Chapter 1: Impasse.

The first special ops mission to explore the dungeon was an absolute failure—the darkness consumed the light of hope and the lives of whoever set foot into it.

Cleansing the plague proved much more difficult than the jade crown race had anticipated, especially with the introduction of a revived ancient expert of unfathomable power.

Let alone the fallen three hundred special ops in the dungeon's depth, thousands of soldiers all around the Nameless Valley were mysteriously infected without an ounce of resistance.

Luckily, the reinforcements arrived just in time to enhance the formations supporting the entry point towers and Brinx, as the infected would have invaded the town otherwise.

However, days and weeks passed and the jade crown race had yet to make a move, which got Aza'zel pondering for prolonged hours.

"Just what is it they're playing at?"