53 The Order of Eclipse. (1/2)

The man did not hold anything back and told them everything.

”We mostly did things under the shadows. We had enough power, but we were not foolish enough to flaunt our strength.”- The man continued in a downcast voice. His stuttering had also disappeared.

”Until... the Leader began to behave weirdly. He suddenly received some information which caused him to think of some master plan of his.”- The man continued;

”We did not question his orders since he was the Leader. We all believe in Lord Zeph, who had ascended as a diety some eons ago.”

This Lord Zeph caught Ozul's attention as he did not understand what did he mean by 'ascended'. However, he did not bother to ask anything as it was not important at this moment.

”Mhm... How powerful is your Leader?”- Count Oliver asked when the man was finished with his explanation.

”He... is a Rank-8 Mage.”- The man was hesitating at first, but the glare from Butler Albert was enough for him to speak.

Count Oliver was astonished to find out that such a person had escaped the kingdom's eyes for so long! The 4 Dukes in the Silverbird Kingdom are also Rank-8 Mages.

If such a person goes around some small kingdoms, they would be treated even better than the kings!

Oliver sucked a deep breath because this matter was out of his hands if the person leading the Eclipse's Order was a Rank-8 Mage.

”Why do you kidnap children?”- Count Oliver asked.

”No one knows... The Leader only said that they would be used for some sacrifice.”- The man replied fearfully.

Count Oliver also received the location of one of the hideouts of these men. But Ozul did not care about it as they would have already noticed the man's disappearance by now.

They would probably not find anything there. Moreover, Count Oliver would send his men to investigate, and he can just receive the report.

Even though they received quite a lot of information, they were not so happy. They could not do anything with such knowledge!

The only significant piece of information was the Rank of their Leader. And this too could only help them prepare for the worst.

Ozul also had to change his mindset as his careless way of handling this situation might be fatal.

After some questioning, they had learned everything that the man knew. Oliver expectantly looked towards Ozul as if asking for some favor.

”You can take him... I don't care.”- Ozul said as Oliver gestured towards Butler Albert to bring the man away.

Ozul was the one who brought this man, but Oliver wanted the man in his custody so he could gain some merits.

Since they did not have any lead now, Ozul asked Oliver to bring the big map, which showed all the Cities around the Silverbird Capital.

All he could do was look at all the concerned locations. But looking at the map, Ozul's already expressionless face turned even more wooden.

”Hey... Oliver, why are these two Cities not marked?”- Ozul pointed towards the two cities which were surrounding the Capital but were not marked as the inflicted spot.

”Oh, that! Well, nothing happened in those two Cities...”- Oliver said as a matter of fact.