"This suggests that the Guardians' mission is connected to some extremely terrifying secret. What is the Heart of the Earth?"
Shade suddenly asked.
"Legend says that Randall River Valley is the center of the Material World's land, and the Heart of the Earth is the living golden rock in a cavern beneath Randall River Valley, representing the center of the valley. Some far-fetched rumors claim that whoever controls the Heart of the Earth can control earthquakes, soil fertility, and even changes in the terrain of the entire world. Could this be the secret they are guarding?"
Miss Benanis asked suspiciously, but no one else could guess for the moment. Shade did not believe such a powerful "Heart of the Earth" could exist. The claim was probably exaggerated, though it did not rule out the possibility that the Heart of the Earth had similar effects.
"Still, golden rock..."
Perhaps that was what the divinity he had sensed referred to. The source of Mad Earth's contamination came from the so-called Heart of the Earth.
"The notebook says that the Guardians of the Inheritance all succeeded one another in the form of souls. They had always guarded the land of Randall River Valley from the shadows, fighting the spreading contamination in the deepest reaches of the earth. They rarely appeared directly unless a problem arose on the surface that could not be resolved by normal means, like what happened last night. Interestingly, Thomas Granger, the previous generation's Guardian, still exists, yet Mr. Lathers, this generation's Guardian, has already appeared. There is reason to believe that the so-called 'Guardians' are probably more than just the two of them."
"A group of undead silently watching over the secrets of soil and stone in the depths of the earth—there is something rather dramatic about that."
Luvia