This operation had originally been intended to find the Edwards Descendant within the Dragon Devouring Order—Nadia Furen, mother of the Follen Brothers and daughter of Edward, the fourth Second Son—but it had yielded no discoveries. Instead, the group found the Cult's laboratory in the Desolate Village, along with a great deal of experimental "material" related to Human Transmutation.
The Abyssal Drowned Order represented by Rotten Eye Barry focused its Human Transmutation efforts on creating stronger Water Ghosts, while the Dragon Devouring Order sought to fuse Dragons with humans more effectively. In short, it was all thoroughly disgusting. Aside from once again proving that the Dragon Devouring Order had long cooperated with Laplace Klein Howard on the island, there was nothing particularly new.
"The Nature Church also clashed with the Dragon Devouring Order yesterday. This Cult is extremely troublesome to deal with. The few remaining Pureblood Dragons consider them mortal enemies, which also proves how formidable the Dragon Devouring Order is. Their guiding principle is to devour Dragons and obtain their power. Since there are very few Pureblood Dragons left now, they eat any creature with Dragon blood. Elves and humans alike."
After the battle, while the other young ladies searched the Desolate Village, Siris quietly explained this to Shade. As for the blonde Great Witch, she was watching the burning Half-Dragon corpses turn to Ashes. The corpses of those cultists all carried "Dragon Poison." If improperly handled, it could contaminate the land, and the Earth Witch placed great importance on that.
Not long afterward, a black-haired young woman hurried over and handed Miss Benanis a letter she had just found. A third of the letter had been burned away, leaving most of its useful contents unreadable.
However, because it had been destroyed in haste, the charred portion still faintly showed