Chapter 1860: Historical Doubts

Xia Duo could also understand the concern regarding the Eye of Fear; if he did not already know that Gulite was a Demon Descendant, and that Demon Descendants were indeed collaborating with Lady Mailuwei, he would not have been willing to delay for three days, but would have instead handed the relevant clues over to the Wuweilun side at the first opportunity.

Afterward, the meeting was considered concluded; Ougesi remained relatively optimistic because he trusted Xia Duo, the Eye of Fear wore a worried expression, and only Saijisi was concerned about his Mythallar Node survey work.

Hearing that the Eye of Fear agreed to continue the investigation, he immediately slumped in his chair with a bitter face.

As for Xia Duo, he did not continue to stay in the Reception Room, but instead made an excuse to leave first: "I'm going to the library to check some information, I'll come back in a while!"

The reason he had to leave was, on one hand, that he had already collected enough intelligence and only needed to find a suitable way to hand it over to Ougesi and the others; staying here was just a waste of time.

On the other hand, he wanted to see if there were any records regarding Demon Descendant Elves here in Evereska, to see just how thoroughly the "traces of Demon Descendants" that Gulite mentioned earlier had been erased.

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Although the library here at Cloudtop Tower was merely the public library of the Council of Elders and not the private collection of the eleven high Mages, if even this place lacked them, one could imagine the situation elsewhere.

In the library, Xia Duo flipped through books one by one; this feeling of constantly supplementing his foundation was very satisfying to him. If he hadn't been in Evereska for such a short time, he would have wanted to scan through it all long ago.

This time could be considered a fortuitous encounter, so he might as well take it!

As the public library of Cloudtop Tower, the books here mainly emphasized "breadth," covering everything from Magic Theory to cooking techniques, and from Evereska population statistics to intelligence on various countries.

Of course, the most numerous books here were still those on history and art, and history was what Xia Duo looked at first.

When Elf Scholars recorded history, one of the most commonly used forms was called an "Epic," mainly used to record legendary figures or major events in history.

Although such records were not very convenient for later generations to connect the Time Line, they were very convenient for those who wanted to search for specific information.

For example, if one wanted to search for historical materials related to Demon Descendants, it would likely have nothing to do with artistic achievements or ceremonies and grand events, but would likely be related to war and slaughter; one just had to search according to the names.

It was just that while Xia Duo was querying information, he also had the task of collecting new books to expand his foundation, so he flipped through them one by one; of course, he still chose the history category for the main classification.

When he flipped to a certain page in a book titled "Secret History of the First Risa of Wuweilun," Xia Duo immediately slowed his page-turning, while at the same time, he began to recall the "Epic of Bo Nu Er" he had flipped through earlier, in which contradictions appeared.

The protagonist of the "Epic of Bo Nu Er" was Bo Nu Er, a War Commander in the early days of the founding of Wuweilun, and it mainly told the story of his battles in the south and north.

Logically speaking, this should be a legendary figure, right? Even if he died, he should have died on the battlefield or died of old age.

But in the "Secret History of the First Risa of Wuweilun," it was mentioned that Bo Nu Er died suddenly one day after meeting the Crown King; that was just one sentence, with no other information.

Xia Duo keenly realized where the problem lay, because in the Elf Kingdom, it generally would not happen that someone was silenced for having merit so great it overshadowed the master, as the Crown King himself did not possess absolute authority, but was elected by the various major families.

The more merit a War Commander achieved, the more the power of the family they belonged to would expand; they might even have the intention to challenge for the next Crown King, and other families, unless they were already hostile, would also yield slightly.

In fact, being able to become a War Commander in itself indicated that Bo Nu Er's family power was strong.

Yet such a powerful and influential figure died suddenly after meeting the Crown King, which was truly suspicious.

Although a "Secret History" was not equivalent to true history, one could not just make things up regarding whether a great figure died and when they died!

Xia Duo glanced at the side of the bookshelf and happened to see "The First Risa of Wuweilun," which was only three books away from the "Secret History"; judging by the name, it should be the official history.

Opening it, the preface in the front contained the identity of the book's author, who was a famous Scholar in the early days of the founding of Wuweilun, and the author of the preface was even more extraordinary—it was actually the second-generation Crown King of Wuweilun!

Xia Duo impatiently opened the main text, only to find after finishing it that the name of Bo Nu Er did not even appear in the entire book. He did not believe it and flipped through it again, confirming that he had not missed it.

Sure enough, it wasn't there!

If there was a character epic, then there was a high probability that there was such a War Commander of Wuweilun in history! And the secret history had it, yet the official history didn't even mention it.

It was hard not to let one's imagination run wild.

Moreover, in "The First Risa of Wuweilun," the official history with a preface by the second-generation Crown King, the family name of Bo Nu Er also did not appear.

After pondering for a moment, Xia Duo flipped through the next book, "The Second Risa of Wuweilun." Unexpectedly, he knew that the generations of Crown Kings before the fall of Wuweilun did not meet a good end, but he did not expect that this misfortune had already begun by the time of the second-generation Crown King.

"The Second Risa of Wuweilun" did not explicitly mention the outcome of the second-generation Crown King, but his short reign still revealed the truth.

And next to the official history of "The Second Risa of Wuweilun," there were many secret histories, at least two of which explicitly mentioned that the second-generation Crown King was keen on hunting and died in a hunting activity.

It was just that the family of the second-generation Crown King still existed to this day, which was different from that Bo Nu Er.

Afterward, Xia Duo searched through all the historical materials of Wuweilun in the public library, and there were no fewer than a dozen places where the Risa history conflicted with or were questionable compared to the biographical history and event history.

Leaving aside the several Crown Kings who died inexplicably, there were many other great figures with biographical epics who, like that Bo Nu Er, not only disappeared from the official history themselves, but even the traces of the families they belonged to were completely erased.

Only some secret histories and rumors mentioned them occasionally, but they were not detailed, and there was no specific cause of death or reason for their disappearance.

"Could those be the Long-lived Families that Gulite spoke of?"

Taking it a step further, Xia Duo thought of a possibility—could it be that these disappeared Long-lived Families were the Rongru or Duli in Gulite's memory, who were discovered and then wiped out?

But because the earliest one, Bo Nu Er, was too close to success, his demise aroused the indignation of other Long-lived Families, who then fought to the death with Wuweilun.

This was what led to the subsequent generations of Crown Kings not meeting a good end.

Of course, it was also imaginable that other Long-lived Families were discovered and wiped out during this period.

This was a relatively reasonable inference that Xia Duo made by combining various clues. Next, he successively flipped through the historical materials of the Northland countries.

Except for countries like Shaerwen and Siluwende, which had shorter histories and fewer historical materials, many cases of suspected Long-lived Families being erased also appeared in the historical materials of countries like Jielunsita and Akaola.

The only difference was that the Crown Kings of these countries did not encounter the same misfortune as the Crown Kings of Wuweilun.