Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 491 - 045: The Fog of History

The Central Earth Continent is undeniably the center of civilization in this world.

In this world dominated by humans, the Central Earth Continent, which gathers more than 80% of the world’s population, emits a light of civilization that cannot be compared to the elves, dwarves, giants, and other intelligent beings who retreated to the wilderness outside the forest.

The civilization of the Central Earth World continues to evolve, one era following another.

Many heroes have risen from the whirlpool of the continent, achieving legendary statuses for their era, and minstrels have turned their experiences into stories spread across every corner of the world, singing praises to the intelligent beings on the continent.

In such turbulent, ebbing and flowing tides of an era.

Seven ancient kingdoms have stood firm and unmoved through turbulent times for thousands of years.

In Austin’s previous life, there was a saying that no dynasty lasts for a thousand years in this world.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Yet, in this world, there are kingdoms that have achieved it, and not just one, but seven.

This is truly unbelievable,

the ability for the Seven Great Kingdoms to stand silently in this stormy continent’s center, without some peculiar features is hard to believe.

Thousands and tens of thousands of years,

The era is too distant, many historical records have been lost in the river of time, and the legend of the Seven Sages has become a mythical legend in people’s mouths about ancient history.

It is only known that at the beginning of human history, seven mighty figures led mankind from barbarism to civilization.

As for whether the Plantis lineage was once one of the original Seven Sages who led humanity’s rise, Princess Sarah has no direct evidence aside from the oral traditions passed down within the royal family.

But she knows a secret.

A secret concerning the Ireland Kingdom’s lineage that has persisted for thousands of years.

It’s a secret about the core heritage of the Plantis royal family in the Ireland Kingdom, about why Ireland Kingdom stands unmoved amidst the continent’s storms.

This secret, Princess Sarah only knows fragments of it.

But she knows it involves something with the Power of Time.

According to legend,

the Seven Sages established seven kingdoms on the Central Earth Continent, guarding the Central Earth World, warding off races from beyond, creating a tranquil area for humanity.

Before the death of their Plantis sage, he left behind a Sacred Artifact.

The Sacred Artifact embodies the initial human faith.

That Sacred Artifact possesses the power to alter time.

And the Power of Time is a type of Authority that can only be accessed by those of Epic Level!

It is for this reason that Princess Sarah can confirm the bloodline of the Ireland Kingdom’s Plantis royal family must have once contained Epic Level beings.

And that one ancestor sage could very well be the founder of the Ireland Kingdom, renowned as one of humanity’s Seven Great Sages.

In the vast great hall, twelve solitary golden pillars stood.

The sky overhead was a clear blue.

Princess Sarah stood below the throne, recounting everything she knew.

Hansen and the others behind her, covered in blood, stood somewhat uneasily.

Such secrets concerning the Ireland Kingdom being heard by them left them feeling awkwardly positioned.

However, Sarah didn’t mind.

Being able to traverse the perilous Dolan Glacier Plateau, later for fulfilling her mission, Captain Hansen even risked his life to provoke the one on the throne.

Their loyalty has been forged through trials of blood and fire.

For these subordinates, Sarah had no reservations.

Moreover, although these are considered core secrets of the Plantis royal family, in reality, it’s not of significant importance. Its broad dissemination could even enhance the legitimacy and mystique of the Plantis lineage.

As for the real core secrets,

such as what the Kingdom’s Holy Artifact is, what else the Seven Sages left behind, why the kingdom could last thousands of years, etc., these are things even Princess Sarah doesn’t know, and perhaps only the king of Ireland knows all the secrets of the Plantis lineage.

"The kingdom, the Seven Sages, huh..."

After listening to Princess Sarah’s account, Austin pondered silently.

Despite Sarah Plantis being unaware of the true core secrets concerning Ireland Kingdom, she only knows her royal bloodline seems tied to some very ancient secrets.

But even with just this information, Austin has already deduced many things.

"If the Seven Sages truly existed in human history, as the legend goes, leading humans to rise, then, the evil realm once ruling over humans in mythical tales might well have been the Beastman Empire."

Nearly ten thousand years ago, it was precisely the time when the Beastman Empire collapsed overnight, and the continent fell into a state of war.

The timeline matches.

Yet, perhaps even Princess Sarah didn’t know about the Beastman Empire’s existence.

Otherwise, her reference wouldn’t have been an evil realm but directly referred to as the Beastman Empire.

Recollecting the intelligence secretly gathered by the Dragon Nest Beastmen, it seems among humanity, below the Legendary Level, there wasn’t any impression of the Beastman Empire.

The feeling is as if the existence of the Beastman Empire was deliberately erased.

The same erasure extended to some information about the Seven Sages. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

In Austin’s previous life, the title of the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns, who led the Human Race’s rise, circulated for five thousand years; any educated person could recount a bit about Yao, Shun, and Yu.

In this world, with the Seven Sages’ achievements leading humanity from barbarism to rise, there’s no reason only some unreliable mythical tales remain.

The only possibility is that tampering has been done by later generations.

But why is that?

If the legend is true, the royal lineages of the Seven Kingdoms descend from the Seven Sages, why would the royal families of the Seven Kingdoms allow this to happen?

The mystery seems to grow ever deeper.

Austin suddenly recalled, about ten years ago, his first encounter with the term "Beastman Empire" was in the relic notes of a Gold Level Great Mage near the Dragon Nest Tribe.

The owner of the relic was seemingly a historian, delving deep into the Kawa Great Forest to seek traces of the former Beastman Empire.

By accident, he discovered a reservoir near the Dragon Nest Tribe.

He salvaged some items from it, deciphering certain things, then left no further records.

The notes mentioned that his discoveries might very well overturn existing human history!

At that time, Austin, facing a survival crisis, hadn’t paid much attention to this aspect, but thinking about it now, it imparts a chilling sensation.