After her death, Mother accidentally brought the news of the Mermaid Kingdom and Noah's Ark to the Hall of Valor.
The only person who had been here before was my father-in-law, the Whale Hunter Jack Harold. While searching for the secret of the Great Secret Treasure on the ninth level, even if he didn't actively search for it, he would probably be pursued by the memories scattered by my mother.
This also explains why my father-in-law unexpectedly rescued my cousin Saranthe overseas; he must have successfully reached that vicinity.
As for the religious war...
Byron pondered for a while before speculating:
"As the greatest power in the Material World, the Church must know much more about the Great Flood than I do, and they would have prepared decades or even hundreds of years in advance.
