"These are—" I wondered.

"Our ancestors." Ash replied coldly.

"Your ancestors!? Could it be that these are—" Suddenly a terrible thought came to me.

"That's right, their remains."

"I see..."Originally, I was still curious about what was going on with the group of undead just now, but now when I heard Ash say this, everything suddenly became clear, it turned out that these demons used a special method to turn their bodies into stone statues and preserve them, and their undead were then pinned on these stone statues, so that their undead would neither dissipate nor reincarnate, but this method has a huge flaw.

"The spirits of the undead preserved in this way will never be at peace, and will remain in hesitation and pain for a long time, and as long as the stone statue does not shatter for a day, this process will not end for a day..."

"yes, you know quite a bit." Ash couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

"Why are you doing this?"

"In order to wait for the return of "it."

"It?"

"Since you are also half of the demon race, you must not know that the only one in the entire demon race that can make us wait for generations at any cost is that "it", right?

Actually, I don't know who Ash's "it" refers to, but I don't dare... More precisely, I don't want to confirm it, because if that's the case, then I'm afraid that the long-term efforts and waitings of this group of demons will come to naught.

"When did you start waiting for it?"

"I don't know the details, but according to old legends, it seems to have started after the end of the war."

"But that was thousands of years ago!?" I was taken aback.

"Well, that's why there are so many stone statues here, our family has been waiting here for generations..."

When Ash said this, I noticed that the stone statues were actually old and new, some of them looked like they had been weathered for thousands of years, and some of them seemed to have been "carved" not long ago, and it seemed that they had really been waiting here for generations, but then I couldn't help but have a new question...

"Why here?"

"Because there's a reason why 'it' has to come..."

"What reason?"

"Actually—" Ash was about to reply, when he was interrupted by a loud voice from Tydamir on the side.

"That's enough, Ash, that incident must not be revealed to anyone outside, not even the demons, have you forgotten this ancestral teaching!?"

Hearing Tydamir say this, Ash couldn't help but say solemnly: "Of course I haven't forgotten, I don't need you to remind you of this!"

"Hmph, it's good that you know..."Maybe it's because of the long life in the valley, or maybe it's purely because of the character, I feel that compared to Ash, Tedamir has always maintained a huge wariness and hostility towards us, but compared to the "secret" they guard, these are not enough to delve into.

At this time, I saw Ash turn his head and smile bitterly at us: "I'm sorry, you heard what Tydamir said, there are some things that we really don't have to say."

"I understand—" I smiled and nodded, not revealing that the secret they were guarding was actually directly related to me, after all, there were still too many uncertain things at the moment.

At this time, Ash and their group climbed along the path to the halfway up the mountain, and there were regular grottoes in front of them, which seemed to be artificially excavated the day after tomorrow, and there were all kinds of daily necessities in them, which seemed to be the place where the Ash family rested and lived on weekdays, but the most striking thing was the various white bones scattered in the corners of the grotto...

"Those are all humans and all kinds of animals that have broken into this place, in order to keep the secrets of their ancestors, for a long time, once any outside life enters here, there is no return." As if sensing our concerns, Ash couldn't help but smile and explain.

"Are we the exception, then?"

"It depends on your attitude~ Say, why are you here, and what happened to that group of people just now?"

I hesitated for a moment, and finally gave a general introduction to the whole thing, of course, about my true identity was naturally ignored, at first Ash and they just listened quietly, but after learning about the rumors about the "treasure", this group of orcs couldn't help but change color slightly.

"There are such rumors, I say why there are so many suspicious outsiders in this area recently."

"Could it be that the "secret" has also been leaked?" Tydamir is obviously a straight person, and his scheming is far less deep than Ash's, and when he said this, he couldn't help but glance at the stone pillar, and Ash immediately glared at it when he saw this, and the latter seemed to realize that it was not good, and hurriedly withdrew his gaze, all of which actually happened in a very short period of time, but it was still in my eyes, and it was obvious that their so-called secret was the stone pillar, but no matter how I looked at it, I couldn't remember what it had to do with me.

"No, if that's the case, it's not just some humans, it's just who is getting this news..."Ash couldn't help but look down and ponder, it was clear that the whole thing was far more troublesome than it expected.

At this time, Tydamir seemed to think of something and jumped in front of Tina, reaching out to grab her arm, its movements were fast, so fast that the others present didn't have time to react, but Tina was not good at stubble after all, seeing Tydamir's furry claws stretched out, and the saber on his waist was immediately unsheathed, if it wasn't for Tydamir's quick reaction, its claw would probably fall to the ground at that time.

"What do you want to do!?" Tina asked, holding her sword, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.

"Tell me, where did you get that map?" Tydamir roared, if Ash represented the human side of the orcs, then there was no doubt that Tydamir represented their wild side.

"Why should I tell you!?" Tina said angrily.

"If you don't say it, don't blame me for being rude!" Tydamir couldn't help but get ready to attack again, and Ash, who was on the side, couldn't look at it and hurriedly stepped forward to pull him back, and I immediately stood in front of Tina.

"Don't get excited, let's talk about something."

"What is there to talk about, if you don't tell the whereabouts of the map, you are all ready to go around without food!"

"Enough!" Ash seemed to be really anxious at this time, and roared at Tydamir, that posture, that action was simply an angry beast, Tydamir seemed to be really afraid of Ash, and when he saw the other party's temper, he immediately cleaned up a lot.

"I'm in charge of this matter, you get out of the way first~"

Tedamir hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to step aside, only to see Ash let out a long breath, as if adjusting his emotions, and then turned to us and said, "I'm sorry for what happened, but I still want you to tell us how that map came about, it's very important to us."

Seeing that Ash had said this, I also felt the need to clarify this matter, so I turned to Tina and said, "Tina, I know this may be a bit difficult for you, but now it is good for everyone to figure out what is going on with that map."

"This..."Tina is a very straightforward person, and when she heard us say this, she suddenly softened her heart, and looked at Nichole on the side, as if asking for the advice of her companion.

"It's all come to this, it's okay to say it~" The little magician hesitated slightly, and finally couldn't help but sigh and nodded at his companion.