#190 - Three thousand years old stone
One day after leaving Solman Island, the Crimson Moon was about to arrive at its new destination.
Sunrise Harbor on Star Ember Island.
According to Ben, this harbor was the only one on Star Ember Island.
Usually, many foreign ships doing business would be docked there.
However, today, Muen didn't see a single ship in this harbor, only a large group of tribesmen wearing fur gathered on the shore.
"Where are the ships? Is this Sunrise Harbor?"
Ben stood on the deck of the Crimson Moon, looking around blankly.
After realizing that there wasn't a single ship, he even began to suspect that something had happened on Star Ember Island during his six-month absence.
Muen noticed the strangeness of the harbor even earlier than him.
Before the Crimson Moon had even entered the harbor, he had seen a large group of people standing on the shore.
At the very front of these people stood more than a dozen wizards, each with a wizard mark on their head.
Muen never imagined that he would see so many wizards at the same time in this world.
Just as Muen was curious, Ben also noticed the people standing on the shore.
He accurately locked onto the group from his tribe, and then began to jump and wave frantically on the ship.
"I'm back! Ah~"
"It's me! Ben!"
Seeing that some people on the shore were responding to him, Ben became even more excited.
"See, Brad, I told you that the treatment I receive upon my return would definitely be different, after all, I am the son of the Starbeam Tribe's leader."
During their time on the Crimson Moon, Brad and Ben had become good friends due to their similar ages.
Knowing that he might be living on Star Ember Island next, Brad had been constantly asking Ben if horses could be raised on the island and how big the pasture was...:
"Don't worry, there are many horses in the tribe, you don't have to worry about their breeding problems at all."
Ben was still enthusiastically introducing the things on Star Ember Island.
However, Brad began to have some doubts about his words.
He noticed that only a small portion of the people standing on the shore were responding to Ben.
Most people didn't move at all, just raised their heads as if they were anticipating something.
"Are you sure these people are all here to welcome you home?"
Brad asked curiously.
"Of course."
Ben had just said one sentence when his expression changed.
"That's not right, those seem to be the people from the Azure Wave Tribe, and their Great Wizard and leader, and Grandma Great Wizard of the Spirit Tree Tribe, why are they all here?"
After Ben finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something and looked back at Muen.
"I... I don't know anything."
Muen also turned to look at this tribesman who was much older than him.
He smiled and nodded at Ben.
"I know, the ship has already docked, you go down first."
Muen was very clear that Ben couldn't possibly have sent any messages to the wizards on Star Ember Island during this time.
Now that the tribesmen had appeared so solemnly on the shore of the harbor, the only possibility was the so-called prophecy.
This was also what Muen wanted to find out on this trip.
Thump!
After the Crimson Moon docked, Ben couldn't wait to jump down as soon as the wooden planks were set up.
"Father, Mother, I'm back, you don't know how much I suffered this time, the pirates even captured me..."
Ben wanted to continue complaining, but his leader father kicked him to the side.
"Get out of the way, the Great Wizard is here, what are you complaining about?"
Star Road was also very happy to see his son return.
It's just that he didn't expect that on such a serious occasion, Ben would start to cry and complain like a child, which made him, as the leader, lose face.
"Road, don't say that, Ben has indeed made a great contribution by bringing back the High Priest's heir for us this time,
He deserves a reward."
Seeing that someone was speaking up for him, Ben quickly ran to the Starbeam Great Wizard's side.
"Grandpa Great Wizard, you are so understanding, you don't know that I was captured by pirates and became a slave for a long time..."
From encountering pirates after leaving the island, becoming a slave, to later being rescued by Muen, and then returning to Star Ember Island.
Ben enthusiastically told his half-year experience all over again.
The Great Wizard of the Starbeam Tribe listened very carefully, and after Ben finished speaking, he stretched out his old palm and lovingly touched Ben's hair.
"Alright child, I know you have worked hard, you will naturally be given some rewards later, now go down first."
"But Grandpa Great Wizard, I haven't introduced you to the High Priest's heir yet."
Ben looked at the other party curiously.
"No need."
The Great Wizard of the Starbeam Tribe just smiled and shook his head, and then looked at the group of people walking down from the deck.
Muen didn't walk at the head of the group this time, but he could still clearly see the three old men in the crowd smiling at him.
Just as he had just stood firm on the shore, the three elderly wizards quickly stepped forward and stood in front of Muen. When he was on the ship just now, Muen had roughly guessed the identities of the three old men through the length of the wizard marks.
Two four-squares, one four-and-a-half-square.
These three wizards should be the three Great Wizards on Star Ember Island.
"Welcome the return of the heir~"
Muen had just stood firm when the three old wizards bowed and saluted him directly.
Muen had never experienced such a solemn welcoming ceremony, which made him feel a little at a loss.
"Three... Three Great Wizards, I'm not some heir, you must have made a mistake, I'm just sending Ben home."
From the beginning, Muen had deeply doubted the identity of the so-called High Priest heir.
Now seeing that the three Great Wizards had accurately discovered his whereabouts among the crowd, it made him even more uneasy.
"You are the heir of the High Priest, which has already been confirmed in the prophecy left to us by the High Priest."
The Great Wizard of the Starbeam Tribe was unusually excited after seeing Muen.
Especially after hearing that Muen could accurately say their identities without error, he was even more convinced that the prophecy was true.
"The High Priest's prophecy?"
Muen was a little surprised.
He had already learned from Ben Chi that there hadn't been a priest on Star Ember Island for hundreds of years.
As for the inheritance of the High Priest, it had been cut off for thousands of years.
"That's right, the last High Priest left a prophecy stone carving when he fell three thousand years ago."
As the Great Wizard of the Starbeam Tribe spoke, he had the people behind him make way.
Behind the crowd were three things covered with white silk cloth.
"The High Priest prophesied that when the Crimson Moon appears again, a young man carrying a strange creature will come to Star Ember Island."
As the Starbeam Great Wizard spoke, he lifted the white silk cloth on the first stone.
Because time had passed for a long time, the pattern on the stone had long become blurred.
It was only possible to roughly see that there was a person drawn in the very center of the stone, and a strange creature was standing on this person's shoulder.
"This... This seems to be your Bounce Bounce!"
Zalan whispered to Muen.
Muen had actually already noticed that the magical animal on the stone carving was indeed very similar to Bounce Bounce.
Long nose, small eyes, and black fur all over.
Muen and Bounce Bounce, who was standing on his shoulder, looked at each other, and then looked at the Starbeam Great Wizard again.
"Are you sure this stone is three thousand years old, and not something that was temporarily drawn after I got off the ship."
As a wizard, Muen was very clear that there should be many magics that could achieve the current effect.
What's more, Bounce Bounce had been lying on his shoulder all day today.
This made him inevitably doubt the authenticity of the stone carving.
"Of course not, if you don't believe it, you can look at the second stone carving."
