Well, well, the six handshake theory works, and Zu has found the location of the artifact. But what does he need it for?
And yes, the introduction of a new race. I wonder what they are.

Holy crap this is interesting

Most likely Zudrec is searching for the original race so he can study their advanced technology to craft more powerful weapons. He's dangerous and driven, for sure, but I think he's pushing too hard in the wrong direction. I'm kinda getting vibes that Zudrec might have more knowledge of why there was a giant explosion that wiped out the horses race than he originally let on . . .

Well well well, and here I thought that "Ouven" was a single person(what? I thought that was the name, okay?), you know, some talented magician "arch sage".

Plot twist: the progenitors were humans! It's just that no one knows what they really looked like😆!

No, no, no, you have to dig deeper than that. But let's wait for what happens next first.