Casper should, by all rights, have known about most of the famous places within the North Wind Territory.
After all, he had governed the North Wind Territory for nearly several centuries. It was utterly impossible for him not to know.
"The origin of the black mist?"
Seeing all four of them looking at him, Casper fell into thought for a moment.
Seeing his silence, even Phyllis stared at him in disbelief. "Casper, you don't know?"
Casper hurriedly explained, "No, I'm just searching through my memories."
Having governed the North Wind Territory for centuries yet not knowing about a famous local place would be far too absurd if word got out.
The only reason he had been slow to respond was because the memory was simply too distant, and under Hilton's governance, nothing had gone wrong in Fide City for a very long time.
That meant he had to search through his recollections for information about the Black Mist Territory.
Only after confirming that he had recalled the relevant details did he speak calmly.
"The Black Mist Territory had already existed before I took over the North Wind Territory, and as time passed, the mist within it grew ever denser."
"Perhaps because the concentration of the mist increased, the wildlife in the woodland gradually became more irritable and dangerous as well."
Casper's expression turned nostalgic. "Therefore, three hundred years ago, my wife and I jointly pushed forward a plan to clear away the dense mist."
"The plan went very smoothly. With the assistance of a Transcendent who specialized in absorbing mist, all the mist in the Black Mist Woodland had completely dissipated within just half a year."
"Unfortunately, only half a year later, the dense mist invaded the Black Mist Woodland once more, with even greater force than before it had