Where I Am, That's the Storm's Center

Anse frowned slightly and immediately connected to the Spirit Web.

"Identity of the Spirit Web's creator exposed—there had long been clues to follow."

This was today's front-page headline in the news section. The cover image showed Anse flying away from behind, his signature six wings serving as their own mark of authenticity.

"Have the gods gone mad? What do they stand to gain from this?" Anse was thoroughly puzzled.

He patiently opened the article. It was very long, and the first paragraph stated outright that "Anse is the creator of the Spirit Web," with everything that followed serving as evidence.

Every time the Spirit Web updated or upgraded, the Horley Federation was always among the first to adopt it—and used it exceptionally well.

The Horley Federation had also been the first organization to implement online work and put applications such as coordinated combat and merit registration into actual battle.

The Horley Federation's Spirit Coin exchange was not the first Spirit Coin trading organization, but from its founding until now, it had remained Toril's largest Spirit Coin trading organization. No other organization could compare.

Such an organization contributed an immense amount of wealth to the Federation every week. Calling it a siphon draining all of Faerun would not have been an exaggeration.

It was simply that this wealth was quickly circulated back into society through the Federation's increasingly generous benefits, so ordinary people had not paid much attention to it.

Even one of the Horley Federation's benefits for Six-Winged Spirit Dragons was a Spirit Coin allowance. If converted into Gold Coins, not even Waterdeep could afford to sustain that amount.

The article also linked the matter to the Mythallar that had once been hidden in Brarr Rock City, revealing an astonishingly well-informed news network.

Very few people knew the Mythallar's secret,