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"Not pagans." Hao Ren could almost guess what had caused the destruction just by looking at the damage. "It was most likely the rock monsters."

"Rock monsters?" Big Beardy was baffled. "What's that?"

Becky came up to them. She realised that since the Orb of the Holy Synod went missing months ago, the four ascetics must have been clueless about what had happened to their hometown. She said, "It all happened during your disappearance. About two months ago, we came face-to-face with some rock monsters when we scaled Dragonspine Ridge..."

Becky briefly described the rock monsters, and the state of chaos in the Kingdom of Holetta after the Orb went missing. Big Beardy's face was becoming more animated now. He frowned and inadvertently rested his hand on the pouch that was hanging around his waist. "Monsters appeared in Dragonspine Ridge and tried to go to the sacred lake? Could it be related to the disappearance of the Orb of the Holy Synod?"