After Nagato and the others fled in panic, Kakashi and the rest also burst out from underground.
The moment his feet touched the ground, Kakashi said, "Did you all notice? The mountain seems to have stopped shaking!"
Guy nodded. "Yeah, it really has stopped."
Sakura, who had escaped with old Heyan, said, "Yama must have done something. He's a sage, so dealing with an out-of-control ore vein shouldn't be a problem for him."
Old Heyan, standing nearby, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but wisely closed it in the end.
According to the warnings passed down through his clan for generations, these ruins were a forbidden place that must never be entered. Once the Gelel Ore Vein within the ruins was accidentally thrown out of control, the only way to prevent the world from being destroyed was to activate the ancient summoning array in the underground palace, summon a spatial rift, and send the entire out-of-control Gelel Ore Vein into it.
And only those with the royal bloodline of the ancient empire could activate the summoning array in the underground palace and summon a spatial rift.
Old Heyan had wanted to tell the Konoha group that the blond youth, Timsy, was a descendant of his clan's royal family. Being able to contain a Gelel Stone within one's body was something only those with royal blood could do, so only Timsy could stop the out-of-control Gelel Ore Vein and prevent the destruction of the world.
But when the words reached his lips, he thought better of it and swallowed them back down.
After witnessing the strength of the shinobi, this quick-witted merchant who had traveled all his life had already realized that the shinobi of today were likely even stronger than the empire his clan had established