Chapter 544: Not Too Long
She thought for a long time before finally making up her mind to stay by the young mage's side.
She had endured enough of the endless waiting...
In the past, not knowing the truth, she always hoped for the day she would reunite with her father. That hope was the only thing that helped her bear the endless loneliness.
But now, she knew it had all been a lie—a deception that lasted for thousands of years...
Of course, the main reason was that she didn't trust the young mage...
What if, after hundreds of years, the young mage reached the highest rank but had already forgotten this promise?
So she felt safer staying by his side, able to remind him at any moment—You still have a promise to keep...
At that moment, Leon frowned, his gaze lingering on Reina. He took a deep breath, turned, and stepped onto the chain bridge, retracing their path across the endless ice field. The seven of them returned the way they came, taking nearly ten hours before finally arriving at the Plane Gate.
While traveling through the Plane Gate, Leon did not forget to retrieve the Five-Colored Dragon Core from the center of the passage. After returning to the Blazeforge Realm, he eagerly removed the Five-Colored Dragon Core embedded in the teleportation array. The azure Plane Gate vanished in silence, but there was no regret—he had already used the Death Tome to record the coordinates of the Winterrealm.
This journey to the Winterrealm proved immensely rewarding—they successfully obtained five Five-Colored Dragon Cores.
After returning to the Blazeforge Realm, Leon parted ways with Thorne Merlin and the others. Instead of going back to the Inferno Fortress, he stayed in Specter Valley, finding a secluded spot to meditate in silence.
During his three months in the Blazeforge Realm, he fought battle after battle. Yesterday's fight with the Frost Dragon Reina had pushed him to the limit, draining all his mana—including the magical energy stored in the three Essence Relics he possessed. That battle left him with profound gains and many new insights.
So, as soon as he returned, he couldn't wait to process and absorb these insights...
This process was destined not to be short. Days slipped by, and Leon remained in meditation, motionless and expressionless...
Yet, somewhere hundreds of meters away, a pair of silver eyes was closely watching him.
In fact, when they first arrived in the Blazeforge Realm, Reina didn't return to the Inferno Fortress with Thorne Merlin and the others. Instead, she secretly followed Leon, keeping her distance once he began meditating, waiting quietly...
With her keen vision as an Eighth Rank Title Archmage, she could easily tell that the young mage was at a critical moment and couldn't be disturbed. It was clearly going to be a long process—maybe days, maybe months. She waited patiently, always keeping a close watch, driving away magical beasts that might interrupt him.
As she waited in silence, a surge of powerful magic suddenly erupted from the young mage, whipping up a fierce wind that sent sand and stones flying. The air was filled with the terrified cries of magical beasts, but the young mage himself sat there, completely unaffected.
So strong...