The incident involving the traitor Francis Morgan continued to ferment across the dark side of the world.
Quite a few organizations even paid exorbitant prices to purchase relevant intelligence in various Black Markets and neutral cities, completely disregarding Miskatonic University's stance.
Finally, with twenty days remaining until the Final Exam,
under pressure from the Outside World, the university ordered the task force responsible for the incident to begin operations before the end of the term.
Miskatonic University—Main Building (Teleportation Chamber)
Bzz!
Three figures arrived at the same time as the portal expanded.
Their bodies were more or less covered in crow feathers, especially Han Dong.
Upon closer inspection,
some of the crow feathers on Han Dong's body had indeed stuck to him, but others had grown from his own body... especially his left arm, which was covered in crow feathers carrying Death Aura.
Yet, under Han Dong's control, these crow feathers retracted beneath his skin on their own.
The journey to Skeettis had gone very smoothly. Han Dong had not needed to rely on his title as an Associate Professor; the moment he arrived, he had been personally received by the Crow God.
After all, they had interacted mentally before. The moment Han Dong stepped into the forest, he formed a Resonant Induction with the other party.
During his time amid Crow Mountain, Han Dong's progress along the path of Dark Magic had advanced by leaps and bounds.
Thanks to the Vice Principal's long-standing guidance, using crows as the catalyst, he had accumulated strength until he finally soared into the sky.
The outline of a Mythical Puzzle had even been engraved upon the stone monument at the bottom of the abyss—'something resembling a crow standing atop something.' The specifics would have to wait until the puzzle took shape.
Because of