Hearing the news, Rex and the assault team rushed back to the city.
As he crossed the street, while mounting Delta—he could sense the air of unease around the people. But in his presence, the people were instantly elevated from their worries. All of them knew their Emperor would address the matters.
Being able to defeat and slay the Fifthborn, the people had full trust in Rex's ability.
Nothing would be able to deter him from keeping the city safe.
A Chaos spawn? Is it because of the Chaos Inbrid's head from earlier?
Coursing through the street with the peculiar hospital as his destination—Rex could not help but wonder, whether it was the fault of the Chaos Inbrid from earlier. But, as the System told him to do then, he already destroyed any trace of it.
Because of that, Rex doubted this was caused by the Choas Inbrid.
But if not that, then what caused this...?
Eventually, Rex arrived at the hospital and found the situation was quite problematic.
Sweeping his eyes to the tents outside of the hospital building—scanning the people through the System—Rex could see that about a dozen of the people here were corrupted. Moreover, he could also feel the same energy he felt in the Colosseum, it was certainly chaos energy.
Not the one the Fifthborn used, this one is the pure version.
Greeting him there was Linthia, she seemed to be wounded but still came to greet him.
"Escort the ones who are not sick away from the hospital, and make a perimeter outside, the people shouldn't be near this place at all," Rex commanded with a stern voice, he heard from Kyran earlier that the chaos spawn was quite strong so this needs to be addressed.
Upon hearing this, Linthia nodded and went to the side to address the guards.
"A patient caused this, an Orc from what I heard," Kyran said from the back.
Rex raised an eyebrow in confusion, "An Orc...?"
Currently, Dargena City only hosts Elves, Dryads, and Fairies from the initial establishment.
If Naela was taken into account, then the city also hosts one Dark Elf.
Even though it was still at the early stage—Rex heard whispers, and talks from nobilities, that they wanted to relocate some of their people to Dargena City. All for the sake of sharing their cultures and strengthening the bond, between kingdoms.
But mostly, the real aim was to learn directly from Rex or the Silverstar Pack.
An Orc shouldn't be here, so he was confused by that.
"Stay out of the hospital, I'll go in myself," Rex instructed as he stepped inside.
He didn't want to waste time as the corruption might spread faster than he anticipated.
"I will head back to the castle to check on Adhara," Gistella said to Kyran and left with Delta.
For all Gistella knows, Adhara might still be training right now.
"Okay, you do that," Kyran nodded before his gaze slowly shifted to Linthia, commanding the guards on the side, but she seemed oddly stiff. Her weirdness, might escaped Rex's eyes, as his mind was occupied, but not Kyran.
"Bring three groups of four and create a perimeter of about a kilometer in radius from here"
"Yes, Captain!"
As soon as she said that, the guards made pairs of themselves and rushed away.
Before Linthia could go inside the hospital grounds—and help evacuate the healthy people, her body completely tensed, when she heard a voice, addressing her, "It must've been hard for you lately, Captain Linthia"
Upon hearing this, Linthia slowly turned and saw Kyran was the one who said that.
"I- I'm sorry, lord?" She asked, uncertain of what he was saying.
"I mean..." Kyran said, approaching her leisurely and subtly circling her before casting a sharp sidelong glance at Linthia. "Gelmar and Dindora are out handling matters with the Humans so it must've been tough for you to manage the city alone as the only captain left behind"
Even though the words coming out of Kyran's mouth seemed considerate, they were not.
Linthia knew that he was being sarcastic, and she feared where this talk was going.
...
<Minor Chaos Phantom>
Description: A phenomenon that appeared—when the dimensional fabric of the mortal world was torn—creating a portal to the realm of the energy—that tore the dimension. It is a portal that leads to the realm of chaos. It's still in the adolescent stage of completion.
...
Upon reading the notification, Rex frowned.
Just as he expected, this portal was different from the portals he encountered earlier.
Back then, when he scanned it, with the System before they faded away—it was called, Void Chaos Phantom, not Minor Chaos Phantom. Of course, this was a clue that these two portals were different from each other.
System, what's the difference between Void Chaos Phantom and Minor Chaos Phantom?
<Does the user want to purchase the knowledge for 20 million gold?>
20 million...? Fine, go ahead, I need to know.
Regardless of the surprising cost of the knowledge, Rex decided to go through with it.
He needs to know as this might give him leads to the Fourthborn.
If I had to guess, the Fifthborn must've used his last strength to create a smooth path for the Fourthborn to come, and take vengeance. Even though I don't think he did that—considering that he disliked the other Executors, somehow this happened, so it must've been him.
<Void Chaos Phantom is a void portal while the Minor Chaos Phantom is an active one>
<Due to insufficient energy, supplying the dimensional crack—the product of that situation is the Void Chaos Phantom—and both connected realms, could only peer at one another. As for the Minor Chaos Phantom, it has a sufficient energy supply to make it active and beings from both realms go through it>
Upon reading the notifications, Rex's eyes flashed in realization.
So simply put, chaos beings could step into my world through the Minor Chaos Phantom?
<Yes, and the user could also step into their world>
Rex couldn't help but frown when he knew the answer—the outburst of chaos from the Orc somehow generated enough energy to create a Minor Chaos Phantom—instead of the Void Chaos Phantom.
He still didn't know how the Orc did that, but he will find out.
Naturally, since it was an outburst, the chaos portals would soon be closed.
Judging from the description, the chaos portal needs constant energy to stay open.
Is the Fourthborn stuck inside the realm of chaos?
As the last words of the Fifthborn echoed in his mind—certain that his brothers would come and take vengeance, Rex came to this logical conclusion. He could assume, that if there is a Minor Chaos Phantom, then there should be a Major Chaos Phantom or even higher ones.
For now, Rex could assume that the Fourthborn was trying to make an accessible portal.
One that is big enough to allow it to pass through.
But that was still an assumption that needed further poof, for now, precaution is a must.
"Vacate the entire hospital, only regularly check if this portal is closed," Rex said, turning his head towards Dray. "What about the Orc? Where is the Orc—right now? I need to determine whether the Orc would have another outburst again"
"He's upstairs, I can lead the way," Dray replied and went ahead, leaving the room.
Of course, the other Awakened also came out as instructed.
"Prof. K and Lady Giana are doing tests on the chaos spawn that came out of the portal, do you also want to take a look at it—Your Majesty?" Dray asked—and also informed about the chaos spawn's carcass.
Upon hearing this, Rex shook his head, "No, bring me to the Orc first,"
Nodding his head, Dray led ahead.
On the other hand, Rex prepared his move in his head.
System, analyze the shop, and find me a measuring device for chaos energy level.
Make sure that it's precise, I will not get caught off guard like this again.