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 of expression finally appeared on Raiden's face. He sneered coldly and said, "Viktor refused to listen to me and rejected cooperation with the Ludendorff family. If we had stood on the same front and supported each other, he would not have ended up like this. The Sacred Mountain of the werewolf clan was truly ruthless, just watching as such a huge prize like Storm City fell into the Cathedral's hands."

Alonzo replied heavily, "The situation is not optimistic. The Cathedral's army will soon push