Chung says he handed the Water Seal to Rod Ross. The El Search Party hurried to the Crystal Caves where Rod Ross headed before he is attacked by demons.
The El Search Party rescues the Red Knights who were taken out by vicious spiders in the Crystal Caves. They have to see Rod Ross before they encounter Magmanta.
Aisha:Kyaaaa!!! Ew! Ew! Spiders, I hate this place!!
Eve:Don't be scared, Aisha. They're just spiders. They are enormous, with many eyes, with three pairs of legs, splits out secretion that's likely unsanitary, and venomous.
Aisha:Kyaaaa!! Gross! Gust! Stooorm!!
(WHOOOOSH)
Rena:Hahaha... That fire pillar will probably take care of anything no matter what comes out. Chung, is this place always swarming with spiders?
Rena:Were they always this aggressive and big? Or is this also due to demon influence?
Chung:No. They were always large and vicious. Oh, they will also eat humans, so be careful.
Chung:I don't understand why Lord Rod Ross decided to take this route even with guards. The spiders are especially on edge this time of year because it's mating season.
Elsword:... Temple... Temple...
Raven:Kugh, there are demons here, as well.
Elsword:I see demons. They must be up to no good at the temple.
Elsword:Anyway, what are these creepy cocoons.
(POKE, POKE... BREAK)
Red Knight:... Kugh! Cough, ugh!
Rena:Yikes? It's a person?!
Elesis:Wait... This uniform... He's a member of the Red Knights! Did the spiders get you?!
Red Knight:C, captain! Cough. We were ambushed by demons while we were escorting Lord Rod Ross!
Add:... The spliders' secretion contained paralyzing components. If we didn't get him, he would have been made food for baby spiders.
Aisha:Eee... eeeee!
Elesis:Those demons... I can't let my men go down like this. Let's go!
Add:We'll have to open every cocoon that we see. I would rather not see people being eaten alive. Blood and gore isn't really to my taste.
Raven:I wonder if Lord Rod Ross is alright, seeing the Red Knights like this.
Chung:What should we do... If we go too deep, we might encounter Magmanta. I hope we would run into them before then...
Rod Ross:Hey, now... Why the long face, everybody...
Penensio:Lord Rod Ross. The Seal may be the fundamental reason the demons invaded Hamel.
Penensio:Tell us the truth about the Seal! This is an urgent matter!
Rod Ross:Eeek! There there's no need to worry about! I took care of it!
Rod Ross:From now on, Senace ruled by me, Rod ROss, will be a beautiful, peaceful land untouched by demons. So rest ease...
Elesis:Stop changing the subject and answer the damn question!
Rod Ross:Gah! I'll talk! I'll talk! I'll talk for goodness sake!
Rod Ross:Th, the demons have the Water Seal. B, but! They said they were going to retreat from Senace once they have the Water Seal, so it's all fine! Don't you see?
Elsword:Nothing is fine! You were just fooled!
Aisha:Sigh... I can't believe we had to go through all of that just to hear this answer. Forget it. Let's just hurry over to the Water Temple.
Chung:Wait. Lord Rod Ross.
Chung:Why didn't you have the Water Seal in the first place? The Water Seal is the symbol of the ruler of Hamel. But instead of you, the priest had it.
Chung:The priest is supposed to keep the Water Seal safe until the next ruler succeeds, but the last ruler, Lord Rod Gess passed away quite some time ago.
Chung:Yet, it was the priest that had the Water Seal.
Rod Ross:Well... you see... Father didn't really trust me to be the Lord of Hamel, so he never gave me the Water Seal.
Penensio:Lord Rod Ross...? Then you've never had full authority over Senace?!
Rod Ross:Wait, hear me out! When Senace was first invaded by strange beasts, I met a beautiful lady with crimson hair...
Rod Ross:She told me that the demons attacked Senace because they were looking for something, and that nothing will be resolved until they find it.
Rod Ross:In order to resolve the issue, they needed the ruler of Hamel, but Hamel did not have one. And the old men of the senate showed no flexibility with those stiff necks of theirs.
Rod Ross:Which is why demons also had to do this the hard way.
Rod Ross:That's when I thought to myself, what does it matter that the symbol of a ruler is also the Water Seal and vice versa! What we needed was a ruler to solve all the problems at hand! Brilliant! If I say so myself.
Rod Ross:The lady agreed... That I should become the leader of Senace so I can resolve the issue with the demons and take care of my grieving people.
Rod Ross:She told me, that someone named Ran will visit me soon, and as long as I cooperate, everything will turn out fine. That's why I decided to cooperate. Now, if you trust me...
Raven:You handed everything over to the demons.
Chung:Lord Rod Ross...! How could you! I won't forgive you!! Because of you... because of you... Father is...!!
Elsword:Calm down, Chung! He's not worth it.
Add:I was hoping for a novel excuse, but it was just a story of a twit, doing dimwitted things, like a true imbecile.
Penensio:What was he... sigh... I suspect it will take days to uncover all his crimes.
Penensio:But first, we must protect the Water El. You head to the Halls of Water at once!