Magic Chronicles : Fallen Race

-Sand Dune Temple.

This was originally the default place for the three major forces of the Syndicate to negotiate with each other.

Before the Animal Gang arrived, the Bloody Hand Gang, Shadow Tribe, and Death Heralds formed a tripartite confrontation. Basically, various matters and interest distribution in the Syndicate were decided by the three parties here.

Of course, now there were only two parties left.

One of them, the members who came to the meeting, were all wearing gray-brown robes and holding staffs that seemed to be made of various dead and decayed wood. They were none other than the Death Heralds.

The Death Heralds originated from the mages of the Mage Nation, one of the remaining strongest "Three Great Nations" under the Empire. Because they practiced black magic, they were exiled and expelled, eventually gathering in the Syndicate and becoming the "Death Heralds" organization.

They used their superior magic techniques to become one of the three major forces in the Syndicate.

Sitting across from the Death Heralds was naturally the Shadow Tribe.

Almost all of these members were female.

As for the reason, it could be seen from the uniform nun outfits they were wearing now.

The Shadow Tribe originated from the Radiant Church Nation, one of the "Three Great Nations".

Their original identity was the nuns of the Radiant Church.

But they claimed to have been betrayed and abandoned by the Holy Light.

So they voluntarily left the Church Nation.

No longer believing in the Radiance.

Instead, they embraced the "Shadow".

This could be seen from their completely black nun outfits now.

Each Shadow Nun also had a black ribbon over their eyes, symbolizing that their eyes no longer yearned for light, and all they saw was shadow.

Now the two major forces gathered here for no other reason than to exchange intelligence on the mysterious ruins Dungeon that had stirred up the entire Syndicate.

The leader of the Death Heralds, a skinny old man with wrinkled skin all over his body, looking very creepy, spoke first.

"We have preliminarily investigated the reason for the formation of the ruins. It most likely originated from a sandstorm."

"Earlier, in the direction of the Ghost Town, we detected a strong surge of magical power. The peak value of the magical power was so high that even I had never heard of it before, not even during my studies in the Mage Nation. It was most likely a destructive sandstorm, much stronger than a hurricane-level one."

"I speculate that it was precisely because of this powerful sandstorm that it triggered some chain reactions, causing the Dungeon ruins that were originally hidden beneath the desert of the Syndicate to be revealed."

The unprecedented strong magical power fluctuations observed by the Death Heralds were actually from the Chimera that Reji was riding at the time.

However, they did not believe that such magical power could be emitted by a person or a certain monster, so they attributed it to natural phenomena. And in the Syndicate, the only natural phenomenon that could cause such fluctuations was a sandstorm.

After hearing the intelligence from the Death Heralds, the Shadow Nun leader, with a cross hanging between her ample bosom, nodded in agreement.

They also did not believe that the Dungeon ruins would appear out of thin air. There must be a reason, and the Death Heralds' observations undoubtedly proved this point, making them feel more at ease.

Afterwards, as an exchange, the female Bishop also spoke up and shared the information they had explored about the ruins.

"The ruins are more like a separate space. People who enter the ruins cannot be found from the outside world. They can only return to reality by exiting through the teleportation points in the ruins."

"Moreover, after our detection, the separate space inside the ruins is filled with an evil aura. I'm afraid the predecessor of this Dungeon was not a normal area, but most likely something like a burial ground with concentrated corpse energy, or a palace of a destroyed nation that was massacred."

Upon hearing these words from the leader of the Shadow nun's, the leader of the Death Heralds became unhappy.

He narrowed his eyes and stared at the veiled bishop across from him. The corners of his mouth, which revealed incomplete yellow teeth, curled up in dissatisfaction as he said:

"Miss Natalie, even a fool could see what you're saying. Our people are not blind. How could there be undead creatures in normal ruins? Even the legendary ghouls have appeared."

"We Death Heralds came with full sincerity to seek cooperation, but it seems that you Shadow Tribe are just trying to fool us with this?"

Many Shadow Nuns immediately became dissatisfied with the old man's words and frowned.

It was still the elder nun, as the bishop, who raised her hand to stop the other nuns. After pondering for a while, she probably felt that the previous intelligence was indeed insufficient. So she added one more piece of information.

"The ruins have a hidden condition similar to 'first kill'. Like the divine artifacts obtained by the Animal Gang, only the first explorer who kills the elite monsters in the Dungeon can obtain them. Subsequent explorers, even if they kill the same monsters again, cannot obtain the divine artifacts."

Divine artifacts!

The leader of the Death Heralds immediately perked up. This piece of information was indeed important to them.

First kill to obtain divine artifacts!?

No wonder!

The Death Heralds had also secretly sent people to participate in the exploration of the Dungeon ruins several times. They had obtained many treasures, but they didn't get a single one of the truly big prizes, the enchanted weapons.

So that's where the problem lies?

Although the old man inwardly agreed with this statement, and he could mostly guess it vaguely, he was curious about how these nuns discovered it.

In response to the old man's questioning look, the female Bishop of the Shadow Tribe, clasped her hands together, showing a pious praying posture. She said indifferently:

"The shadow always guides us."

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