Bromanto's Black Rose was retreating northward. This was already the second time in ten days that Brando had heard similar news, but the situation described in this report seemed even worse. The undead's defeat at Rosalin appeared to have triggered their rout along the entire front. Judging by the timing, the battle Lady White Mist had witnessed south of Soprach a week ago could not have taken place very far from Soprach.
The Crystal Cluster Army might even have stationed itself somewhere near Soprach. Of course, it might also have headed toward Rubik, since Lady White Mist had said that the direction in which she and the undead had retreated was exactly the opposite. If the undead army had withdrawn all the way along the southern region of the Sea of Dead Moons, the Crystal Cluster Army might have pursued them in that direction.
"What legend?" he asked.
"During the age of the Min'er People, some ancient legends mentioned that the Nameless Ones marched around Vonder, protecting the world."
"What? How could that be possible?"
"That legend is rather ancient. It is perfectly normal that you have never heard of it. It had already circulated across the land for a very long time during the era of the Min'er People. Brando, think carefully. How did the Nameless Ones march around Vonder?"
Brando recalled the route taken by the Nameless Ones and discovered that, whether in Eluin, Cruz, or anywhere else, it happened to separate the Land of Order from the Black Forest. Though there were some places where this was not the case, most of them were territories that humans had opened up later. The southern border of Eluin, for example, displayed this characteristic particularly clearly.
"That is rather unusual. Are you saying that the Nameless Ones came because of