Chapter 380 - Chapter 380: Chapter 360 "Big Eater" Plan (1/2)

Chapter 380: Chapter 360 “Big Eater” Plan

The Glenborough Province of Cyart.

Amidst the chaos, the Stars Embrace Order officially rose up in Glenborough Province, causing immense destruction. Coupled with the subsequent outbreak of the Disaster of the Dead, Glenborough Province was almost completely overrun in the span of a decade, resulting in a vast number of deaths.

The people who survived in Glenborough Province mostly became refugees and headed towards other provinces unwilling to stay in the perilous and impoverished Glenborough Province.

Within this scorched land, however, a town known as Meteorfall Town experienced little change over those ten years and was well-protected by the power of the Reforging Church…

At least that was how it appeared to outsiders.

But Felix knew all too well that the town, while ostensibly under the influence of the Reforging Church, was in fact thoroughly infiltrated by the power of the Stars Embrace Order.

In the past ten years, Felix had made significant progress, having completely mastered the Power of Consecution of the “Sculptor” at 3rd Rank.

However, since the Path of Forging at the 4th Rank did not yet exist, Felix could not break through further in the Power of Consecution and was forced to remain at the “Sculptor” level for several years.

He thus directed more of his energy to developing his own power of Bloodline.

And in the recent weeks, Felix had also elevated the Bloodline power of the Crystal Jellyfish to mid-level Transmutation.

Now, he could make his body undergo “Limb Regeneration,” and he was able to release powerful Light Energy for wide-ranging blasts, even emitting concentrated beams of light from his eyes to burn objects.

Today, Felix was going to officially become a senior disciple of the Stars Embrace Order.

From now on, as soon as he broke through to high-level Transmutation with his Bloodline power, he could become a “Starlight Supplement” for the Stars Embrace Order.

During the ten years of his undercover presence, Felix had completely figured out the organizational structure of the Stars Embrace Order.

They harnessed an evil forbidden power, a sort of stone heptagram that could easily assimilate outsiders into their kind at night, as long as the target was within range.

However, Felix learned that these stone heptagrams were only effective against Extraordinary Exponents below the Monarch Level.

But if an Extraordinary Exponent who was transformed during the period of Transmutation were to break through to the Monarch Level, they still could not undo the transformation they had undergone.

Another point was that these stone heptagrams had a very limited number of uses, and the only person who could create these statues was the leader of the Stars Embrace Order, “Black Starlight.”

Thus, the Stars Embrace Order was always seeking Extraordinary Exponents with potential, planning to entrap them with the stone heptagrams before they reached the Monarch Level.

“Black Starlight” was the leader of the Stars Embrace Order, veiled in secrecy, and had never exposed his true identity.

He was suspected to be a high-level Monarch, one of the top powerful experts. He once ventured alone to the Royal Capital to assassinate the former Cyart King, nearly succeeding. Only when the former Cyart King activated the barrier in time and joined forces with other powerful Monarch experts from Adley was he repelled.

“Black Starlight” was an enigma, even more mysterious than the “Wordless Elder,” but he certainly had the ability to manipulate ordinary people, likely without any limitations on frequency.

Because of “Black Starlight’s” unique abilities, the Stars Embrace Order had as many as several hundred thousand disciples on the Ouden Continent, possibly making them the largest heretical cult in terms of disciple count. Below “Black Starlight’s” position, there were six vice leaders known as “Starlights,” all of whom, without exception, were Monarch powerful experts.

One of the former “Starlights” eventually died at the hands of Aldrich, the “Dragon Taming Lord” from the Romann family. Isabel, the Reforged Church Archbishop who introduced Felix into the order, later took over as the succeeding “Starlight.”

Beneath the vice leader “Starlights” within the Stars Embrace Order, there were the “Starlight Supplements” who were at high-level Transmutation, the senior disciples at mid-level Transmutation, and the “persons of potential” at low-level Transmutation.

Beneath them were the ordinary disciples of the Stars Embrace Order, who were numerous and not considered important, fundamentally regarded as cannon fodder. Furthermore, a large proportion of the disciples were forcibly bewitched into joining the cult by evil powers.

In the previous years, the Stars Embrace Order had not been fully focused on Cyart; under “Black Starlight’s” leadership, they had waged war on the Land of Fantasy, Arcadia, in the eastern region of the Terrara Church State in the south of the continent.

However, the outcome was that the Saint of Sun, known as the “Child of the Sun God” from the Terrara Church State, suddenly joined the battle. The strong intervention of a Heavenly Enlightenment powerful expert led to a complete defeat for “Black Starlight.”

The Stars Embrace Order’s influence was entirely expelled from the southern reaches of the continent.

They could only replot their strategy for the east of the Ouden Continent.

And today, Felix would have his first opportunity to meet the enigmatic “Black Starlight.”

He had been waiting for this day throughout the ten years.

Deep within a valley near Meteorfall Town, there hid an evil secret base, its hallmark being a conspicuous black heptagram, akin to the most sinister star in the night sky, radiating an ominous aura.

The base’s entrance was concealed behind a dense forest of darkness, with a secret path that wound its way through. Both sides of the path were laden with traps and alchemic devices that confounded the eyes, navigable safely only by those who knew the specific passwords and routes.

Following Isabel, Felix arrived at the base, which had an intricate layout, almost labyrinthine.