Legacy of the Dark Sage

Chapter 1127: Gate Completion

There was a female mage known to rival Ames in the Higher Realm.

The female mage was a member of the Blade Dancer Clan named Raelia. Although, at the moment, Raelia was directly working under The Emperor, she was one of the Blade Dancer Clan's pride.

In any case, Alta viewed Raelia as her role model, while she saw Ames as a target to surpass. Thus, seeing the latter in person while in such a complicated arrangement with Kyran— whom Ames confirmed was her family— truly made Alta feel complex emotions.

"Let's continue this in the palace," Ames suggested, diverting the conversation and heading towards the palace's direction. "You've arrived at the perfect time. We're in the final phase of the gate's construction and need assistance activating the last few calculations for a stable path successfully." The anticipation for the gate's completion was palpable.

"It's taken longer than anticipated," Kyran expressed his disappointment, which was evident in his voice.

"What did you expect? It's just Myst and I working on the array. He also had to adjust to my pace when my proficiency in Array is only at a bare minimum."

"..."

Kyran could not help but glance at Ames with a look of disbelief. When Ames replied to his remark, she expected her to be annoyed at him. Instead, she actually replied properly and even admitted to her lack of Array proficiency to assist Myst properly.

But then Kyran backed track on Ames's words and felt impressed when he realized that Myst was basically the only one working on the array. Although Kyran completed the array calculation, Myst successfully created it up to its last phase within half a month, which was very impressive.

It seemed like Myst and the rest of the Regis Elites who came to the Higher Realm first were not just idling around or looking for Kyran's trace. They also did their best to improve their Magic Knowledge in Array and Combat.

Ames turned to look at Kyran when she did not hear him respond. Seeing his blank expression, however, pissed her and said, "What? Are you that disappointed that we haven't finished the gate yet? You are such a stickler for deadlines. You should praise us for our hard work, especially Myst! Since he's the one who mostly did everything.

Besides, compared to us, those guys in the seal are stuck at the fifth phase, and there are far more people with high proficiency in Array working!"

"You sure are acting very proud of yourself for someone who has practically pushed all the work on Myst."

"Of course, I'd be proud. Myst is part of my family, after all!"

"You also have family members working on the array at the seal."

"And there are stubborn fools around them, which is why their progress is not going well. I won't blame them for it. In fact, I'd say that they are doing a very good job of being patient with those stubborn fools."

"...Those stubborn fools are members of your main family."

Ames glared at Kyran, "They're not. My only family is my Father, and then there are you guys. Those stubborn fools are part of other tribes."

"...I see."

"Are you purposefully pissing me off?"

"..."

"I said we are already in the last phase of the gate's creation. You reacted as if you were disappointed that the gate had not been created yet. However, you were not even in a hurry to get there. You're contradicting yourself, you know."

Actually, that was not quite right.

Rather than saying the Ogen Clan was on good terms with the Dragon Clan, they were trying not to have anything to do with them. They would avoid the Solis Clan's radar by not having definite connections with them.

Anyhow, Leif more or less guessed Alta's conflicted emotions at the moment. But rather than act meekly before Ames, she would have still tried acting in a way that would preserve her dignity. After all, she was still in the same generation as Ames.

Among the few powerful female mages in the Higher Realm, the ones who were mentioned almost all the time were Ames, Midnight, and Raelia. No one barely remembered that Leif was also part of it.

However, Leif did not mind because if they were ranked, she was dead last. Nevertheless, that did not mean she could act less dignified before Ames, Midnight, or Raelia.

Putting those thoughts aside, Leif noticed that Ames did not follow after Kyran. Because of that, she subconsciously stayed put as well.

Alta might have realized this, too, as she did not follow Kyran inside the translucent veil.

"Are we not going inside?" Leif asked after a short, awkward silence.

"Only those with dragon blood can enter that place," Ames replied. She looked at Leif and smiled, teasingly adding, "You are free to enter, though. I won't stop you."

Leif's brow twitched at Ames's childish antic.

'After saying that only those with dragon blood can enter? This guy is truly annoying.'

"You just thought I was annoying, didn't you?"

"I did."

"As expected of Overlord Oceanus's beloved daughter, you truly have guts."

"Are we just going to stay here?" Leif ignored Ames's childish provocation and asked.

"We are. We won't be of much help to them anyway."

"The gate you mentioned... You guys are not working on something very dangerous, are you?"

Ames raised her brows, surprised at Leif's question. She even sensed the latter seemed to have realized what kind of gate they were trying to make.

"That depends on your definition of very dangerous."

Leif looked at her with all seriousness while opening her mouth. In the end, she could not properly phrase what she wanted to say and ended up closing her mouth without saying anything.

Ames noticed Leif's hesitation and was about to say something to make a point when a huge magic fluctuation erupted from within the Regis Terram. She looked at the translucent veil with a wry smile and muttered, "Seriously, that grandson of mine... it's only been a few minutes, and you've already completed the last phase."

Just as Ames had said, Kyran, with Myst's assistance, had already completed the Gate's creation.