Chapter 372

Clue

In the study at Green Shade Town’s house number 17, Dorothy felt extremely excited as she looked at the old notebook on the table in front of her. Finally, after such a long time, she had found some information about the Star Number Repair Association.

With excitement, Dorothy did not rush to read the notes immediately. Instead, she boiled a pot of water and made a cup of hot tea. She then leisurely moved her reading spot to the fireplace in the living room. After changing into comfortable home clothes, she began reading while warming herself by the fire, fully preparing to enjoy the experience.

By the fireplace, Dorothy slowly started reading Dalena’s notes. In her reading, she discovered that most of the content in this notebook was about Dalena’s exploration of “Enlightenment.” During her exploration of “Enlightenment,” she realized that research on the Star Number Repair Association was unavoidable. Therefore, the notebook contained a substantial amount of research content related to the Star Number Repair Association.

According to Dalena’s notes, she obtained many secret transmissions regarding the Star Number Repair Association. Through extensive research, she determined the rise and fall timeline of the Star Number Repair Association. It originated at the end of the Second Era, possibly linked to the ancient civilization of Northern Ufeiga. The Star Number Repair Association reached its peak during the middle of the Third Era, with deep connections to many forces and even the official empire of that era. It eventually ended at the end of the Third Era, lasting for an entire era.

Although Dalena did not investigate the specific reasons for its origin and downfall, she reconstructed the duration of the Star Number Repair Association. During this period, Dorothy gathered more useful information, particularly about the historical timeline of this world.

The official history of this world begins with the Radiant Church. Everything starts from the establishment of the Radiant Church and the founding of the Radiant Savior, allowing nations to start recording their own histories. History before this period is shrouded in mystery and contains poisonous knowledge.

In Dalena’s research notes on the existence timeline of the Star Number Repair Association, Dorothy gained an initial understanding of this mysterious history. This history mentions eras, each with varying durations but marked by significant events that changed the world.

According to Dalena’s notes, Dorothy is currently in the Fourth Era. The specific event marking the transition from the Third to the Fourth Era is the establishment of the Radiant Church. The Fourth Era has lasted over a thousand years since its beginning.

For the transition between the Second and Third Eras, Dalena speculated in her notes that it was due to the Dawn War initiated by the King of Light and his allies, followed by the establishment of the empire. Moving further back, the transition between the First and Second Eras could not be speculated due to a lack of records.

Of course, in these notes, although Dalena speculated on the key events marking the transitions between eras in the mysterious history, she knew very little about the specifics of each era or the reasons for the transitions. She knew that the transition from the Second to the Third Era was due to the Dawn War, but the specific causes, processes, and outcomes were unclear, known only as a significant event. Even the situation of the Third Era itself was not well understood.

However, this at least gave Dorothy a basic understanding of the scale of the mysterious history. Now she knows that the King of Light and his Dawn War, as well as his empire, existed. It seems that his empire might have spanned the entire Third Era.

Based on the information Dorothy has now, she can confirm that there were many forces in the Third Era, including the Empire of the King of Light, the church of the Goddess of Abundance, the Star Number Repair Association, and even the mysterious faith in the Mirror Moon Goddess. Both the faiths of the Goddess of Abundance and the Mirror Moon Goddess seemed to have their own churches and could openly spread their teachings, unlike the current situation where only the Radiant Church does so openly.

At the end of the Third Era, something major likely happened, causing the disappearance of the empire, the faiths of the Goddess of Abundance and the Mirror Moon Goddess, and the Star Number Repair Association. Based on the situation in the underground ruins beneath King Campus, the disappearance of the Star Number Repair Association might have occurred earlier than the disappearance of the Mirror Moon Goddess faith. When the Fourth Era began, the Radiant Church was established, and the faith in the Three Saints of the Radiant Church became the absolute orthodoxy, gaining the faith of billions of people.

Additionally, from Dalena’s research notes, we can infer that the ancient civilization of Northern Ufeiga is quite ancient, dating back to the Second Era, predating the empire of the King of Light by a considerable amount of time.

“Hmm… So that’s how it is. Now I have a general idea of the mysterious history…”

Beside the fireplace, looking at her notes, Dorothy muttered to herself. She then took another sip of tea from the coffee table and continued reading, which further piqued her interest.

In the latter part of the notebook, Dalena recorded several ruins of the Star Number Repair Association she had explored through various clues. Unfortunately, these ruins were far away and not on Prit Island but on the main continent, and they were already empty.

Notably, one of these ruins stood out to Dalena. Located in a valley in the central-southern barrier mountains of the main continent, Dalena encountered a massive earthquake during her exploration. To avoid danger, she temporarily halted her exploration until the earthquake subsided, then resumed her investigation.

During her second exploration of the valley ruins of the Star Number Repair Association, Dalena unexpectedly discovered that the ruins, which should have been emptied by others, were severely damaged due to the previous earthquake. Many areas had collapsed, including a thick wall that had collapsed due to ground fissures, revealing a hidden secret passage behind it.

Through this passage, Dalena uncovered a secret room within the ruins, where she found numerous “Enlightenment” storage items and precious mural documents about the Star Number Repair Association. Among them was an unmarked stele placed at the center of the “Enlightenment” meaning magical array, covered with countless random scratches!

Reading this part, Dorothy immediately recalled the scene of the Star Number Repair Association ruins beneath King Campus, also located in a secret room with an unmarked stele at the center of the “Enlightenment” meaning magical array. It was on this stele that the advancement methods for all black earth in the path of “Enlightenment” were inscribed, and it was thanks to this stele that Dorothy advanced to become a Scholar.

So, this is a similar stele!?

Looking at Dalena’s record, Dorothy was stirred and continued reading.

As expected, Dalena also noticed the uniqueness of this stele. Firstly, its position was in the center of the magical array. Secondly, despite having a multitude of unordered scratches, the stele was very sturdy, making it difficult to carve patterns. Thus, these random scratches were not accidental but deliberately carved.

Though Dalena could not see the strange markings, she concluded that the stele was extraordinary based on these signs. She brought the stele out of the secret room and transported it back to her base in Prit for future study.

“So… Could there still be such an advancement stele in Tivyán!?”