During his initial exchange with the Ghost Crow King, Saine did not immediately bring up recruiting it into the Wizard Alliance.
Instead, he casually discussed other matters with the Ghost Crow King. For instance, Saine was quite interested in the history of Ghost Crow World.
The Ghost Crow King was also something of a pioneering figure among the Crow Clan.
It was precisely it that had led its people in overthrowing the rule of the Soul Devouring Beast Clan, driving this world's transformation into a Medium Plane.
Moreover, its consistently aggressive posture of outward expansion aligned with the interests of the overwhelming majority of Level-4 and above creatures in Ghost Crow World.
All Level-4 and above ghost crows firmly rallied behind the Ghost Crow King.
Some of these ghost crows were veterans who had followed their king through the war for control of the plane all those years ago.
That war was not so distant from the present—it had only been seventy thousand years.
Understanding the history of Ghost Crow World was likewise part of gaining a deeper understanding of this race.
While the Ghost Crow King was still wavering, pondering what exactly these Wizard World creatures had come to its plane for, Saine had already obtained much of the information that interested him.
In Saine's view, the perilous and intense battle scenes recorded in those ornate words and reliefs could not compare to one Truth, the most direct and effective one—namely, that the Crow Clan had been able to overthrow the Soul Devouring Beast Clan, which stood above them in the food chain, merely because of the disparity in fertility.
The Crow Clan's population base was hundreds and thousands of times that of the Soul Devouring Beast Clan.
More than one scene on the reliefs depicted a flock of