"Didn't you discover anything strange in the process?" Uchiha Madara asked.
Uchiha Madara accepted the city lord's explanation. As the lord of a city within a nation, it was necessary for him to protect his people.
At the same time, Uchiha Madara felt deeply disappointed by what the city lord had said.
Uchiha Madara had come to Houdong Mountain solely for the Magic Stone. If they had already leveled an entire mountain without finding anything, then there was little point in his going there himself.
"Nothing strange happened," the city lord said.
The city lord was somewhat puzzled. Why was Uchiha Madara so interested in this matter?
If the city lord had not known that Uchiha Madara was a mage from Red Rock City, and if not for the staff in Uchiha Madara's hand that burned with red flames, he would already have begun to question Uchiha Madara's identity.
It was only because all these things lined up that the city lord did not doubt Uchiha Madara's identity.
Even so, the city lord still wondered why Uchiha Madara was asking about this. He seemed especially fixated on it.
"You seem very interested in this matter concerning our nation. Is there anything you want to ask?" the city lord asked, looking at Uchiha Madara.
"There's nothing I want to ask," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
"I've heard many stories before. Whenever people dig into mountains and disturb the earth, strange things are bound to happen," Uchiha Madara said.
"So I was wondering whether anything strange might have happened in your nation as well," Uchiha Madara said.
"I'm simply interested in such things. There's no other meaning behind it," Uchiha Madara told the city lord with a smile.
Uchiha Madara was still considering whether he should go to that place.
A