While Zaros and the others were making plans to unmask the hooded men causing trouble across the continent, the mind behind it was also moving.
The mastermind behind it was none other than one of the leaders of Purgatory, the man in the grey cloak. Unlike Lortad who was very skilled at planning assassinations, this man is a specialist in creating illusions.
Make no mistake, he is not an expert in magic of that kind like the succubi, but in creating scenarios visible to all, while his true operations were hidden.
He is a perfect master at throwing smokescreens. This was what he was currently doing. He sent his men with very strange dark rituals to attack different places, attracting attention, while his true objective was done in secret.
Like everyone in Purgatory, his priority was to find the remains of the fallen god. The leaders of Purgatory were unaware that three of the remnants of the fallen god were with the dragons.