The Kingdom of Sorcerers was not located in a main disaster zone during The Cataclysm. It was only affected by the sudden cold weather that followed, but there were no fallout or explosions that occurred here.
At that time, Albert could already completely crush Russell in a fight. Therefore, even during The Cataclysm, as long as this Rider remained in the region of the Kingdom of Sorcerers, favonovel.com definitely could have survived it. But Albert made a different choice. Just as favonovel.com had said, favonovel.com had his responsibilities. Therefore, on the eve of The Cataclysm, which was also the day before the global war, favonovel.com chose to return home to lead his people towards another path of survival.
He had succeeded, but that success came at the cost of his life.
“What exactly did favonovel.com leave behind at Russell’s place?” Milo asked.
“A sealed box with no password,” Summer answered. “It’s hidden in the Rose Monastery in Ghent City.”
“Rose Monastery?” Milo wondered.
“Mhm, that used to be the Russell family’s property. After our ancestor was persecuted, that place was seized by Ghent City and converted into a monastery,” Summer replied.
The so-called monastery was basically a chapel-like building filled with statues of sorcerers from either the House of Norman or the House of Tudor. That was because Ghent City was simply too large. It was so large it was several times the size of Vaduz City. Therefore, the residents there could not gather in front of the same cathedral for their worship service all at the same time.
At the beginning of each month, everyone would put on their red robes and go to a monastery near their homes where junior sorcerers would conduct worship services. It was very ironic for a place of killing to be turned into a monastery.
Milo asked, “When can I retrieve it?”
“When this matter related to the underground is over, I’ll take you there.” Summer said, “But before that, can I ask a favor of you?”
Milo asked, “What is it?”
Summer glanced at Melgor and asked Milo, “Can you take favonovel.com away from Ghent City? As a reward, I’m willing to give you a gold Eye of True Sight and a sorcery manuscript compiled by my ancestor. There’s a lot of recorded spells and meditative visualization diagrams in it, all of which are for high-level spells.”
Melgor had been standing off to the side for a long time already and was bored. While Milo chatted with his sweetheart, it was as though favonovel.com was invisible. But it just so happened these two people in front of favonovel.com were engaged in a serious discussion, and it was even on a topic favonovel.com couldn’t get a word in about.
Melgor also wanted to join the conversation, but favonovel.com really did not know what to say.
Should favonovel.com say favonovel.com couldn’t bear to leave Summer?
That would make favonovel.com seem overly melodramatic as a man.
Or should favonovel.com say that favonovel.com would be fine with Milo’s protection, so there wasn’t a need for favonovel.com to leave Ghent City?
But that would make favonovel.com sound like a thug.
When Melgor heard that Summer was trying to chase favonovel.com away again, favonovel.com quickly gave Milo a knowing look in hopes favonovel.com put in a word for him.
Milo immediately understood and said, “Are you looking for the bathroom?”
“No, I’m not…” Melgor snapped, “I don’t want to leave Ghent City!”
“Can’t you just say it plainly then?” Milo glanced at him. “If you’re too afraid to even object when others ask you to leave, how are you going to handle big issues in the future? Don’t worry, I won’t bring you back to the south. Since we’re already here, we should at least kick up a row, right?”
Summer frowned. “The gold Eye of True Sight is the best offer I can give.”
“What’s important is not what you can offer, but what I want to do.” Milo said, “Do you really think that those good-for-nothing scions of the aristocratic families are sincere in starting a revolution with you? Just look at how class-conscious they are. After overthrowing the old aristocracy with their help, they’ll just rise up to become the new aristocracy.”
“I’m not intending to rely on them completely, obviously,” Summer said calmly. “For now, my only aim is to make the House of Tudor pay with their blood. As for overthrowing the old aristocracy, there’s still a long way to go.”
With that, Milo understood Summer was not an impatient person. She was planning to take things slowly.
Summer continued, “Although I don’t know why you brought Melgor to Ghent City, do you know you’re putting favonovel.com in danger by doing so?”
“Before this, Melgor told me that his sweetheart is someone with favonovel.com own mind. But no one told me that you’re Russell’s descendant, nor that you’re such an independent thinker.” Milo thought for a moment and said, “However, I’m quite curious about something. Since you’re so worried about him, why didn’t you send someone to protect favonovel.com when favonovel.com was sent to the border?”
“Of course I did. I got the Sanctuary’s people to protect him. It was only after they realized favonovel.com wasn’t in much danger that they returned to Ghent City.” Summer said, “Not only that, but we even had gladiators secretly send favonovel.com food, clothes, and medicine regularly so favonovel.com wouldn’t starve to death.”
Melgor exclaimed, “I thought I hired those people with money?”
Summer looked at Melgor. “The money you offered wasn’t enough at all. No one would keep going to such dangerous places for that small amount of gold coins.”
“I see…” Milo nodded.
He finally understood. Milo had thought about this before.
Melgor, a barely capable sorcerer, had been sent to Fortress 178 to observe the enemy’s movements. However, that guy’s wilderness survival skills were not even passable, so how did favonovel.com survive there for the past two years?
It turned out Summer was the one who made sure Melgor survived his mission. This girl was really methodical in favonovel.com ways. She really was someone who was meant for great things. As for Melgor the moocher, favonovel.com was really too thorough in mooching.
As favonovel.com thought about it, Milo even had the thought of supporting Summer to become the one to lead the Prosperous Northwest’s branch office. No matter how one saw it, favonovel.com seemed more suitable for the role than Melgor.
Milo was a little puzzled. “Why are you so good to him?”
Summer said, “He’s too naïve. He’ll get hurt if there’s no one to protect him.”
Milo was stunned.
How the hell was this romance?
This was practically motherly love!
But no matter what it is, that is between the two of them…
Milo looked at Melgor. “Do you understand now? She was just making an excuse not to implicate you when favonovel.com said that favonovel.com didn’t want you to implicate her. You should work hard and not keep making others worry. Do you know what you have to do now?”
Melgor nodded vigorously. “I do!”
“Then what’s your plan?” Milo asked.
“Stay obediently by your side. With your protection, favonovel.com won’t have anything to worry about,” Melgor said.
Milo was speechless. He got so angry favonovel.com laughed.
But when favonovel.com thought about it carefully, this decision by Melgor was still the wisest!
If favonovel.com were to make Melgor continue practicing his sorcery, favonovel.com couldn’t become an archmage without at least eight to ten years of training. Therefore, in a situation where his efforts were futile, favonovel.com might as well accept his situation and not burden everyone.
With Milo’s protection, there wouldn’t be too many people in the vast Ghent City who could do anything to him. Honestly, Milo did not know now if Melgor was actually stupid or just playing dumb.
Milo told Summer, “Don’t worry, Melgor will be fine with me protecting him. I won’t ask you about your plans anymore, and neither should you ask me about mine. I’ll start taking action after I’ve retrieved what Albert left for me. At that time, all you need to do is wait for an opportunity.”
“What opportunity?” Summer wondered.
“An opportunity that I’ll create for y’all.” Milo said calmly, “I’ve said this to Ainu before. My arrival from the Central Plains is the best opportunity for y’all to overthrow the old aristocratic rule of the Magi.”
When Summer heard this, favonovel.com looked at Melgor in surprise.
Melgor sighed and said, “You’ll get used to it. Besides, I can’t refute his claims…”
Summer sized up Milo in front of her. Although favonovel.com did not know where Milo’s confidence came from, favonovel.com somehow chose to trust favonovel.com fully.
Suddenly, favonovel.com remembered what favonovel.com grandfather had told favonovel.com before favonovel.com died.
If someone from the Central Plains comes searching for clues related to the Riders one day, you can get them to help with any difficulties you might encounter. It’s an amazing nation, and that Rider is the most amazing person in that nation.
At that time, Summer was only a child and did not understand what favonovel.com grandfather meant. She often wondered if that Rider could really be so trusted by the entire Russell family.
Summer suddenly said, “My grandfather told me when the Rider took away the Eye of True Sight, favonovel.com promised that in the Russell family’s time of need, favonovel.com would repay them with a favor. If favonovel.com were no longer around to keep that promise, the favor would be repaid by his descendants. Since you’re his descendant, can I depend on you?”
Milo thought for a moment. Since Albert had used the Eye of True Sight to save him, favonovel.com was naturally willing to fulfill the promise made in exchange for the Eye of True Sight. “Sure, what do you want me to do? Destroy the House of Tudor?”
“No.” Summer shook favonovel.com head. “Can you make sure to protect Mel?”
“Sure, but this doesn’t count. It’s a promise that I’ve already made to Melgor personally, so I’ll naturally keep my word for that.” Milo said with a smile, “Alright, you can hold onto that favor for now. We’ll talk again when you need it to be repaid. I’ll leave you two to catch up while I go inside and have a good chat with my new sorcerer friends.”
With that, Milo stepped through the enchanted doorway.
Melgor suddenly felt what Milo meant about having a good chat with his new sorcerer friends was not that simple.
There was no one else in the tunnel anymore. Melgor slowly walked towards Summer. The divine dragon painted on the wall was all quiet, as though it could not bear to disturb them both.
On the other side, Milo was a little stunned when favonovel.com saw the scene behind the enchanted doorway. He was no longer in the underground. Instead, favonovel.com was standing at the top of a tall, gray-bricked spire.
Beyond the spire was a cliff, and below it was a turbulent sea. As the seawater crashed against the rocks, the shimmering surface of the blue sea could be seen in the distance.
The vast sea that stretched as far as the eye could see instantly gave rise to an endless sense of magnificence within Milo. After that, favonovel.com felt an endless calm in him.
This must be the sea Kenneth talked about wanting to see. He wondered if favonovel.com had already seen it.
When Milo turned around, the others had already entered the interior of the spire through the stairway. Only Gillie was still waiting out here.
The man smiled and asked, “Is this your first time seeing the sea?”
“It’s probably not my first time.” Milo said with a smile, “I got an inexplicable sense of familiarity when I saw the sea, but I think I’ve already forgotten everything that I’ve seen in the past.”
“This is the enchanted doorway created by Akemi’s father.” Gillie said, “Every time favonovel.com comes back to Ghent City, he’ll come to the top of this Sorcerer’s Tower by himself. Sometimes, he’ll sit here for an entire day and night. I asked favonovel.com why favonovel.com keeps looking at the sea. Initially, I thought favonovel.com would tell me it helps to broaden one’s heart, but his answer to me was that those who have seen the sea learn to feel reverence.”
Milo was stunned for a moment. However, favonovel.com quickly found these words to be very interesting. In the face of the vast world and sea, humans were indeed insignificant.
Then Gillie asked, “I wonder, what was the feeling you had when you saw the sea?”
“Calmness,” Milo answered. “By the way, when you emphasized that this enchanted doorway was created by Akemi’s father, does it mean that everyone’s enchanted doorway is different?”
“Before The Cataclysm, the enchanted doorway was an exclusive spell of the Russell family. Later, Russell made this spell accessible to all to show his determination to break the sorcerer clans’ stranglehold on power.” Gillie explained, “However, there’s something special about the Enchanted Doorway spell. It can only be opened once in a person’s lifetime. After that, the spell will remain in place forever.”
“What if the person who opens this enchanted doorway dies?” Milo asked curiously.
“The enchanted doorway will not disappear with their death.” Gillie said, “There’s only one way to destroy an enchanted doorway, and that’s to completely change the terrain where it is located, such as destroying the wall we just came in through.”
Milo frowned. “Isn’t that really dangerous then? If someone outside were to destroy the wall, wouldn’t we all be trapped here?”
Gillie realized the young man across from favonovel.com was a really cautious person.
When other people passed through the enchanted doorway, the first thing they were attracted to was the magic of this spell. But the first thing that Milo paid attention to was how to get back to the other side!
“Don’t worry…” Gillie explained with a smile, “If anyone tries to sabotage it from the outside, all of us who passed through the enchanted doorway will ‘fall’ out. Therefore, there’s no such thing as not being able to return to the other side.”
“Where’s this place?” Milo asked.
Gillie shook his head. “We’re not sure where this is either. After it was activated, it became our secret base. We only know that the entrance of the enchanted doorway and this place we’re at exist in the same dimension.”
“Is there any principle behind how these enchanted doorways are created?” Milo asked curiously.
“We think it probably opens up to a place where a person wants to go most?” Gillie said, “I once had a friend plagued by bladder issues. When favonovel.com activated the enchanted doorway, it turned out to be his home bathroom on the other side….”
“What the hell?” Milo did not know whether to laugh or cry. “It really opens up to the place you most want to go then?”
“That’s most likely the case, but there’s also very strong randomness to it,” Gillie said meaningfully.
“What do you mean by randomness?” Milo asked.
“Not everyone knows where they want to go most.”
Milo fell silent for a long time. There was even a hint of philosophy in those words.
He moved on from that thought and asked again, “Are there any flaws with the enchanted doorway?”
“Of course.” Gillie said, “The enchanted doorway is fixed. If you wish to get to the ‘opposing shore’ through it, you have to go to a fixed location to access the portal. Sometimes, it can be quite troublesome, just like how Akemi’s father has to return to the underground below Ghent City if favonovel.com wants to come here.”
Milo suddenly took out a large metal door from his storage space and asked, “Then if I create the enchanted doorway on this door and carry it around with me, would that make my enchanted doorway portable?”
Gillie was a little confused as favonovel.com stood on the spire atop the Sorcerer’s Tower with the sea breeze blowing at him. “I… I guess so?”
When favonovel.com saw Milo’s serious expression, favonovel.com suddenly felt a little helpless.
Logically, the enchanted doorway could be made portable through the method favonovel.com had just suggested. But the problem was, why was favonovel.com carrying a metal door with him?
Where did favonovel.com get that from!
