Recaps

Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince investigated a remote northern village and discovered an ancient pattern that appeared to seal a divine beast. After learning the Eldest Prince’s concerns and receiving stones that could strengthen them and grant passage, they returned to investigate the village further.

• The Eldest Prince assigned Uchiha Hiko to investigate people of unknown origins and asked him to test the Second Prince by working with him.
• Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince traveled north, where the Second Prince described the region’s hardship and guided him toward a secluded village.
• The village chief allowed them to investigate but restricted their access, and the pair found old northern patterns before being forced to leave at nightfall.
• Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince searched the Royal Palace library and found a book identifying the pattern as a sealing spell.
• The Eldest Prince connected the seal to an ancestor’s divine beast and gave Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince stones that enhanced their strength and served as passes.
• Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince prepared to return to the village, and the Second Prince demonstrated the speed of his special shoes.
• The village chief let them enter and stay after Uchiha Hiko showed her the stone, and the Second Prince produced the book as they headed back to the pattern.

Uchiha Hiko and The Second Prince uncovered the Hunters’ hidden village and brought its fate before The Eldest Prince. The Eldest Prince agreed to let the Hunters prove their worth, setting a dangerous creature beneath the Royal Palace as their test.

• Uchiha Hiko and The Second Prince opened the sealed underground passage, overcame its defenses, and met the village chief, who revealed that the villagers were Hunters guarding the divine beasts.
• Uchiha Hiko and The Second Prince learned that the Hunters might have to leave if The Eldest Prince rejected them, then returned to the Royal Palace to report what they had discovered.
• The Eldest Prince said the Hunters could stay if they proved useful or passed a test, and he ordered their village chief and several capable people to be summoned.
• Uchiha Hiko and The Second Prince went to the village chief and explained that the Hunters would face The Eldest Prince’s trial, with the chief agreeing to lead elite fighters.
• Uchiha Hiko and The Second Prince helped consider candidates, but Uchiha Hiko rejected one fighter and told The Second Prince to respect others’ choices and feelings.
• Uchiha Hiko and The Second Prince returned to the Royal Palace without the Hunters, and The Eldest Prince prepared the outdoor challenge.
• The Eldest Prince revealed that the Hunters would be tested against a terrifying creature on the Royal Palace’s third underground level, while Uchiha Hiko trusted his judgment.

Uchiha Hiko returned home and brought the Hunters and the princes together to face the Flame Mythical Beast and negotiate for the village’s building materials. The Flame Mythical Beast was sealed within Hiko, while the Hunters gained permission from ancient mythical beasts to gather wood and stone for their settlement.

• The Hunters resealed the divine beast, and Uchiha Hiko left the princes after helping them begin working together.
• Uchiha Hiko returned to his clan, learned that the Hunters had once injured the clan chief’s father, and discovered that the Flame Mythical Beast might soon awaken.
• Uchiha Hiko secured the Eldest Prince’s approval for the Second Prince to take charge of the Hunters, then brought him to the village chief to request help.
• The village chief agreed to help capture the Flame Mythical Beast in exchange for timber and stone, and led Hunters to summon the beast.
• The Hunters restrained the Flame Mythical Beast, and the village chief taught Uchiha Hiko how to draw it into his body.
• Uchiha Hiko told the clan leader that the beast was sealed within him, and the clan leader authorized him to arrange the materials the Hunters needed.
• The village chief summoned the Forest Mythical Beast and obtained its consent to gather trees, then sought permission from the Earth God to take stone.

Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince helped rebuild the northern village and secured permission to visit its divine beasts. After bringing the Eldest Prince to the village, they entered the hidden dormitory and discovered the Forest God and Earth God sealed together.

• Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince split up to help with the village and report their plans to the Eldest Prince.
• The villagers assembled stones that revealed a statue of a Mythical Beast, and Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince climbed to its summit.
• The village chief allowed Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince to enter the cave but refused to let them see the divine beasts, prompting the Second Prince to confront him.
• Uchiha Hiko and the Second Prince returned to the Royal Palace, where the Second Prince recalled how the Eldest Prince had protected him.
• The Second Prince invited the Eldest Prince to the village, and the three visited its construction and discussed the divine beasts.
• Uchiha Hiko showed the Eldest Prince his flame energy, then the Second Prince lent him the stone pass needed to enter the dormitory.
• Uchiha Hiko led the Eldest Prince and the Second Prince into the concealed room, where they found the Forest God and Earth God sealed together.