The Empire Rises: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 1903

The Recluse Right Under Our Noses (Part 2)

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"Gethzerion?" It took Tang Xiao several seconds to process the rather tongue-twisting name. Then his eyes flew wide open. "You mean Gethzerion? That old hag who founded the Nightsister Order? Why has she already emerged?!"

Seeing Tang Xiao so nearly lose his composure, Charal's expression relaxed slightly. At least this showed that the information she had provided was extremely important. That meant her safety should be guaranteed.

Tang Xiao's face darkened. The moment he recalled the name Gethzerion, all the information related to her immediately came flooding back.

The result was... very bad!

Because that old hag Gethzerion was practically a bug. In the original plot, after she appeared and Palpatine learned of her power, he became immensely wary of her. He regarded her as a grave threat capable of affecting his rule, and thus had always kept a fleet blockading the Dathomir planet.

Gethzerion had two greatest feats. The first had occurred over two hundred years ago, when the relatively young Master Yoda had led dozens of Jedi Knights into a conflict with the Nightsister Order on the Dathomir planet. The result was a crushing defeat for the Jedi, including Yoda. Two Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and apprentices had died.

Although that part of the story had never stated it outright, Gethzerion had not yet entered hibernation at the time. On the Dathomir planet, there could not have been a second person capable of defeating dozens of Jedi Knights, including Master Yoda!

The second feat was even more terrifying. When Luke Skywalker went to the Dathomir planet, Gethzerion took him down in a single exchange...

By the timeline of the plot, when Gethzerion instantly defeated Luke Skywalker, it was already four years after the Battle of Endor. Palpatine was dead, and the Galactic Empire had fractured. By then, Luke

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