The Dark Night Expedition destruction mission launched by the Academic World lasted more than four years.
After paying the price of more than fifty lives—nearly a fifth of the scholars who had set out on the expedition—those fewer than two hundred who had left the Wasteland returned four years and seven months later. Their return soon sent shock waves through the Academic World.
Almost no one was unaware of it.
For thousands of years, the Holy See had organized countless fanatics and spared no expense on Night Expeditions, yet had never managed to conquer the Blood-Derived civilization's Night's Veil Land. Now, the Academic World had destroyed it with a force of barely more than two hundred people.
This was the crushing superiority of a higher civilization over a lower one!
Although the Night's Veil Land had been severely weakened by the Black Plague Catastrophe, the victory was still a revolutionary, historic event for the Academic World.
Expedition Log.
"After the Eye of the Wind in Night's Veil Land collapsed, the expeditionary force discovered a total of 97 large and small Eyes of the Wind. They investigated nine of them, conducting comprehensive analyses and records of their history, culture, and biological specimens, before destroying all 97."
"Throughout the expedition, scholars from every faction displayed their talents. Countless heroic deeds and moving stories unfolded, along with legends of secret treasures discovered. It was a saga filled with adventure and reward. The most tantalizing tale was of the T-Gene Engineering Blueprint, said to have driven even many Pioneers into greedy frenzy..."
"Of the four Sacred Demon Artifacts, all except the Source of Power, whose whereabouts remain unknown, have reappeared in this Golden Age. The Eternal Night Wings and the Death Book both made a dazzling showing during the Academic World's first expeditionary destruction