Chapter 1202: Chapter 38: The Harbinger Bird

During his time at the Order Bureau, this was the first time Bologue had heard of the position of Liaison Officer, which seemed like a position belonging to the Logistics Department.

"The world is becoming increasingly tumultuous. Under growing external pressure, we need to band closely together once again."

Lebius began to outline the general functions of this position, "Now the Order Bureau has decided to form a close bond with various Extraordinary Clans, Secret Societies, and even the All Secrets Order within the Rhine Alliance Territory, to face upcoming conflicts. Therefore, we need a batch of Liaison Officers to communicate with them."

Bologue nodded. As one of the two colossal entities spanning the continent, the Rhine Alliance and the Kagader Empire implemented completely different policies.

In the early ruthless establishment process, the Kagader Empire silenced all internal opposition, consolidated all forces, and achieved a high degree of unity, with absolute royal authority ruling all forces within its territory.

Due to this highly organized capability, even during the event of the Decline Plague where several seat holders perished in the Great Rift, it still didn’t count as an absolute blow to the King’s Secret Sword, as they had vast resources and personnel reserves across the territory, allowing them to recover swiftly.

In comparison, the Rhine Alliance’s integration of its own capabilities is not as highly concentrated as the Kagader Empire’s. However, this colossal entity was itself united during the Scorched Earth Wrath to counter the Kagader Empire’s invasion. During war, they were tightly united, and post-war, they dissolved back into looseness.

The Order Bureau integrated most of the Extraordinary Influence within the Rhine Alliance, but there’s still a portion of Extraordinary Influence that refuses to join the Rhine Alliance. After negotiation, they maintain high autonomy and freedom within their territories, and these free forces are now the mysterious All Secrets Order.

They maintain high silence, hidden from the gaze of the world. Sometimes, not even the Order Bureau knows what they are doing internally. Normally, the Order Bureau wouldn’t care about these silent spectators, but now it has to rally all forces together.

"Vasilina’s identity is special; she has the blood of the Mountain Ridge and belongs to the Clarks family," Lebius continued, "Someone like her is very suitable to talk to those relics."

"However... the most important thing is not the All Secrets Order."

Lebius shifted his tone, "Even without the All Secrets Order, over the years, we’ve managed to resolve one crisis after another relying solely on ourselves. The truly critical thing is Vasilina’s communication with the Mountain Clan."

"Mountain Clan? You mean the Philrads?"

Bologue recalled the mountains he had gazed upon from the Wind Source Highlands, where high concentrations of Ether filled the area, and ether in substantial form stirred extraordinary phenomena everywhere, making it impossible for ordinary people to live there.

Lebius said, "As one of the six families that founded the Order Bureau, the Philrad family is a truly concealed clan, long entrenched in those mountains, many never descending throughout their lives."

"Sounds like they are similar to the All Secrets Order? If that’s the case, what’s the necessity of contacting them?"

Bologue queried, "Moreover, with Vasilina’s experience... apart from her surname and bloodline, she has almost no connections with the Philrads."

"The Mountain Clan is not important."

Lebius said something shocking, directly refuting, "The truly key element is the Mountain Ridge."

Bologue focused his mind, "Why?"

Lebius’s voice was extremely solemn, "Because the Disaster Bird suspects a great disaster will be triggered there."

Bologue paused briefly, not caring about the great disaster mentioned by Lebius. Having seen many disasters, Bologue had become numb; he was instead interested in the "Disaster Bird."

"What’s the Disaster Bird?"

"You don’t know?" Lebius was caught off guard by Bologue’s question, "Wasn’t it you who brought him back?"

"Brought back?"

Bologue rapidly sifted through his memories, recalling the person possibly related to the Disaster Bird. A scruffy, disheveled figure emerged.

"Yoni? That guy from the eighth group, the Disaster Warning Team?"

Bologue recalled the hapless guy he found in the dense forest.

"Yes, he is the Disaster Bird." Compared to a name, Lebius preferred to call him Disaster Bird.

"Is this some sort of nickname? Why is it called that?" Bologue felt that Disaster Bird sounded ominous, but it matched the name of the Disaster Warning Team.

"He is the most experienced field staff in the eighth group. Throughout his long career, he spent most of his time in the wild and lost contact, but whenever he reappeared in the Order Bureau’s view, he brought terrifying news. Over time, he came to be known as the Disaster Bird."

Lebius said, "Just like in past cases, this time, the Disaster Bird brought information on the disaster."

"Is the disaster related to the Mountain Ridge?" Bologue connected the information.

"Based on the Disaster Bird’s observations, he discovered the ether concentration of the Mountain Ridge is increasing at an exceeding expected speed, and the ether there is nearly substantialized. He even speculates that multiple ethereal vortex points may have been born there, perhaps these vortex points are devouring, merging, and evolving into a super-large ethereal vortex point."

A stifling atmosphere permeated the office, and tension involuntarily surfaced in both of their eyes.

Bologue had witnessed the horrifying scene triggered by the explosion of a single ethereal vortex point—the ripple of impact swept down an entire forest, tearing the earth apart, and the teammates led by the Disaster Bird all perished, leaving only him barely alive, found by Bologue on the brink of death.

Lebius said, "He believes it is necessary to promptly channel this colossal ethereal vortex point, otherwise, if it explodes, it will be a terrifying apocalypse akin to an Extraordinary Disaster."

"Did the Order Bureau notify the Mountain Clan?"

"Notified, but there’s been no response from them," Lebius said helplessly, "The Mountain Clan seldom responds to messages from the Order Bureau; sometimes it’s difficult for us to judge whether they truly exist or not."

The All Secrets Order is the same; those Extraordinary Influences that have vanished from the view of the Order Bureau seem like they’ve disappeared, hidden in the shadows of the world without a trace.

"The eighth group considered heading directly to the Mountain Ridge without communication to investigate the situation, but that place is covered by the Void Realm of the Mountain Clan. With such high ether concentration, it’s almost impossible for anyone to climb the peaks without permission."

Lebius’s voice lowered, "So we need a Liaison Officer, someone capable of drawing the Mountain Clan’s attention."

After hearing Lebius’s description, Bologue sighed, "They are truly isolated from the world, huh."

"Like a utopia, an extraordinary utopia," Lebius sighed, "You really should have seen the expression on the Disaster Bird’s face; he looked like he was about to go insane."

"It’s said he only observed the ether concentration of the mountains from afar, yet even at such a distant edge, the observed ether concentration exceeded all historical records of his career. It’s hard to imagine the actual ether concentration there."

He also said the ether concentration above the mountains is the highest he has ever witnessed, even saying it surpasses the whole world."

Lebius stopped discussing the related matters and began organizing the files on hand, habitually muttering the scholars’ descriptions of ether.

"Power from the heights of the heavens..."

Lebius suddenly thought of something and added, "The Scholars’ Hall also understands the Disaster Bird’s intelligence. Based on his descriptions and the intelligence you’ve obtained while exploring the Ethereal Realm, if the Ethereal Realm is slowly overlapping with the Material Realm, then the first overlapping area might be those mountains."

In an instant, it was as if a thunderbolt flashed through Bologue’s mind, another eerie voice echoed across time, and Bologue instinctively echoed that voice.

"Gate of Origin..."

The area where the Eye of Omniscience gazes and Leviathan recounts—the region that overlapped with the Ethereal Realm in a distant era before.

Bologue couldn’t help but imagine that scene, where a mysterious power crossed dimensions and descended from the heights of the heavens onto the world, and the first material to come into contact with it was the towering mountain peak that stands above the whole world. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Bologue murmured, "I found you..."

In this unintentional moment.