Having obtained the stones they needed as well as opened up several new trade opportunities, Mana and Raven were very pleased. Just one thing remained before they could return – checking up on the dormant volcano.
Head Sage Yue was the one who opened the conversation with the chief. He briefly explained what the Amber Kingdom had tried to do in the Emerald Kingdom with an old and inactive volcano, and asked if they had seen any unusual activity in the one near the island.
The chief, a fire magic user himself, with a bloodline of the Amber Kingdom was so horrified that spontaneous flames burst out from his fingertips.
"Calm yourself!" the chief's wife scolded him, putting out the fire with her own water magic. She turned to Head Sage Yue and said quietly, "I don't know if it is unusual activity or not, but the fish and sea creatures in the area have been moving away recently – it has been a week or two since the fishermen started complaining about this."
