The betrayal of the Oracle Sorcerers had happened more than three hundred years ago.
Only after the last surviving line of Oracle Sorcerers had been hunted down and wiped out by the Academic World was their betrayal of the Storm Continent finally settled, bringing the matter to a close.
The Storm Continent Council's ruthless policy of exterminating the Oracle Sorcerers made the Three Great Lighthouse Civilizations' attitude toward traitors clear. It was meant to deter potential defectors harboring treacherous intentions.
This was the fate of traitors!
After completing the extermination mission, the Academic World became a new member of the Storm Continent Council. A plenary meeting was scheduled for twenty years later, when the ceremony to welcome the new member would be held.
Similar meetings were held on the Storm Continent every twenty or thirty years.
Most of the time, the second-, third-, or even fourth-ranking figures of each race attended. After all, for beings with such long lifespans, holding a meeting every twenty or thirty years was far too frequent.
But this time was different!
The Feather Emperor of the Heavenly Silkworm Clan, an invincible powerhouse, publicly announced among the major races that his clan had uncovered the root cause of the Oracle Sorcerers' betrayal of the Storm Continent: the Black Book.
The secrets of the Black Book were known to more or less half of the council members, not just the Heavenly Silkworm Clan. Now that the Feather Emperor had revealed this news, the upcoming meeting would surely expose the Black Book's secrets and explain why the Oracle Sorcerers had betrayed them.
This was undoubtedly a powerful draw for the various civilizations.
The Academic World's admission to the Storm Continent Council would instead be a mere formality.
Meanwhile,
when Reilo returned to the Academic World, three years had