"Everyone, our Iron Dragon Vine Clan was once a powerful clan, as renowned as the Laurels and the Golden Begonias. Around two thousand years ago, during the middle period of the Ancient Empire, our clan was at its peak. Back then, we possessed not only the South Pillar Mountain beneath your feet, but also the East Pillar Mountain over there."
At dusk on February 10, on the nearly flat summit of South Pillar Mountain, where the Iron Dragon Vine Clan lived, Chief Vogt pointed out the locations of the other three mountains in the forest to Yavenni and Fang.
In the vast sea of forest, four peaks rose skyward like pillars. Even surrounded by fir trees a hundred meters tall, the mountains still dwarfed the trees at their base.
"These mountains look more like towers!" Fang exclaimed.
"They're actually quite similar to towers." Vogt nodded, tapping the ground with his wooden staff. "But the founding elders of our clan once investigated them and discovered that the mountains aren't made of earth and stone, nor of metal or wood."
"Oh?" The elder's words piqued everyone's curiosity.
"As you saw just now, our clan has lived in the caves of South Pillar Mountain for thousands of years. The caves inside this mountain are like a towering structure, with passages running in every direction. Outside, the mountain is completely wrapped in metal-type vines tens of thousands of years old. Ordinary magic and arrows can't harm them."
"Yes, we also found it extraordinary that the mountain had so many structures inside." Fang nodded. "I helped build Gallop Academy before. Even the Magic Tower that Queen Tania built with Earth Element didn't have as much space as South Pillar Mountain."
Before they reached the summit, Elder Vogt had taken all the High-Ranks and Frost-Wolf Knights