Chapter 962: The Golem War
Krovitz repeated himself several times, clearly feeling a deep sense of unease. No one else in the Gray Orc Fortress knew that the planar passage led directly to the Plane of Golems—only Krovitz was privy to this secret. He understood all too well the kind of disaster that would follow once that planar path was opened...
All eight fortresses on the Four Seasons Plain went into full alert. A massive number of alchemical golems were transferred here from Radiance Fortress, and even those still mining or gathering resources were recalled and assembled at the eight fortresses. Defensive structures sprang up everywhere as preparations intensified.
Every Gray Orc outside the fortress was summoned back. The fortress's defensive systems were fully activated, and anything that moved near its walls—regardless of what it was—would be struck down without mercy.
The Mage Legion was called to Nile Gorge, and the Alchemical Golem Army was pulled in as well, spreading out across Nile Gorge and the surrounding twenty or thirty kilometers.
Within this several dozen kilometer range, a Wizard's Eye was fixed every few hundred meters, monitoring every possible development.
Five days passed, and all of Four Seasons Plain was enveloped in an eerie silence. Despite nearly carpet-level searches, the exact location of the planar path remained elusive.
By this point, Leon had given up the search entirely. The planar path's location had surely been hidden behind layers of space by George, and without powerful spatial sensing abilities—or even a shred of mastery over spatial laws—there was simply no way to find it. All they could do was wait for the path to reveal itself...
On the night of the fifth day, as everyone began their nightly meditation, a violent spatial fluctuation burst forth like a sun exploding in the darkness...
At the midpoint of Nile Gorge, atop a mountain on the side, space twisted and warped as if a flat sheet had been forcibly crumpled and kneaded—forming a swirling vortex. At its center, a black hole appeared.