Strider remained silent.

After ordering the shipment of food supplies to Geras and leading his remaining fifty thousand troops away from Evercrest Mountain, Strider had brought them to this location. Nobody knew why they were there, but it seemed to be Strider's final destination.

"Sir Strider?" Saber implored when he received no response.

Finally, Strider put down his binoculars and said, "Mount Shangspar's volcano has erupted, and the mechanism inside the meteorites should've been activated by now. Sir Draco is currently there."

Saber looked puzzled. Navia was several countries away from Shangspar, so how did Strider know all that through the chaos?

"What do you mean, sir? What's going on? What are we even doing here?" Saber asked, not understanding Strider's motives.

Strider replied, "We're here to find something."

"What is it, sir?"

"The Timewinder."

"The Timewinder?"

Strider nodded solemnly and explained, "When my grandfather was still alive, he told me a story about the