Chapter 1886 Wrathful Red Forest

Chapter 1886 Wrathful Red Forest

A few days ago.

Before Freya and Tidebreaker reached the shores of Sunhaven.

Deep within a lush green forest that was as vast as one could imagine.

Earlier, this forest used to be nameless. It had no identifying marks on anyone's map. However, a certain someone had decided to blow himself up along with Nira Nightshade's Alchemy Doll, making everyone take note of the forest eventually.

At this point, this forest was recognized as the Wrathful Red Forest.

The sky above this region was always red, and the woods of the forest had acquired deep red hues. Even the soil was red as if someone had soaked it in fresh blood.

This was not all. Even the mana beasts that called this forest their home had developed some red stripes on their skin.

The entire ecosystem in the forest had been altered, giving rise to various mutant mana beast species and some rare mana-rich resources that couldn't be found anywhere else.

The beasts with red runic stripes covering their bodies were of various species and sizes. However, they had one thing in common: red eyes, suggesting a permanent state of berserk rage. It seemed they desired to destroy anything and anyone in their path.

It wasn't that these beasts had low intelligence; on the contrary, they were far more cunning and vicious than their counterparts. However, their wrathful emotions seemed beyond their control.

This was the case for most of the red-striped beasts. However, among them were some who had managed to channel their wrath effectively in recent months. This allowed them to unlock new potential paths of development.

By harnessing their internal rage, they deepened their red stripes, enabling rapid progress in their Paths to Power and unlocking new evolutionary stages.

What she didn't know was the fact that the puppeteer who had caused this incident was with her, standing beside her with his wife.

"Someone committed suicide here. They literally blew themself up and claimed a number of lives. The explosion caused the entire forest to change," said one of the Warlocks, opening his closed eyes as he spoke in a grim tone.

He was Darkmoon Fellowship's ally who had been invited to the wedding between Jolly Jalen and Shaai Sena. The mission to visit this place was created soon after Jolly's wedding ceremony when he finished interrogating the spies from other cults.

As such, he stayed in the Darkmoon Fellowship instead of returning to his stronghold and came to visit this place along with the majority of the Darkmoon Fellowship's members. His name was Riolos Ridhoor.

Just like the three elders of the Darkmoon Fellowship who had joined this expedition, Riolos was also an S-Ranked warlock—an Evoker. Evoker was the title given to warlocks who had obtained the S-Rank.

It seemed that Ridhoor used his Profession-specific perks and abilities to find out the main reason behind the change in the forest's ecosystem. However, he didn't find anything else.

After all, as comprehensive as the Warlock Path was, Riolos was no Historian. He had many limitations. Plus, even as an S-Ranked Evoker, Riolos felt that finding more about the person who had caused this incident was sort of way above his pay grade.

"What kind of demon can pull this off? Did an incarnation of Demon Prince of Wrath stage this?" Rumiya asked Riolos in a grave tone.

"I don't know what happened here, and I don't care," Shaai Sena stepped forward and said in a determined voice.

"Let's start exploring the forest. The more we delay here, the lesser our chances of getting into 'that' place," she said as she surveyed the faces of all the S-Ranked entities who were her colleagues and allies.

Including her and two other elders of Darkmoon Fellowship, there were 3 more S-Ranked allies that the cult had dispatched at the place. It meant that there were a total 6 S-Ranked powerhouses in the entire team. The rest of the practitioners who were deemed qualified to become part of this expedition were at least of the B-Rank or higher. And all of them were well equipped with artifacts, potions, and potent Skills.

Jolly's demonic interrogation had yielded pretty solid results. The information he extracted from the spies was what brought so many practitioners here.

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