Inside the Throne City palace hall, Alonzo, the second-in-command of the Ludendorff family, reported grimly to Raiden seated above.

"Sir, this point, nearly one third of the Outlands had already been swept clean by the Cathedral."

Raiden, whose gray, lifeless eyes never revealed emotion, simply nodded.

Alonzo continued, "Just moments ago, Storm City was taken by Kass Dalla of the Cathedral. The Werewolf Lord, Viktor Kessler, fled into the Wraithwater Bog and has vanished."

At that, a trace