On the way back to the Academic World, Reilo took out the information secretly given to him by Megana's clone once again.
Most of the other information could be set aside. At the very least, Reilo had gained some understanding over the years, but the information regarding the Immortals alone made him feel that things were terribly wrong.
As the oldest living beings in the Storm Continent today, the Immortals had been born and advanced even before the Ancient Ones. This was beyond doubt, but their exact age could no longer be determined.
Secondly, the Immortals could link the thoughts of all their people together. Their form of existence resembled a collective consciousness, which was something Reilo had already known.
However.
Judging from the information Megana had brought back, the incomparably mysterious Immortals also possessed certain secrets unknown to ordinary people.
If the Ancient Ones were mysterious in the eyes of the world because of their scarce numbers, then as one of the three lighthouse-level civilizations of the Storm Continent, the Immortals were practically nothing more than a code name. People only knew that they existed somewhere in the Storm Continent, without having any clues as to the geographical coordinates of their habitat.
As for the Storm Continent Council, they participated very rarely as well, appearing only at a tiny number of important meetings.
According to those who had seen them, the true forms of the Immortal Clan resembled a mass of constantly writhing mud.
Yet this was the race and civilization from which Megana had obtained a secret clue through the Destroyers.
They were collecting Nine Underworlds Crystal!
And they were collecting it regardless of the cost.
As for the reason, even the Ancient Ones had no idea. They only knew that this species was extremely terrifying. It had