They agreed to meet Lycus in the secret pathway, while Ivory and the others planned to directly infiltrate the mountain where the castlemen previously mined the special black gemstones.
Ivory, Lucius, and Sigmund set up a bonfire in front of that mountain. As they sat down and gazed at the blazing fire, they talked about what they'd do inside.
"It's quite unusual that there are no knights here," Lucius opened up. "It seems like they're not worried about the black gemstones at all. I remembered what Gerhalt told me before. The locals considered it as stones with no value because they looked like coal."
"Those without Dark Mana cannot find it," Ivory said. She sighed as she remembered those helpless people infested by Dark Mana who were mining during wintertime.
"Do you really have Dark Mana in your normal mana? Have you figured out why?"
She replied to her brother, "I do not know why. But it is true. Sigmund sensed it."
