On the southwestern border of the Holy Knight Empire, a vast mountain range divided its territory from the ever-reclusive Divine Serpent Empire that wanted nothing to do with the rest of the world.
The vast mountain range was known as the Grand Fog Serpent's Coil.
Due to the heavy mists that covered the Divine Serpent Empire's half of the vast mountain range, no one from the nearby villages on the Holy Knight Empire's side ever ventured into it.
In the past, there used to be brave and adventurous souls who hoped to explore the secrets of the thick mist.
However, since everyone who disappeared beyond the white fog never returned, the Grand Fog Serpent's Coil slowly stopped receiving explorers beyond a certain point altogether. People would no longer venture past the top of the misty mountain, and no one would ever descend from it.
That had been the case for the last century.
The Village of Mistfall was one of the Holy Knight Empire's many small settlents situated near the foot of the misty mountains. Its source of food and dicine were all foraged from the mountain range's outer regions.
Today, several foragers and hunters ventured into the mountains to collect herbs and hunt wild animals for the day. The cold morning was the sa as usual.
As such, none of the villagers expected to encounter any surprises.
"Hm? Big Foot, co over here and take a look at that floaty white thing! Is that a ghost?" After the bulky villager called Big Foot was called over, he imdiately took a look, only to find an unconscious woman in a white dress hanging from one of the tree's branches.
Although her long black hair covered her beautiful face, her quality white dress and fair skin suggested she was a Darkan-Lunaran person. All people of such mixed ethnicity were born beautifully, no matter their familial background.
Big Foot's expression quickly changed after recognizing the person needed help.
"Ghost your head! That's a live person, Squint! Hurry up and call the others over to help bring her down! She seems to be injured and needs our help!"
Shortly after, several villagers ca over with a ladder from the village. They quickly brought the unconscious lady down from the trees and checked on her condition.
Although there were a lot of bruised and cuts, the unconscious lady didn't appear to have any serious injuries. That said, none of them were dical experts, so they weren't confident that she was fine.
After all, there had to be a reason why she was unconscious.
As such, the villagers were very careful. They didn't dare to move her too much and only provided first-aid treatnt for her superficial wounds on the surface.
Nevertheless, so n couldn't help but marvel at her beauty after she was slightly patched
up.
"What's wrong, Quick Shot? Never seen a beautiful woman before?" Big Foot teased the youngest hunter in the group.
"Nonsense!" Quick Shot's face flushed in anger before he argued, "I've seen plenty of Solaran beauties, but this is a different type of beauty! Still, I wonder where she cos from... She doesn't seem to be around here."
"I don't suppose she ca down from the other side of the mountain?" Squint wondered unconfidently while staring at traces of broken branches where they originally found the unconscious lady.
The other villagers followed his gaze and quickly beca startled by the sa thought they had.
"Oh my god. Did this lady fall all the way down from the sky or sothing? How can she only be in this state after such a big fall? Those thick branches have all snapped!"
After hearing the female forager's exclamation, Big Foot stared at the unconscious lady in wonder.
What was her seemingly delicate body made of?
Nevertheless, it didn't take long before the unconscious lady woke up under the care of the villagers. She was imdiately startled by the strange faces around and panicked.
Several bulky hunters were imdiately thrown several ters away when they tried to restrain her and calm her down.
Big Foot himself was tossed over seven ters, shocking him greatly.
How was this the strength of a thin, seemingly malnourished lady? She was simply a female gorilla in human form.
"Young Lady, please calm down! We are not bad people!"
Big Foot quickly explained how they found her and treated her minor wounds before the lady
in white eventually cald down. Everyone else also felt relieved when she relaxed.
They had rarely seen such brute strength coming from a lady as thin as her.
The only people who could match her were physically-enhanced witches or the holy knights of the empire, who were all aura users.
"Young Lady, where are you from? Why were you hanging from the trees?" Big Foot slowly inquired while being ti.
They had already sent soone to inform the local authorities, as it was required by law, if they suspected or discovered soone from the mysterious Divine Serpent Empire.
Nevertheless, the lady in white imdiately beca anxious after Big Foot's questions reminded her why she ended up in such a pitiful state.
"Do you have anyone who can contact Lord Vaan or reach out to the authoritative mbers of the Black Rose Empire?"
"My sect is trouble! Please, I beg you! Help find people who can save my fellow sisters! We were on our way to swear our allegiance to Lord Vaan and join the Black Rose Empire when we were suddenly ambushed and separated!"
"Please, I have never begged anyone in my life, but I'm begging you all now. Please save my sect! Save my... sisters...!"
As if the lady in white had exhausted all her strength to plead desperately, she fell unconscious again, leaving everyone else at a loss for what to do until the local authorities
arrived.
Nevertheless, when the news reached the Town of Westville, which was over thirty kiloters away from Mistfall Village, they also reached the ears of the Shadow Witch Order.
The Shadow Witch Order was far more efficient than the local authorities of Westville Town.
By the ti Westville Town sent out an investigation squad to confirm the news, the Shadow Witch Order had already forwarded the news, branch by branch, all the way to the Holy
Capital.
In the Shadow Witch Order's main branch in the Holy Knight Empire, two scrolls of information were imdiately prepared. One was to be passed on to headquarters, while the other was for the holy empress of the empire.
Within a re eight hours, Astoria was made aware of the situation in the southwesternmost region of her empire.
"Soone from the Divine Serpent Empire?" Astoria muttered with astonishnt before
bright eyes were quickly replaced with decisiveness.
'I need to make this trip personally!' she decided. Pangea was currently in the process of unification under Vaan's rule. However, little was known about the Divine Serpent Empire and no contact had been made until now.
As such, Astoria figured that if she could interrogate the person found in Mistfall Village, it would be a big step forward in learning more about the Divine Serpent Empire. Astoria imdiately traveled to the Mistfall Village with the help of a red dragon's spatial
magic.
At the sa ti, the palace was left in chaos due to her abrupt and spontaneous departure.
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