With that, Eli immediately used a notification paper to call back her teammates.
"W-wow! I guess you really have a knack for pleasing elderly people. With him pointing out the materials we need to look into, we have already managed to save so much time." Kazimir could not help but comment about how Eli managed to get the favor of the Leprechaun.
He could not help but remember how Eli was able to be under the protection of the two grandmasters of the Empire and he can also tell that even the High Priest treats her nicely.
"Well, it's just really luck and coincidence. I dare not to boast about anything." Eli replied humbly.
"Nevertheless, we have saved so much time. Who knows how many days we would spend if we tried to go through each of the shelves one by one…" Anderson said.
"Yes… and look at how many books we have to look into even after the guardian took them all out for us. I reckon that we might need a little more than two weeks to organize information." Siegfried looked at the pile of books and sighed.
"Then there's no need to delay further… The earlier we start the more time we could save to prepare. Perhaps, we can even discover crucial things that would help us battle the perpetrators of the curse magic!" Eli clapped her hands and cued the team to start digging into the pile of information.
With that, the group dived into research once again.
It was already evening when they came out, however, due to the rising interest in the information they found during the first hour of their research, they decided to stay inside the library on their second day of entering.
"Hmm… you're back, young ones." The Leprechaun was visibly more amiable than his attitude the first time they entered.
"I hope you have prepared well on your second time to enter… hmmm…" He habitually touched his spectacles before snapping his fingers again.
Instantly, the group was once again transported to their workplace. They thanked the Leprechaun and proceeded to dive into the research again.
This went on for five straight days, except for Eli being able to exit every day because of her 'duties' as a mentor outside. But in reality, she had to go home because of Little Han.
And as the day went on with their research, the atmosphere between the four people became increasingly heavy and dark.
Especially for Kazimir.
As he read through the memoirs, the more he understood why his Father, Emperor Valentin chose him to accompany the Anti Curse Committee, instead of Leon who was most involved in the retaliation force back then.
It was because Emperor Valentin wanted him to understand one message.
Moreover, the words of the Leprechaun during the first meeting weighed on his shoulders throughout the process. What does his word mean?
"So… this is the truth about the war before the founding of the Empire…" Anderson, Eli, Seigfried, and Kazimir all sat in a daze as they looked at each other and the notes they were able to organize for the past five days.
"To think that the First Great War involved not only the Prasinons but even the heavenly citizens that descended over the land…"
They frowned in puzzlement.
Eli was in deep contemplation. When she tried to search about the origin of the curse before, and why there was a war in the first place, the information in the book was concealed and tagged as heavenly secrets.
But the more she discovered about the spirit fragment, Lord Raven, and now the origin of the war, the book of knowledge also proportionately revealed information about it. Deeming what they read in the library true and accurate.
"So let us summarize everything… all of us should agree on the truths we have found before leaving the place." Eli looked at the shaken expression of her colleagues and announced.
"Yes… we should do that before going out to disseminate this information to the Emperor and the Council…" Kazimir weakly responded. Among the group of people, he was the one who was greatly shaken by the truths that they found out.
"The origin of the First Great War was actually caused by a fallen heavenly creature named Birsha…"
Birsha, the records say that he was the strongest among the angels, so much so that he could be considered one step away from becoming an archangel, the same rank as the Guardians of Prasinos.
But for Birsha, instead of aiding the guardians, he chose to rebel and hold control over the creatures living in Prasinos.
Taking advantage of the fact that angels have more freedom in roaming the surface of the earth than any other heavenly citizens, he started to use a power that belongs neither to mana nor to divine power.
Cursed magic, or in modern earth's terms, Demonic Power.
A power solely created to spite the heavens.
Birsha manifested this power to those who were unwilling to succumb to the natural order of the world - where those who were born with magical aptitude take all glory while those who are weaker and considered non-magic individuals had no choice but to submit.
Because of Birsha's works… the order in Prasinos turned upside down.
Back then the temple was not yet established, and the governors of the world were still inexistent.
Prasinos are divided into tribes or kingdoms, both weak and poor, human and non-human. And they were blessed by the guardians who oversee each of their dominions - the earth and fire, the skies and seas, and finally the forest and wind.
And with Birsha spreading the use of curse magic, the weak tribes were devoured and the strong tribes barely managed to save themselves.
From all over the world, the chaos spread, and the luscious green Prasinos started to darken. The guardians started to become bothered and did their best to protect what was left of Prasinos to preserve them.
They were forced to descend to the surface to rally those who were untainted by curse power.
Celeste, the guardian of the Seas and Skies worked to save the creatures in her domains, some of them including the dragons, mermaids, and other sea creatures.
Sylvain, the guardian of the forest, protected the citizens of the forest, the elves, the fairies, werewolves, and so on.
Lastly, the guardian of earth and fire protected the humans and other creatures close to them, the halflings.
With that, the impending extinction of their lives in Prasinos was slowed down… but it did not solve the problem.
However, since the Prasinons were given the chance.
They started to gather their forces to finally retaliate against the followers of Birsha.
Among them, all, was an exceptional warrior, from the human race, the man that only carried his tribe's name - Seirende.
He was a courageous man, who helped his own tribe to survive and save the nearby tribes even before the guardians were forced to take them to a safe place.
It is recorded that when the guardians took him and his tribes, he had already got more than ten tribes under his wings.
After they were transported to a safe place, the guardians saw him because really did stand out among the leaders of the remaining kingdoms and tribes that were rescued.
He was appointed as the leader of the retaliation to reclaim the kingdoms that were destroyed and affected by the war.
At that time, he had a wife whom he had only wedded for a few months before the rebellion started and so he was reluctant to accept the mission, afraid to leave his wife behind.
However, the guardians needed him as the leader and so Ignis transferred a part of his power to him and promised that his wife will be protected by the guardians until the war ended.
Organizing his own force, he finally blew the trumpet of the First Great War, the battle to reclaim the land that was ridden by the followers of Birsha.
The very first territory they were able to reclaim was the Vesala's kingdom, where the head of the Vesala was held hostage by the rebel leader.
This was the very first victory of the prasinons against the followers of Birsha.
That was also the time that the leader gained the title and name, The First Victor, Seirende.
And not long after that, he was able to conquer and push back the forces reclaiming all the territories on the mainland.
But there are still two more continents to reclaim, one in the northeast and another in the southwest.
However, his troops were halted because after rescuing the territories, he was now put into an internal struggle.
His forces and the territories he had rescued were now debating if they would follow him, or if they would go on their own.
Most of the tribes absorbed by the First Victor had a strong loyalty toward him.
However, those who were already in a kingdom and had a taste of power before the war, could not just accept that they had to submit to him - the Conqueror.
