Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 702 - 090 Holy Cross Organization

The divine power derived from the Power of Dream Realm Law allowed Austin to directly cross the mental brain layer and extract memories.

The void rippled, waves of light shimmering and vibrating.

As Austin pointed out with a finger, Bruno fell into a deep abyss of darkness, while scenes of memory surged out of his mind like a flood, overlapping swiftly in the void.

Like frames of a movie playing at a hundred times speed, the images from Bruno’s memory flashed past quickly in front of Austin in the void.

A moment later,

Austin’s claw touched the void ahead,

and the rapidly flashing scenes froze in mid-air.

That’s it!

The overlapping scenes ahead automatically separated, revealing information about the organization named Holy Cross Organization and the Kingdom’s Holy Artifact called the Thorny Crown!

Austin’s expression slightly shifted, he searched and browsed bit by bit.

Many pieces of information were organized sequentially.

The origin of the Holy Cross Organization is no longer traceable, seemingly appearing in the shadows of the Central Earth World after the Seven Wise Men established the Seven Kingdoms eight thousand years ago, expelling other races, and, with the establishment of human hegemony, the organization emerged.

Historically,

The Central Earth World has undergone several instances of invasion by other races, when the Human World faced challenges, this organization secretly exerted strength, preserving humanity from the impact of other races.

Nowadays, the Holy Cross Organization is the most widespread and powerful organization hidden in the shadows of the Central Earth World.

Its existence is very special,

Not supported by any one nation or family, but spanning the entire Central Earth World.

Its ideology is to protect humanity and maintain human hegemony in the Central Earth World. Under this ideology, the Holy Cross Organization does not restrict its members from joining organizations like the Mercenary Guild, Thief Guild, Mage Guild, nor does it restrict the national standpoint, conflicts of interest, etc., among its members.

Also because of this ideology, the Holy Cross Organization has absorbed a great number of high-level human experts, nearly encompassing more than 80% of the Legendary Level human powerhouses!

Bruno is one of the small stewards of the Holy Cross Organization in the southern part of the Central Earth World, responsible for the affairs of Beastman invasions within the Kawa Great Forest.

And Austin could be considered an "acquaintance" they have never met.

Over ten years ago,

The epic battle in the core of the Kawa Great Forest to dismantle the Beastman Royal Court was orchestrated by the Holy Cross Organization, and Bruno was one of the main participants in that operation.

Later,

After the campaign against the Beastman Royal Court in the Kawa Great Forest, the higher-ups of the Holy Cross Organization stationed someone to monitor the Kawa Great Forest from the Border Great Wall.

Bruno was one of the Legendary personnel stationed for surveillance.

At that time, after the fall of the Beastman Royal Court, the beastman forces in the Kawa Great Forest descended into chaos, with only one Clan Tribe led by a Blue Young Dragon named Austin expanding continuously, which attracted Bruno’s attention.

However, later, due to great upheavals in the Central Earth World, causing major unrest, even the Seven Kingdoms could not remain uninvolved, Bruno had to leave the Border Great Wall and return to the Central Earth World.

Nevertheless,

Before leaving, he left behind some measures in the Kawa Great Forest.

Until a few years ago, his measures were activated, leading to enormous upheavals within the Kawa Great Forest. The Clan Tribe led by the Blue Young Dragon at that time astonishingly unified most of the Kawa Great Forest and engaged in continuous conflicts with human forces outside the forest, steadily encroaching on the scope of the human Pioneer City.

Using this event as a trigger,

Subsequently, the Holy Cross Organization dispatched Legendary Powerhouses to attack the main city of the Blue Dragon Kingdom, which caused a chain reaction, as the army of the Blue Dragon Kingdom broke through the Border Great Wall and now sweeps through the Three Kingdoms, seemingly poised to conquer and annex the Three Great Dukedoms as its own territory.

"Strange..."

After searching through Bruno’s memories about the Holy Cross Organization, understanding the cause and effect,

Austin’s eyes slightly flickered, making it difficult to discern what he was thinking.

Though Bruno is one of the main culprits causing trouble for the Blue Dragon Kingdom in recent years, he hasn’t harmed the Blue Dragon Kingdom and Austin much. Moreover, behind these series of events, the real masterminds are the Beast God and that unknown Divine.

Austin wouldn’t blame Bruno for the troubles recently encountered.

What truly merits Austin’s attention and feels strange is the existence of the Holy Cross Organization itself.

This organization is rumored to be related to the rise of humanity on the Seta Continent, now it has developed into a powerful entity covering the shadows of the entire Central Earth World.

Anything related to ancient historical entities isn’t too simple.

All these are hidden in the shadowy interface of history, unknown to the general public: the dark truth.

Even today, standing at the top of the Seta Continent, Austin has only now sensed the power behind the iceberg tip of such a massive organization.

Though within the organization, there are sharp conflicts of interest between members, from the human standpoint, it is an unwavering unity, and the gathered power is exceptionally formidable.

However,

Austin finds something unexpected.

Whether it was the Beastman Royal Court battle over a decade ago or the recent member attack on the Royal City of the Blue Dragon Kingdom a year ago, in fact, both actions involved the Divine behind the scenes pushing from the starry sky.

So,

What is the relationship between the Divine above the starry sky and this massive entity beneath the shadows of the Human World?

Is it cooperation,

or a controlling proxy?

Or is it something else?

Originally, the Holy Cross Association had little to do with Austin and was not worth Austin spending too much thought. But if there was some connection with the Divine above the starry sky, then things wouldn’t be so simple.

This relates to some of Austin’s plans.

"After the war ending the Bronze Age, for tens of thousands of years, did the Divines above the starry sky truly separate from the mundane world and enter a slumber?"

For some reason,

Austin suddenly recalled a pure-blooded beastman encountered while en route to the Beastman Royal Court battle over a decade ago.

According to him, their so-called pure-blood beastmen’s existence is merely puppets manipulated by others in the foreground.

Even earlier,

The Beastman Empire spanning the entire continent since the war of Ragnarok also had some unknown pushing forces behind the scenes.