About half an hour later, Kaede Sato came out of the old village chief's house. His face was calm, but his eyes were frighteningly bright. After he came out, he didn't go anywhere, but went straight back to the inn to rest.
In a single room on the third floor of the inn, Kaede Sato was lying on a sofa.
The lights in the room were always off, but the room still seemed somewhat bright. The reason was because of a crimson stone on the table in front of Kaede Sato.
The crimson stone was about the size of an adult's fist, and its whole body was crystal clear. At the same time, it seemed to be wrapped in a ball of flame, emitting intense light and heat from the inside out.
Moreover, in the pitch-black environment, a letter similar to "Ω" faintly appeared inside the stone.
It was precisely because of the light and heat emitted by the stone that the room seemed somewhat bright and warm in the middle of the night.
At the same time, Cati, who had been lying at the door, kept staring at the stone on the table, as if the stone was some delicious delicacy. Its pair of small eyes showed a strong desire.
As for the other elves, they weren't very interested in the stone that emitted light and heat. At this time, they were looking for a comfortable place to sleep quietly. Among them, Melaleuca seemed to hate it, and kept hiding far away.
This was one of the rewards that the old village chief had given to Kaede Sato. Yes, this was a fire stone. Moreover, this was a fire stone that surpassed the highest grade.
The information from the system's appraisal was as follows:
Item: Mutated Fire Stone
Quality: Unknown
Effect: Allows a specific elf to evolve, can greatly improve the aptitude of the elf, and has a chance of awakening a new fire ability.
Note: This is a fire stone that came into contact with the Grado Vermillion Pearl by chance and absorbed a weak trace of its power. Not only has its quality been greatly improved, but it also has some kind of magical power that allows the fire elf to be reborn.
In fact, when Kaede Sato first saw this fire stone and obtained its appraisal information through the system's appraisal function, he was extremely shocked.
At the same time, because of this fire stone of unknown quality, he believed the information that the old village chief had revealed to him not long ago.
The so-called Guardian of the Volcano was actually an ancient tribe that had been guarding the Scarlet Orb of Gullado and the Indigo Orb of Gaioka for generations.
Unfortunately, more than five hundred years ago, this group of ancient survivors disappeared along with the passage of time.
Ever since the ancient people created these two Orbs that could control Gullado and Gaioka, countless evil people had coveted them.
Every time these two pearls appeared in different parts of the Richy Edge Continent, a reign of terror would be set off in the Richy Edge Continent, and the continent would face a great calamity.
The Volcano Guardian Clan shouldered the heavy responsibility of protecting and retrieving the two precious pearls. Throughout history, they had fought fiercely against countless evildoers. Many stories of salvation that had been passed down by the people of the Plentiful Edge Continent to this day contained their figures, and they had played a key role.
However, in the long struggle, the Volcano Guardian Clan paid a huge price. Finally, in a rebellion five hundred years ago, the last legitimate heir to the title of Volcano Guardian Clan passed away in the midst of quelling the rebellion.
Because they had lost their legitimate bloodline, the branch families of the Volcano Guardian clan began to fight for power and profit, which eventually led to a huge internal strife.
Coupled with the evil people adding fuel to the fire, the Volcano Guardian clan was almost wiped out by the internal and external troubles. Only a few members of the clan who were outside were lucky enough to survive.
Since then, the Volcano Guardian clan had never been able to recover. Without enough strength, they naturally didn't have the ability to continue shouldering the responsibility.
Now, the task of guarding the Vermillion Pearl and Indigo Pearl on the Volcano Guardian had been replaced by another powerful clan.
This powerful clan was the most powerful clan on the Pleiyuan Continent, the Veluriyam Clan. Yes, this clan was the current Mikkeli's clan.
Although the Volcano Guardian clan had never been able to recover, they still persisted tenaciously. Because they no longer had to bear the heavy burden of guarding the two Ultra Divine Beast Pearls, they began to multiply and live in various parts of the world.
Meanwhile, White River Village was a village established by a certain branch of the Volcano Guardians who claimed to be the most orthodox branch of the Volcano Guardians. Naturally, their goal was to restore the glory of the Volcano Guardians. However, the Volcano Guardians, who had already been torn apart, could not escape the judgment of time. They would never be able to make a comeback.
In order to protect the pearls of the two Divine Beasts, the Colored Glass Clan, who now shouldered the heavy responsibility of guarding the volcano, had long ago forged an unbreakable iron bucket into the volcano. It was easy to imagine how difficult it would be for any evil person to break this iron bucket.
Ever since the two Ultra Divine Beast Pearls fell into the hands of evil people due to internal strife 500 years ago, the two Ultra Divine Beast Pearls had been placed in the Guardian Ancestral Hall at the top of the Volcano Guardian Mountain. Even the predecessor forces of the Lava Party and the Ocean Party, who had deep roots in the dark, failed to snatch the two Ultra Divine Beast Pearls from the hands of the Veluriyam Clan. Instead, they were destroyed.
After all, the Volcano Deliverance was a place that the Volcano Guardian Tribe had been operating for countless years. Basically, the secrets of the Volcano Deliverance couldn't be hidden from the Volcano Guardian Tribe. Even though the Volcano Guardian Tribe had fallen into ruin, the important secrets of the Volcano Deliverance were still passed down from generation to generation.
The Lava Party's goal this time was to snatch the Vermillion Pearl from the Volcano Guardian Clan. However, although they were a powerful force, compared to the Veluriyam Clan that had been passed down for countless years, they were like little brothers that had just learned how to walk.
However, this time, the Lava Party somehow found out that the White River Village used to send the descendants of the Volcano Guardian Clan. They also found out that the White River Village Chief and his son were the descendants of the Volcano Guardian Clan that inherited the secrets of the Volcano Guardian Clan.
The Lava Party wanted to learn the secrets of the Volcano Guardian Clan from the White River Village and see if there was a way to snatch the Vermillion Pearl from them.
In the beginning, the Lava Party wanted to capture Margate, the White River Village Chief. However, Margate stayed in White River Village all day and was protected by the White River Village's guards, so it wasn't easy for them to make a move. Most importantly, his identity was very special. If they made a move, they would definitely attract the attention of the Alliance.
That was why the Lava Party had no choice but to shift their attention to Marcus, Mana's father. Then, they seized the opportunity when Marcus led the White River Village's guards into the Coyote Forest to collect Houndtooth Fruits.
The Coyote Forest was originally a forest with a high risk factor. Even if Marcus and the others went missing in the Coyote Forest, it wouldn't raise too many suspicions. Besides, as long as they dealt with the aftermath well, they could disguise the scene as if Marcus and the others were attacked by the Coyote Forest and all of them were wiped out.
Currently, Marcus was being strictly interrogated by the Lava Party. They even threatened him with the lives of the White River Village's guards.
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