Elder Emil thought for a moment before he finally decided to tell the 'truth' in a way that wouldn't reveal much but also not affect him much because he knew lying in front of those five and getting away with it was almost impossible.
"I…I entered the forbidden region after getting a message of disturbance in one of the barren cinder cones, and when I reached it, I found a Crimson Platinum Mountain hidden by a formation!"
"Wait! Crimson Platinum Mountain?" One of the Grand Elders, a tall, wizened man with long snow-white hair and sword eyebrows, his name was Edwin Weston, suddenly spoke with a hint of disbelief and a hint of desire, "Do you mean the Spirit Metal, Crimson Platinum?"
