The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)

by Matt Dinniman

Circe leaned forward. She delivered the words in an almost deadpan voice, like a bored college professor. “We are here to discuss the history of the crawl and how it has changed over the cycles. We all know how it started. When the original council nations first accidentally tripped the primal engines and started the chain reaction that overpopulated the galaxy, it was eventually decided that we needed to both collect the primal elements left behind on all the pre-seeded worlds and to beat back the new biological overgrowth. In addition, superior species such as the Hive—who have been at the forefront of decoding and reverse-engineering primal technology—approached the council and demanded the ability to field test macro-AI-controlled enhancement zones. This, unfortunately, led to the formation of a Syndicate subcommittee that put the request under advisement….” She went on like this for almost ten minutes straight, not allowing anyone else on the panel to speak. The story was actually kind of interesting,

Wait crazy were 5 books in and not only finally getting this but also i didnt notice the abscence of the origin really with being so enveloped in our story