The tribal chief shook his head, looking exhausted, "It's all my fault. I have held this secret for way too long."
He slowly explained the whole story, and Lucien finally understood what the dark purple crystal was.
"Thirty years ago, I fell in love with a female from the main city. She was very beautiful and really popular, and had a lot of mates. I once confessed to her, but she rejected me because I was only a level 3 beastman at that time."
