The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 950: Origin of the Lunarans



Vaan had indirectly insinuated that the Celestial Kingdom was hidden to the west of the Divine Serpent Empire. Emperor Carpus was able to believe this since the blue-skinned celestial man had emerged from the west.

As such, it was easy to convince Emperor Carpus what would happen to the Divine Serpent Empire if it got caught in the middle of the war between the UN and the Celestial Kingdom. However, Vaan didn't actually believe the Celestial Kingdom was hidden in the Western Sea. Even if traces of the Celestial Kingdom were found in the Western Sea, it would only be a single outpost or city of that super civilization and not its entirety.

After all, at the peak of the Celestial Kingdom's prosperity, it had reached for the stars and colonized other celestial bodies in the local solar system. That alone made the Celestial Kingdom a Type-1 civilization on the Kardeshev scale.

It might have been a Type-2 civilization.

Nevertheless, being at least a Type-1 civilization on the Kardeshev scale would mean the Celestial Kingdom was able to access all the energy on its planet and store it for consumption.

Its monopoly on spirit energy was enough proof of that.

Nevertheless, spirit energy wasn't the only form of energy to be found on Pangea. Vaan didn't believe spirit energy alone was enough to support the entire Celestial Kingdom either.

As such, the Celestial Kingdom would just settle in a single location; it must have established countless cities and outposts across Pangea to collect all the available resources and energy required for its development.

In other words, the Celestial Kingdom could be anywhere and everywhere in the vast and boundless ocean.

If Vaan had to venture a wild guess, the Celestial Kingdom's cities and outposts weren't just limited to the ocean but also the underground layer beneath it and even the mantle layer.

He found it hard to believe that the Celestial Kingdom wouldn't be interested in the vast power of magma if it gave up solar power to remain hidden in the world.

Once a war broke out between the UN and the Celestial Kingdom, the land could be attacked from any direction.

Furthermore, it would also be difficult for the UN to guard against the Celestial Kingdom's attacks since it wouldn't be easy to track its movements in the vast ocean.

As such, Vaan was prepared to seize the initiative by taking the war to the sea instead of waiting for it to arrive on land.

"Right, there's something I want to ask you, Emperor Carpus."

"Please ask away, Your Excellency-No, my Lord!"

Vaan blinked upon witnessing Emperor Carpus's adaptability. Since Emperor Carpus had already sworn his allegiance to him, he did not hesitate to serve him seriously.

"Alright," Vaan calmly nodded with approval before asking, "Why are you going to such lengths to exterminate the Pure Moon Palace?"

"Actually, before that, why do you discriminate against the Pure Moon Palace's people? You should know better that such poor treatment wouldn't have forced them away in the first place."

"So, why do you do it?" Vaan asked.

Emperor Carpus smiled ruefully before saying, "Actually, I have nothing against Lunarans personally. The same goes for the rest of the Darkans in my empire."

"However, the Black Serpent Clan had always been extremely prejudiced against Lunarans since the beginning of history. Those who worshipped serpent guardians and deities began to distance themselves from Lunarans as a result."

"Eventually, that distance evolved into the discrimination it is today. People believe Lunarans are symbols of misfortune, and favoring them would earn the ire of the serpents."

"I was only following the Black Serpent Clan's order to eliminate the Pure Moon Palace, my Lord."

After listening to Emperor Carpus's explanation, Vaan began pondering the relationship between the Black Serpent Clan, the Lunarans, and the Celestial Kingdom.

He couldn't help but suspect the Lunarans were connected to the Celestial Kingdom.

After all, Lunarans were said to be people of the moon. It was a common legend that all Pangeans knew about.

However, there could have been some truth to that legend.

Vaan began to believe the Lunaran ancestors were once part of the Celestial Kingdom. However, they had different ideals and decided to cut off their relationship with it.

Most likely, the Lunaran ancestors didn't want to adapt to the sea like the blue-skinned celestial man and wanted to live among the primitive land-dwellers. Because they were also a minority, they couldn't inherit the knowledge of the Celestial Kingdom and eventually declined into obscurity.

The truth about the Lunaran's origins was probably something like this - Vaan speculated. Perhaps the order to eliminate the Pure Moon Palace came from the Celestial Kingdom, who may have feared the Lunarans returning to the moon and reviving the lost glory of their civilization, ultimately attracting calamities from the deep void.

Nevertheless, that would imply the Celestial Kingdom was aware of the Heavenreacher.

Once the Celestial Kingdom learned about the mass production of spirit energy in space, the war might come to the UN sooner than expected.

Time was ticking.

...

Sometime later, Vaan sensed the arrival of the celestial reinforcements.

Three blue-skinned Divine Origin realm experts made a stop in the exact airspace where the deceased Hurgas had discharged his divine art. Two were Sixth-class Land Investigators, and one was a Fifth-class Land Investigator.

The strongest among them was the Fifth-class Land Investigator, a Fourth-stage Divine Origin realm expert.

After a short investigation, they quickly discovered Hurgas's corpse, along with the carcasses of Gold-horned Mutant Serpents, snowy mountains away from Vaan and Emperor Carpus's

location.

Emperor Carpus did not know when, but the Gold-horned Mutant Serpents had all been silently killed off by Vaan.

Nevertheless, the three blue-skinned Land Investigators were greatly shocked and alarmed when they discovered the corpse and carcasses. Unfortunately, Vaan didn't give them a chance to continue their investigation or flee the scene.

A silent yet deadly cold breeze flew past the three blue-skinned Land Investigators before their heads separated from their bodies.

Emperor Carpus's heart immediately turned cold when the witnessed the scene.

When they arrived, he had sensed their great strength and didn't even dare breathe for fear of

giving away his location.

However, such strong Divine Beings from the Celestial Kingdom were also killed off so effortlessly by Vaan. Emperor Carpus couldn't even tell what power or skill Vaan had used to

behead the three blue-skinned celestials.

Emperor Carpus suddenly felt fortunate for getting the chance to pick the right side. Those three poor fools didn't even get to choose how they died.

Even worse, they didn't even understand why they had to die.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om