"You said Fierce told you the exact location of the Gnoll Civilization Hall?"
Murphy immediately grew serious at Hogg's words.
As Administrator Alpha and curator of the Swamp Exhibition Hall, he instantly understood the importance of this. Although the King of the Bonechewers repeatedly insisted that the Civilization Hall contained only history related to gnoll civilization and their race, Fierce was merely a security captain. There was always a limit to the information it could access.
So if at all possible, Murphy had to go there himself.
There were already very few remaining sites of creation on this continent that the Sangha people hadn't discovered. If the Gnoll Civilization Hall was still operating after the end of the Golden Age, then Murphy had to bring it under his control.
And even if it came to the worst, he couldn't let the Dusk get its hands on it—not even if that meant destroying the place.
The enemies of the Creator had been developing for a hundred years before Murphy arrived. Their advantage was overwhelming. Murphy had to seize every opportunity if he wanted any chance of dealing with the problem before the Calamity of Dusk spread to the worst possible point.
But the news Hogg had brought back also proved another widely circulated falsehood.
"So the secret behind the King of the Bonechewers' power isn't in Mossy Valley, but everyone believes that the gnolls' holy land holds the secrets he left behind. So Fierce pulled a fast one and deliberately misled those who were looking for them?"
The wise wolf nodded repeatedly in response to Murphy's question.
It explained:
"Lord Fierce is very weak. He can't appear in person to explain all this to you, but you're more or less right.
"By the time Lord Fierce was awakened in our age,