"Yes, it is a secret society that has its base in Tivian, but its origin is in Beiwu. Its founder was originally a treasure thief from Beiwu Treasure Thieves Society named 'Dust Wiper' Sobek. He has been robbing tombs and treasures in ruins and tombs in Beiwu and even around the world with a larger treasure thief society. But what makes him different from other treasure thieves is that in the process of tomb robbing, he not only pays attention to the treasures in the tombs, but also pays attention to some secret knowledge recorded in them, and even interprets them at the expense of the taboos of the treasure thieves society.
"I don't know if it's due to the influence of taking too much poison for many years, but Sobek gradually became more interested in secret historical knowledge than treasures, which eventually led him to leave the Treasure Stealing Society and establish an organization like Fusha Hand, aiming to recruit like-minded people to decipher the secret history in the ruins. It was after I came into contact with the organization set up by Fusha Hand in Tivian that I officially entered the secret world, where I learned how to safely study secret history."
As John recalled, he listened to Ed's story. Ed pondered for a while after listening to John's story, and then he spoke again.
"So... you actually have your own secret backstage in Tivian? The Fushaku Shoupa Club?"
"No, it has been gone for a long time. A few years ago, the people of the Wolf Blood Society carried out what they called 'sacrificial hunting' in many places, destroying a large number of small and medium-sized associations of the 'Cup', and even some auxiliary 'Cup' associations suffered as a result. Tivian was the area that was affected more seriously. The Fusha Hand was also affected because he inherited the auxiliary 'Cup' body pass. The Tivian society I belonged to was completely destroyed. I escaped by luck. As an apprentice, I didn't have a rich 'Cup' on me to give to those beasts, and they were not interested in me..."
John responded to Ed as he spoke. After listening to John's words, Ed nodded thoughtfully and spoke with a slightly serious expression.
"Wolf Blood Society... I didn't expect their appetite to be so big that they don't even let go of the auxiliary cup..." Ed murmured, and then after thinking for a while, he looked at John again and continued to ask.
"So... did you have any chance to contact other Fusha fighter bases later?"
"No, no. My position in the Tivian Society was not very high at that time, and I didn't know the intelligence of other bases. Besides, after witnessing the brutality of those beasts, I was scared. I was afraid of meeting them again, so I didn't want to join any society to avoid being affected again. After that, I taught at Guan University and conducted my own research alone until I met Richard." Sitting on the bed, John listened to Ed and continued to tell his experience, while Ed sat quietly in the chair, listening to his story silently.
"Richard... Barrett and I met in the library of Guanda. At that time, I didn't know he was the Duke. He often looked up a lot of history books in the library, and I also liked to stay in the library to read books. Many times, the content of the books we were looking for was the same, so we got to know each other and became familiar with each other. Later, we even found out that each other was interested in secret history and was not an ordinary historian.
"Since I severed ties with the association, I have been conducting research alone. After meeting Richard, I finally found a like-minded companion again. We began to closely exchange our experiences and even conduct research together. Richard and I soon became partners in secret history research. Later, he told me about an important topic he was researching and invited me to join in."
"Your topic... is the secret history of the Wind King Rebellion period, right?" Ed said this after listening to John's words. John was slightly startled after listening to Ed's words, and continued after looking at Ed.
"Yes, it was the history of Pritt that was hidden by the church and the current royal family five hundred years ago. This was what Richard had been researching, and he finally shared it with me. I was very grateful for his selflessness, so I went all out to help him. Throughout the year, our experiences were almost all centered around this topic, and we achieved a lot of success.
"Until the beginning of this year, Richard did not meet me as promised. I wrote him a letter and left him a message using the communication method I used during the library, but I did not receive any response. It was not until later that I read the news about the assassination of Duke Barrett in the newspaper, and saw that the photo of the Duke published in the newspaper was exactly the same as Richard..."
With a hint of sadness, John spoke to Ed. After hearing his words, Ed sighed slightly and then continued speaking.
"After seeing your research partner being killed, did you also realize the danger?"
"Yes...Richard's death reminded me of my former companions who died at the hands of the Wolfblood Society. Although I'm not sure what the specific reason for Richard's death was? Who wanted to harm him? But I still felt a sense of crisis and decided to go out and avoid the limelight. So I took the initiative to apply to participate in the study tour organized by the department today. Under the name of study tour, I took the students out to hide. I thought I could hide outside for half a year, and there should be nothing wrong after I come back... But I didn't expect..."
Shaking his head, John spoke in a low voice, as if lamenting the fickleness of fate. Ed, who was standing next to him, was silent for a while after listening to John's words, and then continued.
"We found the message you left for Barrett in the Guanda Library."
"Ah? You actually found the note? Really... I was in such a hurry to leave that I actually forgot about that thing. I should have retrieved it after confirming Richard's death..." John reacted and said with a frown after listening to Ed's words. As a scholar more than a member of a secret society, his awareness of anti-reconnaissance is indeed not very high.
"Hehe... You should be glad that you left the note there, otherwise no one could predict what you would be like today, Professor McKesson." Ed said to John with a slight smile, then he changed the subject and continued.
"We learned from your message that you found some 'temple'. Can you tell me about this in detail?"
"The temple...that..." John wanted to say something after listening to Ed's words, but just as he was about to speak, a trace of embarrassment emerged on his face. Seeing his performance, Ed seemed to understand something and continued to speak.
"Don't worry, I've already made strong poison detection protection before. Just tell me, if I can't hold on any longer, I'll stop you."
"Poison detection and protection? Okay then..." After listening to Ed's words, John nodded silently, then he seemed to organize his sentences and continued speaking.
"The temple I mentioned is one of the temples of the gods that was searched for by the ally of the Ancients, the 'Black Worship King' Jeffrey, during the Wind King Rebellion. During the Wind King Rebellion, King Jeffrey followed the advice of the 'God's Witch' beside him and, while waging war against the Holy Order, he mobilized a large number of manpower to search throughout Plit for the remains of the Queen of the Night Sky who once ruled Plit.
"King Jeffrey believes that the Queen of the Night Sky was disappointed with the people of Plit in the past, so she abandoned them and traveled far away. As long as he can find all the lost temples and sanctuaries of the Queen of the Night Sky on Plit and hold a confession ceremony there, he can make the Queen of the Night Sky change her mind and return to bless her warriors, win the war against the Holy Order, and drive the foreign gods from the other side of the sea out of the three islands of Plit, thus achieving an unprecedented feat."
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