Chapter 526: The Wolf Horde

A portal suddenly started to slowly appear in the area of the old temple. The rift started to open slightly as Adrian's friends became battle ready. They do not know what might appear from the portal, but they are ready if it is something deadly.

The portal finally materialized fully and stabilized as it no longer sucked any debris in the area where it spawned. The first thing that went out of the portal is a floating cube followed by a horned young man. The others finally relaxed as they knew who the person that came out of the portal was.

"Finally! We got tired of waiting for an hour." Levin Cloud stated as they got nothing to do for the hour that they waited.

"Sorry about that. I did not know that I could not open a dimensional rift in the capital. I had to find the location where I first landed on the other side, so it took quite some time. It seems that the door to the other dimension is area specific." Adrian stated as he really did have to find the area where he first landed.

He needed to find the area that he first landed because the world exerted its authority when he tried opening a rift at the capital of the beastkins. At first, he thought that he did his spell wrong, but Ashana told him that only beastkins could freely travel in the so-called Wilde Tunnels.

For races other than Selvaggians, they have to enter using the universal portal. The Wilde Tunnels are not accessible to all beastkins though as only elders and important members of the clan know their location and how to use them.

"Anyways, we need to hurry as the world boss is making its move. It seems that it will attack every territory in the other world." Adrian stated as he told others to enter the portal.

"We are not going to be transported to the atmosphere if we enter this gate, right? The last time that I entered something like these always make me end up falling from a high altitude." Levin Cloud stated as he remembered his experiences with portals.

"Stop being scared and enter already. If you are not gong first, then I will. Step aside." Solstice stated as her sense of adventure flared up because of Adrian's descriptions of the other world.

"Wait for me!" Lycan stated as he followed Solstice through the portal.

"She seriously never changes. The last time that she did that we got chased by neighborhood dogs due to her sense of adventure." Levin Cloud stated as he followed inside the portal.

The others followed and it is Adrian that entered last as it is him that is stabilizing the portal. As soon as Adrian closed the barrier, a small humanoid creature could be seen monitoring them from a distance. Adrian did not notice it because this small humanoid creature is concealing itself perfectly in the thick jungle.

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"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed as this world is not like the other worlds that Adrian brought them on that is dreary and looked like death.

The most notable things that happened is Levin Cloud suddenly having this greenish aura rise up from his feet. They could even see leaves fluttering around him as if they are dancing to welcome him. Another thing is the green gem that is one of the floating gems that Peridot has became emerald in color and glowed in a beautiful light.

[You have two party members that is blessed by nature.]

[The effect of the Law of the Jungle has been reduced by 20% for all party members.]

"If I knew this would happen then I would have invited the two over sooner." Adrian suddenly thought as the Law of the Jungle debuff is a huge pain.

"We immediately got a debuff but it got reduced. Is this Law of the Jungle debuff too much?" Creepysoo stated.

"You do not even expend stamina like us which is why it is not important to you. Undead do not get tired which means this debuff is basically nothing to you." Adrian commented as Undead do not get tired since they have unlimited stamina and they do not get hungry.

"Good thing that Dryads and Leshies just need to absorb the power of nature o satiate ourselves. This has basically no effect on me either." Levin Cloud commented.

"Even us half elementals only need to consider our stamina since hunger is a foreign concept to us. We get satiated from the energy that nature gives us as well." Soleil stated in a cutesy manner.

"Well for us, Ryujin, we can basically starve for a month and still be fine. We are nothing like the western counterparts that are always hungry due to their greed." Peridot stated as she could also ignore the hunger debuff.

"I am suddenly jealous. Do you know that I had to eat stale bread in this vast jungle? Hunger status ailment is really a pain. It made me miss eating that I overate on lunch." Adrian stated as he almost threw up due to the large amounts of food he ate.

"At least we found one weakness of your race." Levin Cloud stated in a sarcastic tone as he was jealous of the abilities of the Daemos race before he became a Leshy.

"By the way, where is my sister and her boytoy?" Adrian asked as he could not see his sister.

"She suddenly just ran and climbed one of the huge trees. I can officially call her an Amazon. She scares me a lot." Levin Cloud stated as he pointed to the biggest tree in the vicinity.

Two figures suddenly descended to ground, and it is none other than Solstice and Lycan. They looked all serious as they saw a large group of enemies heading their way. They also took out their weapons which made the others take out theirs as well.

"What happened?" Adrian asked.

"You do not happen to have a large group of wolves under your command, right?" Solstice asked.

"No…why?" Adrian responded.

"Then we should prepare for battle as a pack of about hundred or fewer large wolves are heading our way. They also look bloodthirsty and ready to kill anything in their way." Solstice reported which stunned everyone.

"It seems like they are heading towards our direction. At first, they were heading east but they suddenly sharply turned to our direction as if they smelled something." Lycan stated as the sudden turn is alarming because it is not something wolves do unless they found their prey.

"I think they are after me." Adrian stated as he did notice that some demon wolves attempted to kill him on the way to the portal location.

Lycan then sniffed Adrian as if he is a bloodhound and pinched his nose. He pinched his nose not because of Adrian smelling bad but the musk of a dead wolf is mixed with his scent.

"Did you kill an alpha?" Lycan asked.

"Not just me but the southern overlord as well which is a giant white snake by thew way. Why are you asking?" Adrian replied.

"Some monster wolves that have strong family bond could impart their musk on the creatures that kill them. They basically use the scent to hunt down anyone with the scent of their family and in this case their Alpha." Lycan stated as he got stuck reading all books about monster wolves in the duchy.

"So, basically they came to kill me. In that case, there is nothing new. What worries me is the capital of the beastkins. The southern overlord is there and if they followed her scent then they should be dealing with a larger number of demon wolves. We should hurry and assist them." Adrian stated as he summoned all his soulbounds.

It did not take long for the whole group to be surrounded by snarling demon wolves. The number may look disadvantageous to them, but their group is well versed in killing large numbers of enemies. The brighter side is that the demon wolves are only level 160 but that would mean the stronger ones are attacking the capital of the beastkins.

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About twenty minutes earlier before Adrian opened the portal…

"Your majesty, a large number of demon wolves are on route to the capital." One of the beastkin scouts stated which is a tarsier beastkin reported. He looks like a small defenseless child, but their species have the best long-range vision for terramorphs.

"If it is only a few dozens then our guards could deal with them." King Leonidas stated as the guard barged in while they are having a meeting.

"I am sorry, but the number is not in the dozens, but they are in the thousands." The tarsier beastman stated as his voice shuddered.

King Leonidas and every clan head suddenly erupted from their seats as they knew that this is a great attack force. 

"Everyone! Announce the evacuation and call upon the soldiers to defend the capital. Anyone that runs away shall no longer be welcome back in our kingdom." King Leonidas stated as their small group of warriors shall face off against the incoming thousands of demon wolves.