Bab 253: CCLIII. Setting Up The Challenge

He immediately remembered his fight against Kenneth, the warrior capable of turning his body into a rock: he thought of their battle and the trap that his parents had tended to him and his companions in order to warn their son.

"Of course! His parents! They were not human beings, but Xis! But... I don't understand... why would they want me to earn an emblem? What was their purpose?!" Dag kept on thinking, putting the bronze eye back in place and calming his ardent spirit eager to conquer the highest peaks.

"Well! By the looks of it, I understand that you agree to join the Iron Alliance and that Master Ellen will challenge the current Warchief!" exclaimed Gridd, trying to change the discourse and return to the real reason that drove them there.