Legacy of the Dark Sage

Chapter 1084: Starting Point

When Lucian received an urgent report that one of the Blade Dancers' representatives at the Tower of the Ancients regained consciousness, he did not waste time and immediately visited their plane.

Usually, going there would take him a few days, but since he was in a hurry, he did not hesitate to use one of his treasured relics that allowed him to travel at the speed of light. It consumed an enormous amount of his magic energy and caused mental fatigue, but he did not care. To him, finding a lead to one of his prey was far more important.

Truth be told, Lucian would not have used that relic if he just waited patiently for more updates on their side's representatives. But because he did not want rumors of him being afraid of the Dragon Clan, which was why he allowed their representatives to behave arrogantly and even kill several clan representatives under his clan, he decided to visit the Dragon plane as soon as possible.

To get there as soon as possible, he used a different magic item that allowed him to teleport at a great distance as long as he properly input his destination's correct coordinates. The magic item did not require a crazy amount of magic energy like the treasured relic, but in turn, had a cooldown of three days— meaning, he could use it again only after three days had passed.

Lucian could not wait that long, so he decided to use his treasured relic regardless of its aftereffects.

The head of the Blade Dancer Clan, Geir, was a middle-aged man with ash blonde hair and amber eyes. His features could easily be mistaken as a Solis if not for his clan uniform, which was a dark red coat with diamond ornaments.

Then again, if one looked back at the roots of the Blade Dancer Clan and the Solis Clan, they were actually related. The only difference was that the Solis Clan members were created right after their light took form, while the Blade Dancer Clan came out of the light from a heavenly smith's furnace, thus taking on a weapon form.

Over time, the Solis Clan managed to retain their pure form, while the Blade Dancer Clan branched out, and their mages would have different innate magic than their forefathers.

Though Lucian's visit to the Blade Dancer was on such short notice, Geir managed to follow proper etiquette and greet him in time. However, Lucian did not care about the formalities and only wanted to meet the Blade Dancer Clan's representative who regained consciousness.

Geir, along with five elders of the five Blade Houses of the Clan accompanied Lucian as they went to meet the representative. Each of the Elders was at the peak of High Sovereign. Two of the elders shared the same shade of blonde hair as Geir, while another two others had light brown hair and their eyes were also a light shade of green.

Only one elder's features differ greatly and she was the only female on their lot. She had light blue hair and golden eyes. All of the elders also wore a dark red coat, but instead of diamond ornaments, they were platinum gold.

"What other things have you found?" Lucian asked Geir as they made their way to one of the connecting mansions of the Blade Dancer's central palace.

He had been asking them non-stop about what the Blade Dancer's surviving clan representative told them as soon as he woke up.

"Some of the things he said were beyond comprehension," Geir replied while shaking his head. "Even when he explained how the culprit used his magic is beyond our understanding."

"And yet you deemed that culprit possess the most dangerous Ancient Magic."

"That is..." he lowered his head and furtively looked at the other elders.

In fact, they did not want The Emperor to know about their clan's attempt at finding a portal for their clan and Alta's encounter with the dark mage. But given how things turned out in the Tower of the Ancients, if they did not come clean they might suffer something more than The Emperor's wrath.

"Please forgive us, your majesty. The truth is..."

Geir decided to come clean and told The Emperor what happened before the portals activated and why they believed the root cause of that was the culprit.

After he confessed to everything their clan had done, all six of them braced themselves for The Emperor's wrath.

"Hm... only the Void can indeed affect the portal to the Tower of the Ancients. It is part of its element, after all."

Geir and the elders were at a loss for words. The wrath they expected to explode from The Emperor did not happen. Instead, they sensed an emotion akin to elation coming from him.

"I see..." Lucian muttered, his eyes glistened in excitement. "After finding his way to the Higher Realm, he most likely wanted to improve himself. Since our paths have crossed, he might have used me as the threshold of this place. Because of that, he would definitely do anything in order to get stronger and avoid getting bullied."

"Y-Your Majesty?"

Lucian exhaled sharply before turning to Geir with a smile, "Good job. Alta was it? The one who found him first?"

"Finding the rest would be easier if I get the Void Core, first."

If one had control over the Void, they would practically become the master of the realm. If a mage with The Emperor's level used it, everything in the realm would be within his reach.

"The Blade Dancer will see to it that we find the dark mage," Geir declared as he knelt before The Emperor.

The elders followed his lead and also knelt before The Emperor.

Lucian looked at them with a smile, "Good."

*

A cold silence transcended inside the Throne Room of the Main Palace after Ames told the eight aides the truth of their situation.

Anyone subjected to the scrutiny of the eight aides would have already faltered, but Ames stood her ground. She even summoned a barrier to keep Myst from being crushed by their pressure.

"Being angry at this point will not improve our situation," Ames pointed out as she looked at the aides. "Yes, not telling you beforehand about the truth did cause the situation to escalate, but at least we managed to avert The Emperor's eyes for now. Since we don't have to worry about him, we can focus on Kyran's matter."

"He is not part of the clan."

"He is my descendant, he has my blood, which makes him a part dragon."

"He is human. He may have draconic blood in his veins, but his body is that of a human."

"He is not just a mere human," Ames argued. "He is the human. He has the Ancient Body constitution."

"!"

All eight aides were rendered in silence from the shock of her revelation.

Myst was the same. But rather than receiving a shock after learning their Young Master had an Ancient Body, he was rendered in silence because he could not keep up with their discussion.

What did having an Ancient Body even mean?

"The Shaiha also chose him," Ames continued. "While we still have the initiative, rather than stubbornly denying them because they are not officially part of the clan, please... help us."

"..."

"..."

The aides did not respond after Ames's heartfelt plea for assistance. Nevertheless, her expression remained calm as if their answer did not really matter.

Obviously, that was not the case. If the aides decided not to help she would continue to convince them until they do.

"That is enough, Lady Ames."

Surprisingly, the one who broke the silence was the person Ames least expected.

"We understand the situation, and before we can commit to anything, we would like to observe what he intended to do."

Ducal said, looking at Ames through his silver-gold eyes.