Vidon the Gravedigger, who had briefly exchanged intelligence with Jiali the Black Cloak, flew with all his might toward the Sky Fortress moored beyond Night Eye after learning about Oule, the Zero Silver Lamp Master.
He had to deliver the news to the three leaders at the earliest opportunity so they could begin the second phase of their plan.
What he didn't know was that someone had already learned about Oule, the Zero Silver Lamp Master, before him and delivered the news to the Sky Fortress.
That person was Heran the Mockingbird.
And the way she went about investigating her assignment was completely different from everyone else's.
Other scholars started either with the four great temples or with the Silver Lamp Masters. But after careful consideration, Heran realized that if the Zero Silver Lamp Master really existed, it was impossible that neither the Silver Lamp Masters nor the temples had ever openly mentioned such a transcendent being—someone capable of changing the course of Blood-Derived society's evolution.
That was her starting point.
Heran began by investigating the modern mythic history of Night Eye, looking into the lives of every notable figure who might fit the bill. In doing so, she naturally came across the history of the tyrant Boluodi.
At last,
Heran discovered a forgotten Blood-Derived—one she judged most likely to be the Zero Silver Lamp Master. He was Oule, the missing member of the Six Warriors who had once tried to assassinate Boluodi the Tyrant.
And so,
in just three months, Heran followed Oule's old trail, searching tirelessly for the mysterious Blood-Derived who had vanished without a trace. Then one day, three months later, while secretly investigating a Broodforest where Oule had once ventured, Heran spotted a black-headed sheep Blood-Derived whose appearance matched the descriptions of Oule.
There weren't many