"…?" Sian narrowed his eyes as he couldn't understand what the Lukra was saying.

"What do you mean by easier route?" Sian asked aloud in confusion and the Lukras also became confused. One of them then placed his hand on Sian's head.

'Oh, I see.' It seemed that they did not speak at all, as they all communicated using telepathic messages. Sian then thought up his words again.

The Lukra was surprised.

The Lukras were surprised.

It seemed that the Lukras were dumbfounded by Sian's foolish action.

The destruction was now slowing down. It didn't seem that they were going to fight until one of them died so they looked like they were going to back away. Or it was maybe because they had become wary of the Lukras watching them. The peak had enormous pressure compared to the foot of the mountain. It wasn't enough to threaten Sian, but it did take away a lot of his power. The top had a huge crater and within lay a golden crystal that was slightly bigger than a human. Sian became curious and asked,

Lukra laughed.

Sian nodded as it didn't seem odd that they had holy artifacts when they had priests and all that.

Sian refused and began explaining what he had heard from Lagaope. The Lukras nodded.

Sian had already guessed it so he just nodded.

Sian nodded as he also speculated as such. But the priest became frowned and continued,

Lukra then pointed to the sky outside of the mountain.

Sian became confused and asked,

The priest shook his head.

himself.> The priest then pointed at the many clouds up in the sky. Sian seemed confused and so the priest began to explain in detail,

Thousands of years ago, when the Lukras and Drakuns were fighting at the peak. Aksarai was annoyed. The Lukras ran back to their holy land the moment it became dangerous for them. The Drakuns could fly around, but that did not help much. Even when they held the upper hand during a battle, those Lukras would run back to the mountain and attack from there. That was when Aksarai thought he should do the same for his people.

However, he had no plans to start from scratch. Aksarai was powerful, but so was Gran-Ra. He would surely come out of his slumber and destroy what Aksarai was working on before returning to sleep. Aksarai then noticed the clouds as he flew around the sky and thought up an idea. It was the thick cloud made from the monsters

that lived under Cloud Mountain. Those monsters consumed the lava under the mountain and created a special cloud-like smog that reacted well with magic. The smog was then mixed together with the clouds and floated around the continent. It was already being utilized by the Drakuns to cast their magic with ease. The place where the Unkaras lived was far from the Lukras so it was safe from being disturbed. Aksarai began using his full power to create the barrier. It was the creation of the barrier to fight against the Lukras. This was the cloud-barrier