Following various clues, Adrian traced his investigation to Cras Island. He had some knowledge about the officials of Cras Island and knew that Whitney, the chief instructor of the Cras Island garrison, was a formidable individual. Therefore, he believed that he might find some leads there.

Thus, he headed to the garrison camp when he got to Cras Island. However, there was no one in there except for an elderly gatekeeper named Dariel. Moreover, Dariel refused to let Adrian enter, so he had no c