This place was a region perpetually shrouded in dark clouds, surging with sinister energy. A pale, ghostly moon hung motionless in the sky above. Staring at it too long from the ground could easily leave one dizzy and disoriented.

It was the werewolf clan's headquarters, the Dark Sacred Mountain. It belonged to no nation in the world. From ancient times, it had been occupied by the werewolf clans alone.

According to legend, the world's first werewolf was born in the demonic cavern beneath the Dark Sacred Mountain.

As Kaelan walked through the empty, dark, and evil canyon filled with massive boulders and jagged rocks, the massive bronze pillars on the sides suddenly ignited with cold, dim flames in their braziers.

These flames gave light but no warmth. Instead, the passage ahead grew even colder as they burned.

Several crows flew overhead. They landed on the dead, withered tree trunks perched on the mountainside beside the canyon. Then, they began pecking at the twisted corpses