The Dragon'S Blue Gem
(S3) Chapter 163 [Raven Member Meeting (2) ]

"I understand. That's not all, is it? Looks like you know further," Gluttony said.

Pride grinned, "Who do you think I am?"

"In the beginning I was curious as to the reason why the Anessa Empire summoned otherworldly people. Though the tittle 'Hero' itself is also in the original people of this world. After investigating further, it turned out that the tradition of summoning people from another world had existed long ago."

"All of his summons were also made by the Anessa Empire. But isn't this weird? How can people who are called from another world alone there are hundreds if in total and it happened since ancient times, he said, but why can't we find people who carry the blood of those immigrants" Pride said.

"!!!!"

The other Raven members instantly realized that. They were aware that they had never seen anyone of a race other than the devil who had black hair and eyes, or simply had mana mix like anywhere typical of otherworldly people.

Pride encodes Lust to continue the explanation. Lust happily continued.

"This is all because of the so-called 'cleansing'. The Anessa Empire became the one to summon them, but it was also the one to annihilate them."

"!!??"

"The empire made sure to kill every person who carried the blood of another world human. They do it so cleanly that it is hard to know the info about this. But there's one loophole we can find so this info we're getting."

"Cracks?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Lust changed the image on the screen into a picture of a dense forest surrounded by a giant circular river so that the shape looks like a reverse donut.

"You know? There was once a kingdom in the forest surrounded by this river. Not a great kingdom, but it has enough influence because of its power."

"This kingdom is the big gap I'm referring to. Because this kingdom is the only kingdom in the history of Demetria that was created and contains otherworldly humans."

"!!!??"

"An otherworldly human kingdom!?" surprised them.

"Maybe it's more appropriate that I say, this kingdom is a descendant of otherworldly humans. Like I said before, the Anessa Empire will cleanly exterminate the otherworldly human descendants. But in this case, it is quite difficult to do. Because the humans who created this kingdom were too powerful for the size of the creatures within the limits. And he also created 4 artificial spirit beasts from his blood that were as powerful, or stronger than himself."

"Therefore, this kingdom was able to survive and thrive for ±300 years before the Pope at that time took the extreme choice to exterminate it."

"The Pope sent his cathedral to destroy the kingdom. But it seems that it is not enough, one of the artificial spirit beasts called Youkai managed to survive even though his kingdom was destroyed. And it was this one Youkai that made the silent extermination that the Anessa Empire had always carried out failed. He who had broken through the boundary avenged the destruction of his kingdom in the same way, that was to use Mythic level magic to destroy the Anessa Empire to the point of being unresponsive."

"The Youkai attack managed to attract the attention of the corners of Demetria because of its striking magic. The Anessa Empire was almost wiped out instantly if the pope at that time did not use Mythic-level magic to teleport one empire into the middle of the empty Sacred Continent. And instead, the place where the Anessa Empire that existed far away in the far west was instantly wiped out and turned back into an ocean as if there had never been a part of it in the Sacred Continent before."

Tension filled the room. They wouldn't be that hard if all they told were tales or legends. Yet all of that is real history with concrete evidence that complements it.

"What happened after?" wrath asked a little nervously.

"The pope was in a coma for quite a long time, no matter how many years. In the meantime, out an arrest and murder order for the Youkai" Pride replied in exchange.

"Did he get caught?" ask Sloth worriedly.

Pride shook his head, "Using Mythic-level magic right after getting up and fighting earlier is quite a burden on his body. He was pronounced dead shortly after using the magic. His body was found in Marina Harbor City in a state of distress. That's the end of the Youkai's revenge."

The members of Raven felt sympathy for the unknown Youkai who fought for his kingdom until his death, at the same time they also felt anger at the self-righteous Anessa Empire and played tricks on the fate of others.

"At least his death was not in vain" Pride continued.

"Thanks to his very conspicuous actions, those of us who live 1 millennium after him still have the rest of the records, evidence and traces from the past so that we get information to prevent the same from being repeated."

"We managed to find out the reason the Anessa Empire summoned and exterminated otherworldly beings," Pride said after he re-changed the screen.

This time the screen shows a main tower in the sacred temple of the Anessa Empire.

"That's because mana is typical of otherworldly humans. Once they are summoned to this world until their death, they will be sucked into this tower about 0.2% every day. Since mana is always automatically recharged, no one realizes that where they are is reduced by 0.2%."

Lust zooms in on the screen so Raven can see the giant crystal that is at the core of the tower.

"Later after which they are at their best, or in other words when they have become very strong, where they can be harvested in large quantities. If the moment of life can be taken 0.2% every day. So when they die, 90% of where they'll be sucked into this crystal."

"!!!!!!"

"Yet right!!!💢💢" snapped Wrath crashing table.

Sloth, Greed and Gluttony are as angry as Wrath. Sloth could not control his expression and Greed lost her usual nervousness from anger. While Gluttony remained sitting quietly even though his entire body was burning with anger.

"So for that kind of trashy reason they are just as willing as they are!!!??" angry Wrath.

"It's completely inhumane," sadly Greed.

"When his nickname is the Holy Empire, but his behavior is dirtier than a brothel or a guild assassin" Sloth said.

"Calm you. The explanation from Pride and Lust is not finished yet!" gluttony calmed the rest of the members. He was also angry, very angry, yet he tried to stay level-headed and listen to all that information until it was done.

"But Aqua-!!!!"

Not yet had Wrath protest, Sloth who understood Gluttony's intention to stop Wrath. Eventually the two sat back down even though their mood was very bad now.

Pride and Lust waited for the atmosphere to calm down again before they continued.

"Where that goes into the crystal will be channeled into two things" Lust said.

"2 things?"

Pride changed back his screen to a black dice drawing with a question mark and a person's black shadow.

"These two things are artifacts or magic weapons that are secret items of the Anessa Empire and are held directly by the Pope. We still don't know what that thing is, but it's definitely something that adds to the Pope's personal power."

"The other thing is this human or demi-human."

"Human? They channel mana to other humans?" confused Sloth.

"Yes, the reason might be because otherworldly beings they cannot control. While humans or demi-humans can control them as they please" replied Lust.

"The Pope's puppet, yes." murmured Gluttony.

"Well, let's take it for granted. The Pope's doll does sound fitting" said Pride, who heard Gluttony's murmur.

"The doll was channeled with such power to carry out their plans. But the power of this Doll was not that strong right now. So the Pope and other holy temple officials need 'something' that can add to their puppet power."

Gluttony flinched, he realized something. "Don't say... Golden Light River?"

"Yes," Pride nodded.

"The "necklace that the Hero and Saintess had created earlier could definitely add to their puppet strength quite significantly. No wonder they're trying to get it."

"If you've heard your words so far, you want to say that this doll is probably the one who bears the tittle 'Child of Light', right?" ask Gluttony to make sure.

Lust smiled complacently, "As expected of our leader. Right."." Right."

"Do you know what the Pope's plan is?"

"It's a shame not yet. Further investigation is needed" Pride said.

Gluttony nodded in understanding, "Alright. For now focus on that and the identity of the doll. It should be that the tittle of the Light Child was a rare tittle that was not difficult to trace, at least compared to the history of a long-destroyed kingdom."

"All right!!"

"Will anyone add any more?" ask Gluttony.

No one answered it. Everyone was satisfied with the outcome of the meeting this time. Seeing him, made Gluttony rise from his chair.

"Good, then Raven's meeting today is over."

"Thank you for the hard work" he said kindly.

"Thank you for the hard work!!"