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Chapter 1596: Chapter 551: The Secret Hidden in the Murals (Part 2)

At this moment, everything was gone, with only the dark red bloodstains remaining on the walls of the passage and a faint scent of blood in the air, indicating that a fierce battle had taken place here before.

The place where the murals were hidden was located at the lowest level, in a warehouse on the same floor as Graham’s laboratory, or perhaps it might be more apt to call it a cave.

As the group of three entered, Rein quickly noticed that there were over a dozen murals on the surrounding rock walls, with colors that had dimmed and appeared somewhat blurred, indicating their age.

”Your Crown, Rein, Sect Leader, it’s right here,” Bradley pointed to the cave wall and said.

The content depicted on the first mural showed a group of human warriors and wizards in classical bronze battle armor, fighting a black-robed girl by the seaside, surrounded by powerful, ferocious sea beasts.

The warriors roared and swung their swords; the wizards cast spells loudly, battling the black surging waves, lifelike and vivid.

The second mural...

”It seems to depict scenes of ancient humans fighting against the Divine,” Moria remarked in astonishment after a brief recognition.

It’s known that many records of the Divine, due to the passage of time and constant wars, have rarely left behind images, and even when recorded, they are mostly in fragments of text.

Moreover, in this regard, various cults seemed to share a tacit understanding, deliberately erasing some of the related records.

”This is the Nether Sea Goddess Hela... and this is... the God of Hunting Luen...”

Looking at the first few murals, Rein soon recognized that the opponents of the ancient human warriors and wizards were the few Evil Gods he was familiar with.

The middle murals, however, depicted humans gaining an advantage under the leadership of a certain divine being, defeating several Evil Gods.

As for the later murals...

”Huh?”

”Is this... a Fiend Demon?” Rein squinted his eyes, pondering silently.

In the last few murals, the content was intriguing; several beings, both familiar and unfamiliar to Rein, including both Divine and Evil Gods, were resisting some huge black Creature in their respective areas, but were clearly at a disadvantage...

That huge black Monster looked quite familiar to Rein.

Its body was flanked by several black scythes, with multiple pairs of black claws on its lower body, its head covered with skyward-pointing spikes, and a bloodthirsty mouth filled with dense sharp teeth, enveloped in black mist, floating in the air.

It was clearly an enlarged version of the Fiend Demon.

”Evil Gods fighting the Fiend Demon?” Rein paused slightly, his face thoughtful.

He had always assumed that the Fiend Demon and the Evil Gods were in league, both being the ancient common enemies of humans in this world, but now it seemed... not so.

Moreover, from the murals, it appeared that humans were the weakest party, the Evil Gods were on an intermediate level, while the Fiend Demon was the strongest.

”This should be a work from the medieval era, at least six millennia old.”

”These are all Evil Gods, but what is that ferocious black Monster in the later murals? It seems particularly formidable,” Moria pondered, pointing to the later murals.

Even though Moria was a sect leader, he was not very familiar with the Fiend Demon, which was partly due to his usual focus on constructing Mechanical Golems and Demon Statues.

”That’s a Fiend Demon, a... very terrifying creature.” At this moment, Rein spoke up in explanation beside him.

”Fiend Demon? Terrifying?” Hearing even Rein describing it so, Moria’s face suddenly turned serious.

Because it was only after entering the ranks of the Dawn Wizard that Moria realized he still could not discern the depths of Rein’s strength; in fact, Rein’s spiritual power oscillations, though subtle, felt vast as the sea, becoming increasingly unfathomable.

”Sir Bradley, are there any other murals nearby?”

”No, Your Crown Rein, I’ve checked repeatedly.”

”Hmm, place a form of shielding witchcraft here to preserve these murals well.”

”Understood, Your Crown Rein.”

...

When Rein returned to the Isodre School Station, he suddenly saw his mentor, Mogaro, in the hall, warmly speaking with three tall, slim women whose apparel was distinctly different from humans’.

”Rein!”

The youngest Elf Girl among them, like a buoyant butterfly dancing gracefully, carrying a unique scent of grass and trees, flew into Rein’s arms.

”Anna, why are you here?” Holding Anna’s warm and slender waist, Rein relished the girl’s enthusiasm, yet couldn’t help being somewhat surprised, and asked.

Because logically, even if Anna had been notified to come to the Imperial City Tamriel, she should currently be reunited with her mother.

”You rescued so many missing clansmen this time. Elder Nasha wanted to thank you personally on behalf of the Elf Clan and, upon hearing you came to the Shirendil Plateau, I asked Ms. Olena to bring us to find you.”

As Anna spoke, she pointed to Olena beside her.

”Additionally, my mother has largely recovered and wishes to... see you.”

Then, as if suddenly remembering the presence of others around, especially her mother, Anna’s face flushed with shyness; she reluctantly but had to release Rein’s embrace, blinking her large, beautiful eyes, and said.

Rein showed a moment of realization and focused his gaze on the two Elven women.

Indeed, the Elf woman exuding a classical yet beautiful demeanor with faint crow’s feet was the long-unseen Elder Nasha, while the one smiling and constantly observing Rein and Anna, was Ms. Darien Yueling, Anna’s mother.