Chapter 38: Tales of the oppressed

The next day, Lucid and the other visitors quickly rushed to the house of Spinel, the village chief, to know more about the truth behind these recent attacks...

Kirnale: Sir Spinel! We have arrived!
Lucid: Yes... We have come to hear your tale!
Namiele: Anybody here?!
Larg: He must be still sleeping....
Eriol: Maybe...

Soon, spinel arrived with some village guards... And he has a book in his hand...

Spinel: Greetings, dear friends.
Elysia: What is that book?
Spinel: It's the book of memoirs of our town.
Lilith: That book contains all of the information about the history of the town?
Spinel: Yes. We once started out as a band of nomads before we found this place... We saw the Goddess Arua along side Ska and Eldeon in this place... They then blessed us and we stay here as a tribute to the Gods.
Maru and Moro: Ooooohhh... Very interesting...
Elysia: That's nice..
Sugar: But what about Ikaness? Who are they?
Larg: And why did they atatck you?
Lucid: Is Hebarn Involved?

A long silence followed... Then Spinel sat down and opened the book...

Spinel: Listen to me... Before you gusy even came to this place this town was a already under attack by some minions of Hebarn. You know about the incident at the El Renda Desrt, right?
Lucid: Not yet. What happened?
Elysia: hmmm... I kinda heard of it from the villagers at the canyon village...
Kirnale: What is it?
Elysia: Apparently, the goddes Hebarn corrupted the desert using the devil pest, the town was destroyed and everything there became hebarn's slaves.
Namiele: Oh no...
Spinel: Those creatures attacked our village. Then, some of our bravest warriors attacked the desert, but they too we're corrupted just outside the entrance.
Maru: Thus the ikaness Order...
Moro: Hebarn is so cruel!
Eriol: Not only that, she might be using the desert as a base!
Lucid: We must stop her!
Spinel: Not yet! The God Junon has sent a weapon that might save us from their wrath!
Lucid: Where can we find it?
Spinel: At the gorge of Silence. But beware! The golems and the Worm Dragons are goind berserk nowadays!
Kirnale: Don't worry, we can handle it!
Lucid: Yeah!
Spinel: Very well then... You must set off tomorrow... For now you must stay here and enjoy yourselves...
Lilith: Ok...

Soon, the visitors left, and they prepared themselves for the journey ahead...