<h4>Chapter 677 Boom</h4>


    When they came up to the cave, they were surprised to find…


    Narrow.


    This cave was very narrow.


    Though it was still big enough for a wyvern to fit, there was no doubt that it would be a very tight fit.


    So when the princes saw this, they all immediately questioned the ones that they had sent to follow Duke Zwein.


    "It''s this cave."


    That was what all of them said.


    They had all seen Duke Zwein enter this cave with the wyvern that he was riding, so they couldn''t be mistaken about this. Though they had also felt suspicious of this when they saw this for the first time.


    This was something that they tried to convey to the princes, but the princes just ignored them and insisted on continuing into the cave.


    Since the cave was so narrow, that meant that not everyone was able to go in at the same time. So they had to only allow their most elite followers to go in first.


    Even if they were desperate to find this Wyvern Stone, that didn''t mean that they would lose all sense of self preservation just yet. Until they could see it, they wouldn''t lose all of their rationality.


    With these elite soldiers leading the way, the princes made their way into the cave.


    This cave was very straight, so it wasn''t hard for them to make their way through it.


    After walking forward for a while, they finally arrived at what seemed to be an opening.


    Once they saw this, the subordinates of the princes immediately had them step back while they went forward to investigate.


    The princes didn''t seem like they were willing, but they still listened in the end and waited.


    "This is…"


    After the subordinates went through the opening, this was the first thing that was said.


    Once they heard this, the princes looked at each other and couldn''t hold back anymore as they all went forward.


    Their soldiers looked at each other with helpless looks before following the princes into the opening.


    When they went through, all of them were shocked by what they saw.


    This was arge open space that only had a single thing in it.


    In the center of thisrge open space, there was arge glowing stone that was ced on the ground. Thisrge glowing stone didn''t seem that special as it was just a glowing white stone.


    If one had to mention something special about it, it was how smooth this thing was.


    It was like this stone had been polished until it was so smooth that one might even be able to see their reflection if they looked at this stone carefully.


    As soon as they saw this stone, the princes all lost their rationality.


    They looked at each other with hostile looks, as if they were nning on attacking each other.


    That was because in their minds, they could only think, "This has to be it! This is the Wyvern Stone!"


    So in their desperation, all thoughts of rationality disappeared and they all wanted to take this stone for themselves.


    "Keep them back!"


    The princes gave the same order to their subordinates.


    Once the object that they were looking for appeared in front of them, they betrayed the people that they had been working with all this time. The moment that they saw what they thought was the Wyvern Stone, all they thought about was how to obtain it.


    The soldiers were caught off guard by this sudden change, but they quickly started attacking each other.


    In a matter of seconds, it became a battle royale where everyone was trying to push each other back.


    The princes also didn''t remain idle as they tried to push forward to the white stone in the center, but it seemed like none of them were able to reach it. There was always someone who blocked them from reaching it.


    This fight seemed like it wouldn''t end at this rate, until…


    One of the princes was about to make it through the blockade around the white stone.


    This prince was one of the minor ones that no one thought was a threat, so no one really bothered stopping them.


    Taking advantage of this, they were able to make it through the others and reach the white stone in the center.


    As soon as this prince did, the others finally took notice of this prince and orders were given.


    "Shoot him down!"


    "Stop him from taking it!"


    There were many orders given to target this prince, so the soldiers of various princes stopped fighting with each other and started to focus on this prince.


    The few followers of this prince did their best to stop the others from getting to the prince, but there were just too few of them in the end.


    Still, they were able to stall them long enough that the prince was able to grab the white stone.


    Before anyone could reach him, he was able to pull the white stone out of the ground.


    The only problem now was that he had nowhere to go.


    Even if he had obtained the white stone, it wasn''t as if he could use it to break through the lines of the soldiers around him. Even if he wanted to go anywhere, there was nowhere for him to go as he waspletely surrounded.


    Seeing all of them around him, the prince held the white stone tightly as he said, "Brothers, how about we talk this through?"


    The first prince was the one that stepped forward and said, "There''s nothing to talk about. Either hand over the Wyvern Stone or else."


    The prince revealed an ugly look when he heard this, but then…


    He yed his final card.


    Without any hesitation, he brought the white stone in his hand up and said, "If I can''t have it, I won''t let any of you take it!"


    All of the princes knitted their brows, but the first prince said, "Don''t do anything rash, we can talk about this."


    This waspletely different from his stance from before.


    But before anyone else could say anything, there was a strong glow that came from the white stone.


    And then…


    Boom!