Legacy of the Dark Sage

The Regis Terram was roughly five hundred square meters with a hundred-meter wide and twenty-meter high steep cliff in the middle.

A small lake was located above the cliff, with its excess water streaming down like a short waterfall to the side that led to the river below the cliff. Even though there was no other body of water that pushes water into the lake, the water it produces and was streaming down the river seemed endless.

Lush trees surrounded the river and it went all the way to the periphery.

Without wasting any more time, Kyran roused his Draconic magic before jumping and entering the Regis Terram.

Even before Kyran landed, he felt the change in gravity as soon as he entered the periphery of the floating land. In an instant, his body felt heavy and he almost slammed head-first to the ground.

'Ngh...!' He felt every bone in his body protest under the gravitational pull. 'This gravity...!'

Kyran's eyes widen in shock as he roughly estimated that the gravity inside the Regis Terram was at least hundred times that of the Human plane. If his body had not fully amalgamated after drinking the Elixir, he would have already been crushed to death the moment he entered the terram's periphery.

'Don't tell me this is the Dragon plane's normal gravity,' Kyran wondered. If it was the case, then it would explain why dragons had a huge advantage in terms of their raw strength and speed when appearing in other planes- at least, in the Lower Realm.

Most planes in the Lower Realm had the same gravity as the Human plane while some probably were two or three times stronger. 'Probably' because Kyran had only been to a few planes and all had similar gravity to the Human plane, thus, he could not really say.

To most, this piece of information was considered valuable. With this, they could gauge the dragon's real strength while also determining a possible counter to the difference in gravity. But to Kyran, the information about the Dragon plane's gravity was only secondary. What was far more valuable to him was that the Regis Terram retained its property. The change in gravity inside the Regis Terram was proof that it was not part of the Human plane. This also meant that the chances of creating the rare materials he needed while inside the terram — as long as it was available in the Dragon plane too— were higher.

It took Kyran almost a minute to gain his bearings. He had to utilize 50% of the Regis Blessing in his body and even then, the gravitational pull only decreased by fifty to sixty percent. He roughly guessed that if he could use 100% of the blessing, the gravity inside the terram would no longer affect him.

Unfortunately, Kyran had never used 100% of the Regis Blessing for fear of possible repercussions. His body might already be comparable to a baby dragon's. But that was it. It was comparable to a baby only— not an adult, and the Regis Blessing he possessed was not as simple as possessing a drop of dragon's blood. He literally possessed Draconic magic but he always felt that his body was still not strong enough to use it 100%.

'If I want to train my Draconic magic, this is the best place to do that,' Kyran suddenly thought. He began to consider taking the Regis Terram out of the Regis Estate. Maybe transfer it to the Chaos Palace.

Kyran put the matter of taking the terram and made his way to the center. He jumped up the cliff and found a small flat clearing right in the middle of the lake.

'That's...'

Kyran landed on the clearing and looked at a small red sphere floating in the middle. He found the sphere somewhat strange because it did not seem to be made of stone. It actually appeared to be made of liquid.

'Could that be the dragon's blood?'

Kyran's Draconic core stirred as the thought crossed his mind. It was as if it wanted to confirm his guess.

To avoid anything untoward happening if he got too close to the sphere, Kyran stayed close to the edge of the clearing. There he sat cross-legged and started to rouse his Void magic.

He did not release the Draconic energy in his body when he roused the Void. If he did, then the gravity pulling his body would return to normal, and his body would barely survive the strain.

Using the Shaiha, Kyran balanced the two magic. His only fear was the terram rejecting the Void magic, preventing him from using it.

Fortunately, his concern was unfounded, and he was able to rouse and summon Void magic without any problems.

After confirming that the two magic energies circulating inside the Shaiha were stable, Kyran began his work in creating the materials he needed.

Soon, he discovered that he could create all of the needed materials to fix Neo. This made him ecstatic and even more determined to take the Regis Terram with him.

Before Kyran began working on Neo and, if time would allow it, completing the rest of his unfinished puppets, he sent a coded message to Myst and Raya. He asked them to continue guarding the periphery leading to the hole in the sky.

Light was already there, but Kyran did not trust her to deal with the people investigating the hole. Thus, he asked Myst and Raya for this.

Apart from them, Kyran also sent a coded message to his grandfather, Euan, Malek, Ezra, and Byron.

The content of his message to them was the same. He told them about the possibility of more Sovereigns descending from the hole in the sky and asked them to make preparations. After that, he also sent some items to them. Being at a place that helped him create items without worrying if that item could be produced was very convenient. The more Kyran stayed in the Regis Terram, the more he wanted to keep it for himself.

In any case, after sending them coded messages and materials, Kyran started working on Neo and his puppets.

*

Nolan and Ruin stood near the hole that led to the Human plane. Both of them were looking straight ahead toward the seven figures several hundred meters away from them.

Starting from the far left, dressed in a red flowing dress, was none other than Deception. Beside her was a huge gold and green toad dressed in a red cloak with gold accents. Both its arms were glowing in red as if they were made of magma. This toad was who Light referred to as Sovereign of Toad.

Next to Toad appeared to be a huge rectangular black steel, with a huge fan attached to its back. Its title was the Sovereign of Squall.

Beside Squall was a translucent white robe that seemed to flutter with an invisible wind. The robe was the Sovereign of Frock.

Standing next to Frock appeared to be a human, but also not so human because, from the waist up branched out to two torsos— a male and a female. It was dressed in a blue and green flowing robe, and where their faces should be, were masks. The mask of the one with the male body had a male symbol, while the female had a mask with the female symbol.

This was the Sovereign of Gemini.

Next to Gemini was a huge steel tower with a head of a horse engraved in front of its body.

This was the Sovereign of Calx.

Lastly, the one on Calx's right was an old crooked-looking staff. There was nothing much of note to it, but its title was the Sovereign of Club.

"F*ck," Nolan could not help but mutter under his breath after sensing the auras that the five newcomers emitted.

In particular, two of them emitted a very oppressive aura that made his body want to squirm in fear.

Fear.

'Ah, f*ck,' Nolan repeated inwardly. His eyes narrowed upon realizing the fear in his heart.

When was the last time he felt this emotion?

Actually, he felt it recently. However, the fear he felt then was different from the fear he felt at that moment.

The former fear Nolan felt after almost failing to find the location of Azaloth's Inheritance. He failed not because of his bad sense of direction but because his essence was fatally wounded, and he received the backlash while battling a golden ape legendary beast.

Nolan managed to survive with the help of his cloak. If not for that, he would have lost a limb or two just to escape from the golden ape.

Now, the fear Nolan felt was because of the unknown.

That was right. He did not fear the auras emanating from the two newcomers but the unknown magic they possessed.

The most troublesome thing to happen in a battle was not knowing what your opponent could do.