Crockta, Kaburak, and Tiyo departed from the hot springs and headed toward the orcs’ sacred site, which was hidden deep inside a forest. The forest's scenery changed as they headed further in, and Crockta and Tiyo saw plants that they had never seen before. The green forest gradually transformed into an explosion of color with strange silver and white flowers and plants.0

“I left Orcheim to travel and learn more about the world, and after wandering for a while, I eventually arrived at the coldest part of the north. It is located at the very outskirts of the north,” said Kaburak.1

“Isn’t that where the dark elf territory is?” asked Crockta.0

“Back then, I could handle anything with my sorcery. I didn’t have any obstacles. Haha,” laughed Kaburak.0

“Did you use your powers to transform into a dark elf or something?” asked Tiyo.0

“Haha, transforming is a piece of cake,” said Kaburak.0

Crockta nodded. He had heard that deceiving others with transformation magic was extremely difficult and could only be done by a high-level sorcerer, so this meant that Kaburak had been a powerful sorcerer in the past.0

“While traveling, I discovered something ominous there,” began Kaburak.0

He had discovered a demonic entity that had been asleep for some time to recover its strength. The demonic entity had been so strong that it had raised monsters from the dead even as it slept.0

Kaburak continued, “I went to the dark elves to seek help… but no one believed me once I revealed my identity....0