Chapter 1084 - 592: The Aloof Rasama, Arrival of the Little Flame Demons

Once Tasuya rejoined the team, Zong Shen turned his head to Rasama and spoke in a gentle yet undeniable tone, "Rasama, you’ll be following me later."

At this moment, Rasama fully raised her head, standing in place as she slightly turned her neck.

Her cold gaze was like two bands of gray-white chill light as it fell on Zong Shen.

"I want to act alone."

Her words were simple, likewise carrying no emotion.

But Zong Shen did not agree. His brows lifted and he shook his head.

"That’s an order."

As soon as he spoke, a loyalty change prompt appeared.

[Due to your command and tough attitude]

[Necromancer Divine Favorer Rasama’s Loyalty towards you has decreased by 3 points, current Loyalty: 62]

"What the hell, it drops Loyalty just like that?"

"What a damn tsundere snowflake!"

Zong Shen glanced at the prompt and instantly cursed inwardly.

No wonder Rasama’s Charm is 0.

This kind of person doesn’t respond to soft or hard tactics, and nothing gets through to her!

He was just about to say something when Rasama spoke again.

"Then as you wish, I will act together with you."

She lightly tugged at the brim of her hat and, unexpectedly, agreed.

This let Zong Shen breathe a sigh of relief.

Her base Loyalty was too low; she couldn’t withstand much tugging around.

If it dropped below the threshold and turned to Neutral State, Zong Shen would have to find a way to subdue her.

He’d have to try re‑recruiting her through the captive recruitment mechanic.

But that process would definitely not go smoothly.

A Necromancer Divine Favorer Grand Mage suddenly turning on him inside the Territory would be catastrophic.

Even if Zong Shen was confident that he could rely on force and the Territory’s many Defense Arrow Towers to subdue her, there’d be no avoiding damage and losses to the Territory.

"Very good, Rasama. I’m sure we’ll have a wonderful day together."

Zong Shen shifted his mindset, changed his expression, and said with a broad smile.

With him personally leading Rasama, while clearing out the Little Flame Demons he could also conveniently show off his strength and let Rasama see how impressive he was.

Maybe that could shave down some of her pride and sharpness.

Honestly, Zong Shen possessed [Demon State], [Holy Spirit State], and [Light and Dark State], and was also a half‑baked Thunder Mage.

With the various Equipment buffs added on, he was still confident he could suppress Rasama.

Just as he finished dealing with the Rasama situation, an abnormal phenomenon appeared in the sky.

Tens of thousands of fiery red pillars of light crashed down from the heavens.

They landed randomly within this Region.

These pillars traced across the sky like meteor trails, and after touching down they began to fade and dissipate.

At the same time, this scene was happening in every single Region across the Continent.

In the north, the Burial Ground, Mountain Fortress, Station Ruins, Goblin Tribe.

In the south, the grasslands and streams, Poisonous Mist Swamp, Saiaka City Abandoned Trade Route.

In the east, Odu Village Ruins, parts of Azshara’s surface ruins, the outskirts of Wuyu Forest.

In the west, the defensive wall ruins belt, Boss Bang Trade Route, the open ground around Sitanos Village.

In nearly all of these places, varying numbers of Little Flame Demons descended.

Of course, these Little Flame Demons were still only visible to Lords, and even the damage they inflicted on the environment was the same.

Luckily, the Lord System had at least made some preparations, and did not have Little Flame Demons descend right on top of Indigenous People’s faces; they were basically all distributed on the empty ground around them.

At least the situation of Lords charging into villages and slaughtering "thin air" wouldn’t occur.

But even so, the Lords’ large‑scale campaign to wipe out Little Flame Demons could still easily cause unforeseeable consequences.

For example, right now, the Lords in the Region’s south had set their sights on the Poisonous Mist Swamp.

In that Poison Swamp that stretched more than ten kilometers west to east across the southern part of the Region, at least three to four hundred Little Flame Demons had descended. That was a kind of irresistible lure to the Lords.

Normally they were extremely wary of the Poison Swamp.

Not only was it covered year‑round in Tier Three toxic miasma that required Tier Three or higher Antitoxic Pills to resist, it also contained a large number of monsters.

Including packs of Red-Scaled Dogmen, the burly Lizard People, and the Thorny-tailed Crocodiles lurking in the bog—all were formidable enemies to the Lords.

Ever since they descended, the southern Lords had always treated Poisonous Mist Swamp as a perilous place.

There were even rumors among Lords that treasures and ancient ruins were hidden within the Poison Swamp.

Just a few days ago, a small Legion had taken more than a dozen members deep into Poisonous Mist Swamp, but they never came back. Their Territory turned ownerless, and the outcome is self‑evident.

So Jiang Yi being able to notice the anomaly in Poisonous Mist Swamp could only be called an inevitable accident.

Only now, with the deployment and descent of the Little Flame Demons, the southern Lords, following the light pillars that marked the demons’ arrival, had turned their gaze to the Poison Swamp, and the restlessness in their hearts was stirring again.

Many Lords tacitly opened the Market or their Territory Storage Box, searching for suitable High-tier Antitoxic Potions...

Once the light pillars finished deploying.

A conspicuous prompt appeared in front of each Lord.

[Little Flame Demon deployment completed]

The announcement surfaced and quickly disappeared.

After Zong Shen snapped back to his senses, a flicker appeared beside him, and a peculiar Treasure Chest materialized.

[Special Flame Demon Treasure Chest]

[Key Tier determines Treasure Chest Tier]

This was the special Treasure Chest each person received for this Challenge.

Zong Shen squatted down and put it away.