"Thousands of years ago... the tower at that time fell into a strange period of decline after the Great Deep Sea Expedition, and the group form formed by the magicians - the organization - also began to take shape.
It was at that time that the two towers were dubbed the strongest..."
When Teacher Guzman said this, he paused unconsciously, and Hero blurted out what he said.
"Moon Tower?"
The instructor leaned on the soft chair in a very relaxed posture, took a sip of tea, and fell into memories.
"That's right... it's our Moon Tower. How should we describe it? Even in the early stages of its decline, our Tower is still the strongest existence.
And during that period, an organization appeared. Their number was small, but they were exceptionally famous. Their reputation spread beyond the Moon Tower and resounded throughout the Imperial Capital and even the entire empire.
Of course, this name is a bad name, even to the point where the baby is known to stop crying. The other twelve towers have a simple and crude evaluation of them, butchers! Each of them is a butcher who has done many evil things!
Who would have thought that after the failure of the Great Crusade, these people would be the first to become Grand Masters!
And these butchers gathered together and formed an organization called the Smiling Moon Group. Isn’t it funny? If you have seen the killings they committed, you will find it very inconsistent!
A group of butchers, but with funny names, they are like a traveling circus.
During the day, he is a clown with superb acting skills, and at night, he turns into a butcher with many evil deeds!
The name of smile, haha, is a false name!
It is actually a murderous organization that kills soul beasts and magicians without blinking an eye! There is a source of red crystal in the south of the imperial capital, which they used to water out with the blood after slaughtering living beings, and watered it with the vitality and souls of tens of millions of living beings.
come out!"
Hero was shocked. The source of the red crystal mine was very close to the Imperial Capital and could be seen almost every time he went to the south. It was clearly visible even when flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
It was a plain that was so red that it was almost the color of blood, stretching as far as the eye could see. At the far end, the sky and the earth even merged. At each dusk, it was impossible to distinguish the two with the naked eye.
Who would have thought that the original appearance of that plain was actually a barren land, and they were surprised to create an inexhaustible mineral source using a method that surpassed all evil soul techniques.
The source of this is the countless wailing souls underground.
But what made Helo most curious was Guzman’s mentor’s reaction.
Talking about the origin of the Smiling Moon Group, from his words, we can feel the horror and cruelty of the Smiling Moon Group, but why is the teacher's face filled with a bright smile?
"Tens of millions of living beings? Won't it cause public outrage? Moreover, mentor, you felt disgusted with them when you told them, but why can't you suppress the smile on your face?"
Instructor Guzman looked at Hero with a strange look, as if he was asking which eye saw me being disgusted.
"Hate? Why should I hate them? After all...they are all sages of the Moon Tower, and they are all our own people, why should I hate them?
Those butchers' remarks are spread by outsiders, just listen to them. I'm just telling you how powerful they are, so powerful that all enemies only dare to slander them behind their backs.
Hehe, you have to know that the Moon Tower at that time is completely different from the Moon Tower now!
Not only is the tower named the strongest, but as the commander of the Smiling Moon Group, the Grand Duke is also named the strongest!
That Grand Duke is a veritable monster!
Do you know where the eternal full moon in the tower space comes from?
He was the one who caught it."
"Did that being capture it?"
Hero said in surprise, this is not a question of strength.
It was about the changes in the tower system. When Hero entered the tower and became an apprentice, he knew how important the moon that was always hanging in the sky was to the magicians of the Moon Tower.
It is no exaggeration to say that most spiritual arts were developed under the influence of that moon.
It is the means laid out by this existence that bring endless benefits to the tower's subsequent magicians.
Instructor Guzman expressed his understanding of Hero's exclamation. He had the same expression when he heard the news several times before.
"Calm down, there is more than one Grand Duke in this organization, there is even the Grand Duke of our chaotic system.
But at that time, who dared to say anything about such a being?
In order to heal the wounds of the empire's weakening period, they killed their enemies one after another.
During that dark period, they were the ones who made the magicians who betrayed us live in fear. Even the Grand Duke did not dare to take the lead.
By killing so many creatures, the Smiling Moon Group was not betraying the Tower, they were just using their own methods to act as doctors in the Empire Tower.
Kill to stop killing! Kill the enemy at any cost, including your own soul.
Not to mention irrelevant people, we don’t even care about the lives of organization members.
It’s just that after they stepped on countless corpses to calm down the Empire Tower’s period of decline, this organization was dead in name only.”
"Existing in name only? Such a powerful organization with so many strong men, shouldn't it? Even the golden sheep I met can walk anywhere in the empire at will."
As a person who had witnessed it with his own eyes, Hero could not understand the meaning of what his instructor said.
Hero fell into a reverie, how powerful it would be to allow this organization to exist in name only.
Could it be that the Golden Sheep was lying to him?
Why bother? For the sake of face?
"The concept of freely walking anywhere in the empire is actually very vague. For example, I..."
Instructor Guzman pointed at himself and drew a circle on the map on his desk.
"With my strength, I can walk around at will in the vast territory of the empire, but mostly I have to rely on my own strength."
Hero knew what his mentor meant. There were very few beings like him who were only one step away from the Grand Duke and could pose a threat to him.
And even if you encounter an existence that you can't defeat, escaping is not a problem.
"And that being, with thousands of years of knowledge, does not need to use its own power, but only needs to rely on various rules to walk safely in the forbidden areas.
This is the power of knowledge. He even mastered some of the secrets of promotion in the system. This is why the magician tried his best to open the door of that organization.
This kind of existence...why do you think he let a puppet walk in this world instead of him?"
Holo had considered this question before and immediately blurted out: "Maybe it's laziness?"
"..."
The instructor's speechlessness made Hero laugh twice in embarrassment.
"That's because that being is hung on the spire of the Moon Tower, naked, with an immortal body and an immortal soul, but is bound to death and coexists with the body of the tower.
For us, this way is considered alive, but for him, it is a horrible death.
If only the leader is eliminated, the organization will certainly not fall apart, but later on, for some reason, many grand dukes are missing, isn’t it just in name only?”