Chapter 420 - 6. Social Research on Grey Bird Species
"Um, alright... if we’re going to talk about the Grey Bird Species, then I have to start with whom they once served loyally, the Phoenix Species."
Emhardt floated in midair, speaking while his body slightly opened up, inside, the thick pages of a book turned rapidly like rotating gears.
Through the pages he unfolded, Fisher saw the many texts undergoing changes on those flipping sheets, which sometimes contained Nali script, sometimes Schwali, and Northern language, until later on, they were full of scripts Fisher had never seen before.
As the pages turned, an inspired glow burst from the covers of Emhardt’s book, and his eyes grew wiser, his tone of describing these contents becoming more assured,
"Legend has it that the Phoenixes lived on a huge ice-frosted Wutong Tree, which grew upside down deep in the Snow Mountain, with branches longer than any mountain range you’ve seen, and leaves wider than any island you’ve encountered. Over the span of time, they resided on that Wutong Tree, unseen by all living creatures of the Northern Realm, their presence only celebrated in the tales passed down by word of mouth."
"But when the Northern Realm was touched by the Chaos Species from the Spirit Realm, the Phoenixes, as if they had anticipated it, flew down from the Wutong Tree, leading the creatures of the North in a desperate fight. With the joint efforts of all living beings from the North, the carriers of the Chaos Species were ultimately slain, and their consciousness returned to the Spirit Realm."
"In this war that united the North, the Phoenix Species made the greatest contribution, rightfully revered by all as the King of the North; next were the six ranks of demi-human species that swore fealty to the Phoenix Species, and the Grey Bird Species you wish to understand now, is the foremost among these six."
"They were considered the closest to the Phoenixes, a race that had lived generation upon generation at the base of the giant ice-frosted Wutong Tree, atop the Snow Mountain, tasked with the important duty of protecting the Wutong Tree. After the war ended, the Phoenix King led all the Phoenixes back to the Wutong Tree, leaving the borders of the Northern Realm to her three children to govern."
"She requested the Holy Descendants to forge four Divine Weapons for her and her children. She had her children swear on the Mother Sword in their hands to protect the symbiosis of lifeforms in the North, to follow the guidance of fate, and to uphold its beauty and peace... It is recorded that apart from the Snow Mountain, the Phoenix divided the Northern Realm into three sections, each bequeathed to the three esteemed sons of the Phoenix alongside the six demi-human species."
"But that was a very, very long time ago, a lot of time passed since the Grey Bird Species collectively migrated elsewhere in the Northern Realm following the Phoenix’s Son..."