When the two rushed into Osborne Town, the last rays of the setting sun just sank into the horizon, and dusk was all around.

The town was not in a state of post-disaster revelry as Kyle and Ruby had expected.

An eerie silence was hanging over the streets.

Many shops closed early, with uneasy candlelight shining through the windows.

There were few pedestrians on the road, and they were all in a hurry, with indescribable panic on their faces.

The air was filled with a faint, sickening fishy-sweet smell.

“It’s so quiet…”

Kyle whispered, his inner alarm bells ringing like crazy.

Just then—

“Ouch—!”

A shrill, inhuman wolf howl, full of brutality and pain, suddenly erupted from the west side of the town, tearing the brief silence apart!

Then came the second sound, the third sound...

One after another! In different directions!

At the same time, there were sounds of breaking glass, terrified screams, beast-like roars, and... horrifying chewing and tearing sounds!

"here we go!"

Ruby's hand was already on the flail pendant at her waist. Holy light was faintly flowing at the tip of the pendant, and when it fell into Ruby's hand, it turned into a chain and flail.

Kyle's face turned pale, and he was about to rush over to the nearest scream when a figure appeared in the shadows of the alley in front of him without warning.

The man was completely covered in a large black cloak with the hood pulled down so low that his face could not be seen at all, and even his figure was blurry, like a ball of condensed night.

A cold, unfamiliar scent, a mixture of decayed books and exotic spices, hit me in the face.

Kyle's muscles tensed instantly, and the power of holy light began to operate instinctively.

The man in black made no unnecessary movements, simply raising a hand wearing a black leather glove. Between his fingers was a scroll made of a special material that emitted faint magical fluctuations.

If Kyle had been to the Adventurer's Guild, he would have discovered it.

The style of the scroll was exactly the same as the one Mark saw at Ellen's place!

The man in black threw the scroll lightly, and it slid precisely towards Kyle.

Kyle instinctively reached out to catch it.

It was cold to the touch, and a twisted eye-like symbol on the scroll surface moved slightly in the dim light, as if it were a living thing.

"On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in the Rotten Dragon Swamp, the Enlightenment Society awaits your presence and attendance."

A hoarse voice, like sandpaper rubbing against each other, that was indistinguishable between male and female, drilled directly into Kyle and Ruby's minds.

Before he finished speaking, the figure of the man in black rose and faded like snowflakes in the sun!

"stop!"

Kyle roared, and holy light burst out instantly. The golden light illuminated the alley, and he suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the man in black!

Swish!

Kyle's hand only caught the rapidly fading shadow of the cloak's edge.

The black fabric melted in his hands like spring snow, leaving no substantial touch.

The next second, where the man in black stood, there was only an empty shadow and the cold and decayed smell lingering in the air.

As if it never existed.

Kyle held the cold scroll and looked down at the mysterious invitation in his hand.

Finally, he looked towards the direction of the town where screams and wolf howls were coming from, and for the first time, a slightly conflicted expression appeared on his handsome face.

"Enlightenment Society..." He gritted his teeth, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

Ruby stood beside him, the holy light on her flail blazing like molten gold. Her voice, unlike Kyle's implied anger, hinted at a hint of eagerness:

"Sir Kyle, it seems... the mastermind behind this has come out."

It was at the Grizzly Bear Tavern in the center of Osborn Town when Kyle was in contact with the mysterious man.

Ailian leaned lazily against the window on the second floor of the Adventurer's Guild, twisting a piece of animal skin made of unknown material with his fingertips.

Her gaze penetrated the dusk-shrouded streets and looked in the distance in the direction of Kyle and Ruby.

When Kyle failed to catch the mysterious man and had to open the scroll.

The corners of Ailian's lips silently curled up in an ambiguous arc, like the morning light covering a misty valley, seemingly warm, but deep and unfathomable inside.

"Heh..." A soft, almost imperceptible laugh escaped her lips. "Enlightenment Society... you've gone to great lengths to set up this chess game just to obtain a devout priest truly bathed in pure holy light... I've even given you another priest as a gift. How can you thank me?"

She gently loosened her fingertips, and inexplicable magic power surged into the animal hide, and an obscure magic circle took shape on the animal hide.

It turned out to be a scroll of the truth contract.

Since sunset, the chaos in Osborne has been gradually intensifying.

One after another, ferocious mutants appeared from the streets of Osborne Town without warning, indiscriminately attacking adventurers wandering outside.

Many adventurers who haven't reacted yet may be seriously injured with just one encounter.

Whenever an adventurer finds something wrong, they will strike and run away, leaving no chance for them.

When Kyle and Ruby rushed into a narrow alley in the West District filled with blood, following the most tragic roars and desperate screams, the scene before them made Ruby frown slightly even though she was used to seeing bloody battlefields.

In the alley, three bodies were torn into pieces, and the strong smell of blood was nauseating.

The cause of all this was two twisted humanoid monsters.

Their bodies are hunched, with protruding joints, their muscles expanding and contracting wildly in violent spasms, and they are covered with coarse black and white hair.

Their heads had already begun to show obvious wolf kisses, saliva mixed with blood foam dripped from between their fangs, and only the most primitive bloodthirsty desire and twisted pain remained in their turbid eyeballs.

The howls of pain were squeezed out from deep in their throats.

The three corpses were all dressed as adventurers. Judging from the situation in the narrow alley, these three people had also fought with the two werewolves.

But in the end, they were no match for him.

The two werewolves pounced on the wreckage, tearing and gnawing at it. Sensing the breath of fresh life approaching, they turned their heads abruptly, and their bloodshot and ferocious eyes instantly locked onto the two intruders.

"It's a corrosive mutation! It's the same dark magic as the Phantom Wolf Magic Crystal... but even more... twisted. It actually possesses the power of holy light!"

Having been in Osborne Town for over a month, the two had naturally come into contact with the Dark Light Magic Crystals seized from the Phantom Wolf Valley.

Ruby saw through the essence of the two werewolves' power at a glance, and the flames on the flails suddenly became blazing. "But their rank is very low, at most the destructive power of the peak of the second rank or the beginning of the third rank."

Before he could finish his words, one of the monsters dropped to all fours, roaring and lunging like an arrow! A bloody gust of wind blew in his face!

"Holy light protect you!" Kyle shouted, and a dazzling holy light barrier instantly opened in front of the two of them.

"Bang!"

The monster felt like it had hit an invisible wall of steel. Its entire body shook violently and it let out a sharp wail as it was burned by the holy light. Black smoke came out of its body and it rolled out in a panic.