Chapter 1305: Chapter 1305

The Hoffman Brothers Association was quick, taking only three days to deliver the intelligence. In fact, countries had been investigating such intelligence before, but as divine followers became fewer, this investigation stopped. The Hoffman Brothers Association spent a lot of money and bought this already sealed intelligence due to their connections and wealth.

According to the intelligence, the investigations concluded that there were three possible locations for those cliffs, each more dangerous than the last.

The first was located in the Fire Sand Region at the extreme south of Sunset Country, the second was the Nawa Abandoned Land in Ksada Province, and the third was at the end of the Road of Despair in the northeast direction of the Empire.

The Red Clan Barbarian Continent referred to the Extinction Domain as "abandoned by gods." The Fire Sand Region was a terrifying desert. Thirty-four divine abandoned lands had been discovered, and it was said that the total number was over a hundred. The cliff might very well be hidden in one of those divine abandoned lands.

Although the Fire Sand Region itself was not an abandoned land, there were quicksands everywhere and fire rivers appearing on the ground all the time. Demon Beasts in the abandoned lands would often come out, making it extremely dangerous, and almost no one was willing to explore there.

The Nawa abandoned land was ranked among the top three most dangerous known divine abandoned lands in Sunset Country, while the Road of Despair was a space-time vortex area, located in the dense forest to the northeast of Sunset Country. It was a wide road built on pounded earth with crushed stone surfaces, wide enough for five carriages to travel side by side with a width of twenty meters.

The scenery on both sides of the road was beautiful, but space-time distortions could appear on the road at any time. It was said that no one who walked on the road had ever returned. The road stretched forward, passing through lofty mountains, and it was said that no one had reached the end of the road.

No matter the rain or snow in the surrounding woods, the road was never affected, appearing incredibly desolate.

There was a time when this place was used by Sunset Country to execute convicted nobles in the name of "upholding the dignity of the nobility."

Being decapitated with blood splattering two meters across the scaffold was not the proper ending for nobles, even if they committed capital crimes. So, they chose to walk on this road, hence the name "Road of Despair."

However, in that era, choosing to follow the Road of Despair for punishment required an additional fee, which the lord was highly suspicious of as it seemed to him like a means of squeezing dry the imprisoned nobles of Sunset Country.

Those who couldn’t pay the fee would, of course, be executed on the spot. As for the dignity of penniless nobles, who cared?

The lord took out an Earthenware Jar, which he had previously calculated. However, there was no result. The cliffs originally came from the Divine Fall Abyss, and the Cause and Effect involved were too significant, so it was normal that it could not be calculated.

Now with three alternative answers, the lord used the Earthenware Jar to recalculate. This time he did not ask the jar to give accurate answers, only to calculate which place was most likely the answer. This time the calculation was quick, and the answer given by the jar was: Road of Despair.

In the Tenshukaku of the National Master, several mysterious guests had visited in the past few days, including the disciples and trusted followers of the National Master, who had never seen these people before. They had quietly left after a secret conversation with the National Master, no one knew where they came from or where they went.

But the National Master was still undecided.

"Even though the Wood Dynasty’s life count is not extinct, it has not shown a rising posture yet. Owen Bertram may only extend the Wood Dynasty’s life count by a thousand years," said the National Master, gently dipping her finger into the Divine Water in the lotus pond.

Little Turtle hesitated for a moment before saying in human language: "The Origin Resurgence has arrived, and there won’t be thousands of years of peace left." It knew the National Master’s thoughts, as she did not want to give up the persistence of the two generations or bear the last words of the dying master.

She still hoped that even if she could not fulfill this "hope," the task would be passed on to her disciples, or perhaps the National Master was unwilling to fail the last instructions of the master who was dying at the time.

But in recent days, the National Master had again brought in some mysterious people, who were her secret arrangements. Once activated, they would overthrow the Imperial Court of Sang Island and replace the king, assassinating disobedient lords to ensure total control over to the National Master!

Little Turtle felt that the National Master was in a state of self-contradiction. She had verified through the Dragon Water Palace that the Wood Dynasty’s national fortune still far exceeded that of Sang Island, and she had prepared for a switch, but psychologically, she was unwilling to accept this situation.

The National Master sighed deeply after hearing Little Turtle’s words. When she first got Little Black Tortoise, she thought that "the situation was on her side" and immediately began a plan to retrieve the Osaki Magatama, hoping for a victory. But it wasn’t until the East Sea that she realized why Little Black Tortoise had been suppressed by Little Loach.

At that moment, the National Master’s ears twitched, and a series of footsteps came from below. She became suspicious, "What is Yutomi Jūrō coming here for?"

Yutomi Jūrō knelt outside the door and knocked, "Master, Jūrō requests audience."

The wooden door opened automatically, and the National Master had already returned to her desk. Little Black Tortoise swam like an ordinary little turtle in the lotus pond, and the National Master said indifferently, "Come in."