He narrowed the pile down to a few books, which rely spoke of mythical beings as possibilities. Most of the books were like the book he had found information about the Mountain Serpent in, scientific books about certain species or areas.
So were accounts or sightings of mythical beasts.
He reads through all of them, doing his best to discern what was most likely to exist and what was least likely. He read about giant birds that ate houses, spiders whose webs filled hollowed out mountains, lizards that lived among each other like humans, and many other things.
Although he tried to tell what was legend and what was truth, it was impossible. At most, he could determine how likely it was to exist.
Among all the books, the most likely mythical creature to exist was known as bigfoot. It was a human and monkey hybrid animal, said to be part of a species long extinct.
It was seven feet tall, and had never shown itself to humans. It had only been briefly spotted and recounted in nurous legends.
Skynder wasn't sure if this could be considered a mythical beast no matter its rarity. Instead, it simply seed like an interesting animal, perhaps with human-like intelligence.
If he was looking at things strictly considered mythical, similar to the Mountain Serpent, it would have to be the amphibian of the Great Lake.
The Great Lake was the largest lake on the continent, and it was so deep that no human had ever reached its bottom. A legend told that it existed in those waters, rarely coming up to the surface.
Despite it being the most likely to exist, the odds that it was real were quite low.
After reading all of them, Skynder set the books aside.
He continued to do his daily research, temporarily setting aside the Mountain Serpents blood.
Instead, he once again took a look at his specialty, poison.
It was commonly known that poison was used in a lot of dicines, and if what he wanted to do was enhance the life-extending properties of this flower, then poison may help out a bit.
Skynder continuously researched alongside his assistants.
After half a year had passed, a new group of researchers joined them. This group was as big as the current group, doubling their size.
This group consisted of researchers from the empire's recently put under the banner of the Faceless Empire.
With their victory over the Ancient Empire, the Faceless Empire's takeover of the continent was basically guaranteed.
Not many chose to resist the inevitable, and many expressed their willingness to join. This solved many issues.
Among the new batch were a few useful talents, making seven people in total leading the research, and Skynder heading it all.
Their efficiency was terrifying, and on any other project, it would be wrapped up quickly. But this was far more complicated than any other project.
As ti passed, everyone got to know each other well. This increased their working skill by a little bit.
Another half a year passed, and Skynder was summoned to the throne room. He, the Emperor, and Sword Grandmaster Shang were the only ones in the room.
The Emperor spoke. "Skynder, I am requesting that you go on a mission for the sake of the Empire, and to possibly further your research."
Skynder was surprised. "Further my research? How so?"
"I have heard that you lack blood capable of affecting the Mountain Serpents blood in any good way. We have received reports of a similar mythical beast, and I want you and Sword Grandmaster Shang to dispose of it." He said.
Skynder was surprised to hear this. "What information is there on this mythical beast?"
"Not much besides where it lives." The Emperor said.
Skynder did not hesitate before agreeing. After all, even if he wanted to say no, this was a request from the Emperor. Not to ntion the fact that he wanted to go.
"Then I congratulate you on your success in advance. You and Sword Grandmaster Shang will depart tomorrow."
Skynder nodded and left to prepare.
The next day, he arrived at a carriage with a box strapped to his waist.
A sword was on his back as well. As usual, he had his blindfold and his glove on.
With this, he was ready.
Only he and Sword Grandmaster Shang were here.
He got onto the carriage, sitting next to Sword Grandmaster Shang.
Sword Grandmaster Shang began to control the horses.
As soon as he gave the command to go, the horses shot forward. Skynder almost couldn't believe their speed.
He lowered the windshield down so that he could speak.
"What is this?" Skynder asked.
"With the at and blood of the Mountain Serpent, we were essentially able to create a new breed of horses. Their genetics seed to have changed. They are much stronger and faster than their predecessors, to a point that this carriage would be too dangerous for an ordinary person to ride. One crash or accidentally falling off would result in death." Sword Grandmaster Shang said.
Skynder nodded his head. He rembered briefly hearing about this. For a mont, he had thought about using it in his research, but forgot about it in the face of other matters.
"Interesting." He said before quieting down.
The horses were twice as fast as before, and despite their destination being quite far, it would take no more than three months to arrive.
Skynder recognized this place. The area they were heading to was forrly the wilds, but with the exploration of the continent, the maps had been changed.
However, a circle remained unexplored. The Emperor described this as having a sense of danger. Whether or not this was true, Skynder did not know.
"Is there at least a description of the area it lives in?" Skynder asked.
Sword Grandmaster Shang nodded his head. "It lives in an area surrounded by unimaginably giant mountains. That area is most likely a plain, and it is extrely large."
"Anything else?" Skynder asked.
"No."
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