Light Shine?!"
Wan Duanfeng's eyes widened, and his expression darkened at once.
"Commander, that... that's an alert signal. Why is Squad Three telling us to sound the alarm? Are demon beasts on the loose?"
A military mage beside him spoke in a trembling voice.
He had barely finished speaking when another Light Shine cut through the distant curtain of rain, even brighter this time.
At that moment, every military mage guarding the checkpoint froze.
Two flashes of Light Shine meant a blue alert!
A blue alert today meant that at least a thousand demon beasts were prowling near the Safe Zone.
Ring, ring, ring!
Just as everyone began to think this had to be a joke, the phone in Wan Duanfeng's pocket rang.
The downpour drenched the stunned faces of the hundreds of military mages at the station. All around them, the only sounds were the rain and Commander Wan Duanfeng's ringing phone.
"Hello?"
Wan Duanfeng took out his phone in the torrential rain and held it to his ear.
"Commander Wan... a horde attacked us.