Seizing the Divine Artifact

"Be careful, my friend. The Eye of the Thunder God is a divine artifact, and divine artifacts can be tamed. If you can subdue it and save Candle Valley from this disaster, I'll give it to you as your reward."

The leader spoke loudly and without hesitation.

"What? Big Brother, that's our clan's divine artifact! You can't—"

Candle Tiger could hardly believe what he was hearing.

He owed Long Ye his life, and Long Ye had even given him a sword. But that was not enough for Candle Tiger to hand over the artifact that protected his clan. He had been taught since childhood that no one's life mattered beside the divine artifact.

"Don't try to change my mind! I've made my decision. If our friend here saves our clan, we'll owe him everything. What is a divine artifact compared with the lives of our people?"

The leader's words rang with conviction.

Candle Tiger looked ready to cry, but he was not the one in charge of the clan. He could not overrule his elder brother.

Long Ye was startled by what the man behind him had said. The leader of the Candle clan is far too generous.

Candle Tiger had told him what the Eye of the Thunder God meant to Candle Valley.

It was the main reason the clan was known for producing natural-born warriors. That they would now give it to him struck him as strange.

He remembered all too clearly how fiercely Hoshigakure had pursued him after he took its Star Core.

But he did not dwell on it. He kept walking forward.

Behind him, a trace of a smile flashed deep in the leader's eyes.

He had said all that to stir up Long Ye's greed.

Once greed took hold, people tended to stop thinking