The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 1033

Mira led them through the temple, pointing out each of the small rooms, or sometimes just a vestibule, that was dedicated to each god.

"Whoever built this was very unification minded, weren't they? They went out of their way to ensure that there were shrines to every species' Gods on the main floor." Tessa noted.

Mira laughed. "It was made by the Darklight Host, of course. The top two floors are made for guest rooms, the basement is a reinforced shelter, and there is an outbuilding for giant species.

Most of the way stations are nothing more than an overnight stopping point, with some nature aligned Guild Members to provide food and water for travellers. But this one is truly ancient, and it was built around the existing temple.

As the historical records go, they found the statues dumped here from a destroyed shrine, or a lot of them. So, they stood them up, found out who the more obscure ones were, and built a new temple to all of the Gods who look over this world.

At one point, this was part of a Royal Retreat, and it was supposed to have a strong enough connection to the Gods that it could help with System Class advancements. But if my Guild Messaging isn't working, I would say that time is long past.

Personally, I suspect that the removal of the Royal Treasures is the cause.

There was a rumour that they had a set of relic stones in the treasures, and that was the source of the Temple's divinity. But I suspect that it was something more incredible than that because the Relic Stones are actually still in the basement floor, and they've been inactive for the last thousand years.

I read the caretaker's journal entry from the time when they went inactive."

Karl and Tessa turned to stare at each other.

They had found the lost System Stones entirely accidentally.

Tessa whispered the translation to the Orcish Chieftain, who looked pleased but not too concerned about the stones. Those weren't the goal of the Orcs.

{Ask her if she knows where the treasure went.} He whispered.

"The Chieftain would like to know if you are aware of the new location of the Royal Relics. He believes that there might be a relic of the Orcish Clans there, and they would like to trade to get it back." Karl explained.

Mira nodded. "They're at the Royal Temple of Shash, under the supervision of the Divine Fire Dragons. The Kingdom that they belonged to no longer exists, but the Dragons like to protect historical relics of value.

So, they collected them, and put them into stasis storage."

Tessa relayed the message and the Chieftain smiled. This was the closest that his people had come to finding a solid lead on where the lost scale piece was. It was a long way to Shash, but it was on this island, so they could walk there eventually.

The question was whether they would manage to get there before whatever strange anomaly had brought them to this place ended. It might be range limited, or time limited. If it only lasted a few days, there was no way that they could walk thousands of kilometres to the Grand Temple.