For Zhao Hai, these materials were very useful. His current understanding about the carious Great Clans of the continent was pitifully small. With the Buda Clan having no intelligence unit, acquiring information about these families was very hard.
The other docunts were not very useful. Most of them were internal data about the Robert Family. But these information were no longer useful for Zhao Hai, the Robert Family was already exterminated by him. Those data were equivalent to waste paper at this point.
The group organized these docunts, so were discarded, so were saved. After that, Zhao Hai and the others went to rest.
The next morning, Zhao Hai took the docunt about Engraved Ark out of the Space. After eating their breakfast, he imdiately handed the docunt over to Randolph. After that, he went out of the fort to release so undead and made them clean the toppled trees of Dark Mountain.
When Randolph saw the docunt, he was startled. Then he imdiately took Robert Patriarch’s and Terry’s bodies with him as he rushed towards the imperial palace.
The emperor naturally knew about the happenings last night. Of the 9th ranks who went to check the fighting yesterday, so of them belonged to the Royal Clan. Even if those 9th ranks didn’t say too much, they still passed the information about the conflict at the very least.
Randolph gave the docunt as well as the corpses over to the Emperor. The Emperor imdiately had soone call the Royal Dark Mage over to turn Terry and Robert Patriarch into advanced level undead before interrogating them.
In the end, all the matters were made clear. From Robert Patriarch and Terry’s mouths, they admitted that they were mbers of Engraved Ark. Moreover, the Antimagic Powder was mostly manufactured by the organization.
Regarding these matters, the Rosen Empire imdiately published the docunt out to the world. At the sa ti, they also communicated with the other nations of the continent, making them pay special attention to anything involving Engraved Ark.
Rosen Empire was the continent’s most influential nation, their rallying power was formidable. With how they were perceived by the entire continent, this ti’s announcent from the Empire naturally turned the continent in an uproar.
Zhao Hai did not seem to care about these things at all. He spent one day in taking care of Dark Mountain and then stayed in his residence from then on.
Green and the others were still uninford about last night’s battle. Zhao Hai wanted to tell them and ask about what they think.
Zhao Hai didn’t worry too much about Engraved Ark. All of the people under him were slaves, and slaves weren’t allowed to be mbers of the organization. For Engraved Ark, slaves held zero value, therefore, it was impossible for them to join.
Moreover, Zhao Hai had also read from the docunt that the population of Engraved Ark was relatively small. However, Zhao Hai believed that the status of those people mustn’t be low. Otherwise, how could those people pull the Robert Family over into joining them.
On the other side, people were in an uproar. They had just been inford that the Robert Family had been eliminated. When they received this new, all of them were very surprised. They cannot believe that one of the most powerful families in the continent was now nonexistent. This was too unbelievable.
Afterwards, the Imperial Palace had released so news, which made them even more startled. Antimagic Powder, Engraved Ark, all of these things seed to be from their imaginations. After their initial uproar, people couldn’t help but turn speechless.
And then, another information from the Calci Family ca, which made everyone shocked silly. This information actually said that the Robert Family’s demise was accomplished under Zhao Hai’s hands.
But this information was sothing that majority of the people from Rosen Empire didn’t believe. Then, another piece of news was passed on. All of the Robert Family’s stores outside of the capital have been destroyed. All of their personnel were killed, their goods were looted, and lastly, their shops burned. It can be said that the Robert Family’s final chance of survival went up in smoke. From this day on, the Robert Family beca just a word in the history of the Ark Continent.
These news went like bombs as it exploded inside the minds of all the residents of Rosen Empire. Millenium-old clans were much like the symbols of invincibility in the Continent. The number of Millenium-old clans that were exterminated in the entire history of the continent can be counted on one hand. Almost all of them were done from the inside, they all perished due to internal conflict. On the other hand, the Robert Family was actually destroyed completely by soone else.
In the past, when a millennium-old clan dissolved, there were generally so survivors left. But for the Robert Family, there wasn’t anyone left, all of their mbers were killed. This was too terrifying.
The Great Nobles of the continent were startled as well. They were even more startled when the Calci Family spread the fact that the extermination was Zhao Hai’s doing. Naturally, these people didn’t believe that it was Zhao Hai, one person cannot defeat the Robert Family. However, they were certain that Zhao Hai had a huge hand in the operation.
Now, all of them are changing the way they see Zhao Hai. The Calci Family’s strength was similar to the Robert Family. The Calci Family destroying the Robert Family was impossible. But now that Zhao Hai joined the Calci Family, they were actually able to eliminate the Robert Family. If they didn’t believe that this was because of Zhao Hai, then they might as well kill themselves for their stupidity.
Because of this, these Great Clans were now scared. Now that the Calci Family had united with the Buda Clan, their cooperation was much more formidable. Zhao Hai was far from what they previously thought; a playboy who liked playing around, eating and others.
Starting from today, all of the Great Nobles in Rosen Empire began to look seriously into Zhao Hai. His image of a playboy had now vanished.
The dissemination of information in the continent was very quick. In a day’s ti, almost everyone in the continent knew of this matter. All the Mages in the continent beca insecure. At the sa ti, all of the nation’s Mage’s guild decreed at once that all Mages must unite and look for this Engraved Ark, they must destroy this organization. Otherwise, if this group’s plans were to succeed, and they produce a lot of Antimagic Powder, all of the Mages in the continent would suffer a huge accident.
Right now, the thing that was in Zhao Hai’s mind was how this organization ca to be. How this organization started, how they beca a secret. From what Zhao Hai had heard, this information seem to have their own faith.
Faith was mysterious, people in the continent had different faiths. Warriors worship the Martial God, Light Mages worship the Radiant God, Dark Mages worship the God of Darkness, Wind Mages worship the Wind God, Water Mages worship the Water God, Fire mages worship the Fire God, Earth Mages worship the Earth God, Elves worship the God of Life, Beastn worship the Beast God, and the Dwarves worship the Artisan God. But the Engraved Ark’s source of faith was actually out of the norm, what they worshipped seem to a Demon.
Why ‘seem’? This was because Zhao Hai had no concrete testimony that the organization worshipped a Demon. However, Zhao Hai had seen an image from the back of the docunt, it was a portrait of a devil. The devil had eight arms, three heads, six feet, and looked extrely terrifying. From this, Zhao Hai inferred that the Engraved Ark worshipped a Demon.
Zhao Hai knew that if a person didn’t have faith, he wouldn’t be such a lunatic. It was because of faith that people did overly extre things.
While Zhao Hai was ruminating on these matter, a servant imdiately ca bearing a ssage that Jason had co to visit. Zhao Hai stared for a mont before he had the servant invite Jason to co in.
Jason was different from his usual wacky and joking face, now he had a serious expression on his face. Zhao Hai made him sit down and had the servant retreat. Then Jason turned to Zhao Hai and said, “Little Hai, are you really responsible for what happened last night? Is the Engraved Ark real? Did the Robert Family really use Antimagic Powder?”
Zhao Hai nodded and said, “I am, but my initial intention was to destroy all of the Robert Family’s businesses. I didn’t expect the Robert Family to assassinate , moreover, they actually used Antimagic Powder. But since they were defeated, they beca afraid that the Antimagic were to be made known to others, so they attacked Dark Soldier Fort. Later on, they were eliminated by the Calci Family. Then, I went to kill all of the remaining Robert Family mbers before looting their treasury. It was there that I managed to uncover the matter about Engraved Ark.”
Jason’s face had a heavy expression, he nodded and said, “I believe that this organization is real. You don’t know, but before I ca here, I rummaged so data from my family and managed to see that there were a lot of strong Mages that suddenly died in the past. Moreover, their death actually didn’t involve them using any magic. These cases beca one the mysteries of the continent. Now it seems like these incidents were caused by Engraved Ark, they were using Antimagic Powder.”
Zhao Hai stared, he truly didn’t know about this, he looked at Jason and said, “Really? There was such a thing?”
Jason nodded and said, “I just figured that out. As far as the information that my Crook Family has, there were at least 100 Mage deaths in the last ten years alone. 20 of them were 8th rank experts. But nobody thought more into these incidents, after all, these people ca from different nations, their deaths were very far apart. But now that new information ca about, people would certainly think that there was sothing wrong with the deaths of these Mages.”
Zhao Hai nodded and said, “It seems like this Engraved Ark has existed for quite a long ti. No wonder they had such strength, but it’s a pity that there was no way to find out about their identity.”
Jason nodded, then his face turned serious as he looked at Zhao Hai, “Little Hai, today I ca to look for you because of Grandfather’s proposal. He wanted my Crook Family and your Buda Clan to be in an eternal alliance starting this day. What do you think?”
Zhao Hai stared, he didn’t expect the Crook Family to initiate forming an Eternal Alliance with him. This Eternal Alliance wasn’t easy to enact. There were too many people involved in it and there were too many matters to consider.
The Eternal Alliance was also called the Ironclad Union by the people of the continent. When two families form an Eternal Alliance, if one of them falls, the other would have to help them recover and achieve their previous strength. This alliance had the sa aning as a Beastman’s Beheading Blood Oath.
Zhao Hai stared for a mont before he beca happy. The Crook Family’s influence in the Rosen Empire wasn’t much smaller than millenium-old clans. If Zhao Hai forms an Eternal Alliance with such a family, then his Buda Clan would benefit a lot from it.
Zhao Hai imdiately nodded happily and said, “I fully agree. But I still have a few reservations. Just by our relationship, forming this alliance seems to be wrong.”
When Jason heard Zhao Hai, he couldn’t help but laugh and said, “I’ll go back to grandfather and express your concern. If you have ti, go to my family’s fort and play. You can also discuss this matter with the family.”
Zhao Hai nodded, “Alright, I’ll go there tomorrow.” Then as he said that, a knock was heard. Zhao Hai imdiately responded and said, “What’s the problem?”
The servant’s voice was heard, “Young Master Zhao Hai, the Patriarch had sent a ssage. His Majesty, the Emperor, wishes to see you in the palace imdiately. He said that he has an important matter to consult with.”
Zhao Hai stared, Jason stared as well. They looked at each other, confused. But Zhao Hai imdiately recovered and said, “Alright, I’ll go tidy my clothes and then I’ll imdiately leave.” The servant issued a sound of compliance as he walked.
Zhao Hai frowned towards Jason and said, “Why do you think his Majesty called for ?”
Jason also frowned as he replied, “I really cannot say, but it should have a sothing to do about what happened yesterday. You should go, right, why haven’t I seen sister-in-laws today?”
Zhao Hai smiled and said, “They’re currently rummaging through all of the docunts from the Robert Family in another room. We didn’t expect that the Robert Family would have a lot of information about Great Clans in the continent, these things are very useful to my clan.” Actually, Laura and the others were sorting through all of the Robert Family’s docunts inside the Space, not in another room.
Jason smiled faintly and said, “You lucky guy. This ti, you looted the Robert Family. The wealth of a millennium-old family, you’re really making envious.”
Zhao Hai laughed and said, “Lucky, right? As it turns out, there’s nothing much faster in gaining money other than robbing people. It seems like I need to do this a few more tis.”
Jason laughed as well, “Are you really a guy who likes to rob? I really didn’t see it before, but you actually have the potential to be a thief. Hahaha. Right, we shouldn’t be talking too much, the Emperor is waiting for you, we can’t have him wait too long.” Zhao Hai nodded and stood up, then he tidied his clothes before leading Jason to the exit.
When they ca out of the courtyard, a servant was already waiting for them with along with a carriage. The two rode the carriage as they left Dark Soldier Fort. Jason rode his carriage, but before leaving, he reminded Zhao Hai about his visit to the Crook Family. Zhao Hai nodded before boarding the carriage that the Calci Family already prepared for him.
Since Zhao Hai’s carriage was destroyed, Randolph personally assigned this carriage to Zhao Hai. The carriage was pulled by a Demon Horse, the carriage itself was very spacious, it had a room inside that could fit six people. It also had a bedroom inside. The carriage was made from Iron Driftwood as well as Saint Lightwood, it looked beautiful and elegant.
1. A lot for a secret organization, but small compared to the population of the continent. I think xD
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