Uchiha Madara suddenly remembered something.
Yes, on the day Evan and Emeer had been separated to opposite ends of the world, Uchiha Madara had heard Berias mention a term that filled him with doubts:
The Doruka Maiden.
He asked Sage Dinacan, "May I ask, what is the Doruka Maiden?"
Sage Dinacan suddenly tensed. "Y-you... How did you come to know that term?"
Uchiha Madara told Sage Dinacan everything he had seen in Cathdrall. After hearing his account, Dinacan shook his head. "I never expected that you, an outsider, would have such a fateful connection as to learn El Phildin's greatest secret."
Uchiha Madara said in surprise, "The Doruka Maiden is El Phildin's greatest secret?"
Dinacan nodded. "Yes. The Doruka Maiden is El Phildin's hope..."
He took a few steps forward until he stood behind Uchiha Madara. With a sigh, he said, "Since you have already become so deeply involved in this matter, I can no longer keep it from you..."
Uchiha Madara turned around. "Please tell me, Mr. Dinacan."
Sage Dinacan said, "Doruka is the spirit who protects El Phildin. Do you know what spirits are?"
Uchiha Madara nodded. "I do. There are also legends of the spirit Nifdis in Urut Village."
Dinacan smiled faintly. "Then that makes things easier. Doruka is the spirit who protects El Phildin. Just as the god of light, Barudos, protects this land, Doruka is also an important god to El Phildin."
When Dinacan spoke of this, he seemed as though he were on a pilgrimage. Uchiha Madara could feel his sacred reverence for the spirit Doruka and nodded. "So the spirit Doruka is such an important being. Then what exactly is the Doruka Maiden?"
Sage Dinacan smiled. "Do you know that gods cannot directly interfere with the people of this world?"
Uchiha Madara shook