"THEN, we'll be leaving now, Mr. Lhoris," Luo Yan said to Lhoris, standing up from where he was sitting. Eclipse also jumped to his shoulder, his tails surrounding his neck like some kind of scarf. "I suggest you visit Tropical Land as soon as you can. Mr. Alen seemed to be really worried about you."

A gentle smile crossed the moon elf's lips. "Yes, I plan to do that."

"Then, can I ask Mr. Lhoris to temporarily take down the shield so we could leave?" Luo Yan asked.

"No problem. But can you go out as fast as you could? I'm afraid the monsters would rush towards the cabin," Lhoris said, appearing embarrassed by his own timidity.

Luo Yan smiled. "Of course."

Then they all walked out of the cabin. Sure enough, another batch of monsters were already circling around the place.

"Then, I'm going to take down the barrier."

After Lhoris said that, he raised his hand and the barrier surrounding the cabin slowly disappeared. The moment it did, Luo Yan and Shen Ji Yun quickly rushed forward.

Luo Yan took out his dagger and Shen Ji Yun also took out his sword. Eclipse didn't hesitate to jump off from his master's shoulder. And the three of them attacked the monsters head on.

It took about 10 minutes before the three of them finished off all the monsters that appeared around the area of the cabin. Since Shen Ji Yun had already destroyed the stone that was attracting the monsters here, after they killed all the monsters, no new batch appeared. So, they had a little bit of breathing time.

Luo Yan looked back at the cabin and was not the least bit surprise seeing that the door was already tight close. But Eclipse was obviously dissatisfied with Lhoris' attitude.

[Mashter, that old geezer didn't even say goodbye to us. How rude!]

[It's fine. He's just scared that monsters would come inside his house.] Luo Yan said, picking up the little fox.

[Hmp! What a scaredy-cat. He should be ashamed being a fellow moon elf like you Mashter. After all, Mashter is not only extremely beautiful, you're also powerful and majestic.]

Luo Yan chuckled. [You surely have a sweet mouth.]

Then he turned towards Shen Ji Yun, planning to tell him the conjecture he formed after listening to the things that Lhoris told them.

"Brother Ji Yun, can you listen to my analysis?"

Shen Ji Yun nodded. "Okay."

"So, this was how I thought the order of the memories that Lhoris told us happened. First, was the part of him being shunned by the whole dragon clan. Which caused him to leave the clan and live as a recluse. The memory of Kagetsuki finding him in the cave should come after that. Then the whole massacre. After that tragic incident, he went back to the dragon clan and challenged the king. When he won, he waged a war against the Dark Mages of Achaeus. During this war, someone betrayed him. And then, for some reason, he ended up at the Silent Marsh of the moon elves' village."

Shen Ji Yun also thought that that's how things went. He looked at Luo Yan, as if saying that he could continue and he would listen.

"There are still a lot of important missing information. But I think it was safe to assume that the main reason why Dusk went back to his clan and took over as king even though he obviously had no plans on doing so before was because of what happened to Kagetsuki and the demon fox tribe. He needed some sort of manpower to get his revenge against the people who killed Kagetsuki. And since he immediately waged a war against the Dark Mages of Achaeus, it could be seen by that action alone that the people responsible for what happened to the demon fox tribe was those dark mages.

"We don't know all the details of the war. But something definitely happened during the war that resulted in Dusk ending up in the Silent Marsh. I think if we find out what happened then, it could lead us to a lot of answers. Including who put the Eternal Lotus in the Silent Marsh. If we managed to fill in the blanks, we'd be able to finish this hidden task."

"Then, we have to go to the dragon clan. And to the land of Achaeus as well to visit the dark mages," Shen Ji Yun agreed.

[Mashter, are we going to punish those dark mages?] Eclipse asked in a low voice.

Luo Yan gazed down and saw the little fox's eyes were much dimmer than it usually was, showing his current mood. He patted his head gently. [If we proved that they were the ones responsible for what happened to your mother, then we certainly would.]

Eclipse's expression became slightly better after hearing that.

"I agree," Luo Yan said in response to what Shen Ji Yun said about going to the dragon clan and visiting Achaeus. "Before that, we should probably go to the site of the demon fox tribe. We could get some clues there and also get Eclipse's inheritance along the way."

The little fox in his arms suddenly lifted up his face. [Eclipse has an inheritance?]

Luo Yan smiled at Eclipse. [Yes. It's most likely left to you by your mother. Are you willing to accept it?]

Eclipse nodded his little head enthusiastically. [Yes!]

"I have no problem with that," Shen Ji Yun answered.

"But is it okay to do all that next week? After the Rookie Carnival prelims?" Luo Yan tentatively asked.

"Of course," Shen Ji Yun didn't hesitate to say.

How could he not agree when it meant that he could spend more time alone with his rabbit? Well, minus Eclipse - the ever-present light bulb.

Luo Yan looked down at the little fox in his arms. [Is that okay with you, Eclipse?]

[Don't worry, Mashter. Eclipse has no problem with that. Eclipse will always respect Mashter's decision.]

Luo Yan smiled. [Eclipse is such a good little fox.]

And the three ran out of the forest, killing a lot of monsters that got in their way.