True-Self Perfect One

Hawkins looked at Shabi. "You know Regu?"

"Of course. Who in the Knowledge Realm hasn't heard of Regu? He's one of the greatest people in the Knowledge Realm Alliance," Shabi replied.

Admiration filled her voice. "Regu is the son of Rebus, a Knowledge Realm Guardian. He protected the Knowledge Realm for over a thousand years, and through its most turbulent and dangerous millennium at that. Scholars now agree that without Regu, the Knowledge Realm would probably have fallen in one of its many calamities."

In truth, the scholars of the Knowledge Realm were remarkably good at courting death, especially in the early days. New worlds were constantly being drawn into the World Hole, and every day felt like a festival to the scholars as they salvaged whatever they could from the fragments before those things were destroyed.

But the matter that survived the World Hole often contained extremely dangerous elements.

As a result, the Knowledge Realm faced world-ending crises, viral outbreaks, collapses of space-time, and other disasters every few days. The death rate among scholars was exceedingly high.

The Knowledge Realm Guardians had been founded then to maintain public safety, gradually bringing the scholars' death rate down.

"Great Warrior Leigu's father, Rebus, always hoped his son would become a respected scholar. But Regu wasn't very bright as a child. He failed dozens of exams and had no choice but to go home and inherit Rebus's position. He wasn't particularly strong back then. That changed after he escorted a scholar on a trip; when he returned, he displayed an astonishing talent for swordsmanship," Shabi explained.

Second Wolf said smugly, "He must have gone to the Feast Sea that time!"

"That is one theory," Shabi said with a nod.

Third Wolf asked curiously, "Did Regu ever confirm it himself?"

"No. He never