Re:Birth: A LitRPG Mage Regressor - Chapter 30. I Am Regretting This

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Gale.Mr. Fox's right-hand man, according to Professor Kim. And Mr. Fox had been funding the professor's research for years.If Gale was the knight employed by the Children of the Moon, and he answered directly to Mr. Fox, then that meant either the man was a big shot among the Children or..."He's the founder of the Children of the Moon, and its current boss," Cisco said. "His true name is Ernest Boyle.""And that knight..." Adom's voice trailed off."You said you knew him as Gale?" Cisco shifted in his chair. "We managed to find some information about him, he is a noble, from fallen House Coeur-de-Lion. Galahad Coeur-de-Lion.""Galahad Coeur-de-Lion," Adom repeated, tasting each syllable. "Ernest Boyle. The Children of the Moon."New names. New pieces on a board he was only beginning to understand. A noble house he'd never heard of. An organization that seemed to have its fingers everywhere. Were these the people that would eventually assassinate Professor Kim? The same people who would put Dragon's Breath out there, triggering the future he was trying to prevent?It made too much sense. The professor's funding. The Celestial Tears hidden in that facility. All the pieces were falling into place, forming a picture that made his blood run cold.Because if he was right – if these were indeed the players who would shape that dark future – then he wasn't just dealing with common criminals or ambitious nobles. He was up against an organization with the resources to create magical mass destruction weapons, the connections to silence renowned professors, and the audacity to sell apocalypse to the highest bidder.He'd always assumed Professor Kim was assassinated because the project was publicized, drawing unwanted attention from power-hungry vultures. Now he realized the bitter truth: whether the professor went public or not was irrelevant. The very people he desperately tried to keep in the dark hadn't (...)