Novel Full Chapter 1100: Chase (14)
Oceanus, with a sense of urgency, directed his people to swiftly and meticulously transfer all the information they had on the Blade Dancer Clan to his tablet. He also expedited the preparation of the transportation that would safely and efficiently take Kyran and Leif to the Blade Dancer Clan’s plane.
Information about Kyran and Leif’s itinerary had to be kept confidential, so Oceanus could not assign just any of his people to the task of preparing their transportation. In fact, he made it appear that he was the one leaving and that Leif would only be accompanying him. As for Kyran, his inclusion was not mentioned. He would not even show up when Oceanus and Leif boarded the transportation.
However, Kyran confirmed that he had a means of boarding. Thus, they did not have to concern themselves with how to stow him in secretly.
Once Oceanus received the Blade Dancer Clan’s information, he transferred it to the tablet he gave Kyran during their first in-person meeting.
Kyran was impressed at how efficiently Oceanus’s people worked. In just a few minutes, they transferred probably a lifetime’s worth of information on the Blade Dancer Clan.
As the transportation was being prepared, Kyran eagerly delved into reviewing the Blade Dancer Clan’s information.
Since there was still time before they left for the Blade Dancer Clan’s plane, and Kyran was glued to the tablet, reading the information he got, Oceanus decided to take that moment to catch up with his daughter, Leif.
Leif seemed to have the same thoughts because she was looking at her father while biting her lower lip. She seemed to be contemplating how to start a conversation between them.
‘I don’t think it is necessary to be secretive since he seemed to have his full attention on reading the Blade Dancer Clan’s information,’ Oceanus decided to speak to his daughter telepathically.
‘Hm… I suppose you’re right, Father,’ Leif replied while looking at Kyran.
“It will seem rude to use telepathy, so let’s talk freely,” Oceanus continued with a slight smile and glanced at Kyran’s profile. He felt that it was better to be as transparent as possible with the younger man since he already agreed to an alliance.
Besides, Oceanus could not ignore the feeling that Kyran would know if he and Leif talked behind his back.
Oceanus’s feelings were not unfounded. In fact, even if Kyran were not paying attention to them, with his naturally enhanced senses, beings like Oceanus and Leif would not be able to hide their emotions. Since both Oceanus and Leif were pure mages, they relied on magic items or spells to conceal their emotions and tricks.
However, they would not be able to conceal the minute changes in their physical— whether internal or outer— conditions.
For example, Oceanus and Leif could conceal the fluctuations in their surroundings while conversing through telepathy. But once they reacted to each other’s words, Kyran could easily detect the minute change in their breathing, heart rate, and even the slight change in their facial expressions or body movements.
Kyran would not know what they were talking about, but the fact that they were conversing in secret was enough to confirm that their topic was related to him in one way or another. That was enough for him to change his mind about trusting Oceanus and Leif.
“I agree,” Leif smiled and nodded in agreement to her father’s suggestion.
“If you are uncomfortable about sharing what happened in the tower, then just say what you are comfortable sharing.”
Leif shook her head at once, “It is fine. Null did not exactly prohibit us from talking. Of course, we have to be careful about who will hear us.”
She then turned to look toward Kyran’s direction as if wanting to affirm if she was correct in thinking that way.
When Kyran did not react, Leif heaved a sigh of relief and smiled at her father wryly.
“Don’t worry. Whatever is shared here will stay between the three of us.”
After Oceanus declared that he tripled the sound isolation magic around the room.
“Then, I’ll start by telling you what happened after we met with Null…”
Leif then gave a brief yet comprehensive account of what transpired in the Tower of the Ancients. However, because she was mostly unconscious before meeting the other Dragon Clan representatives, she could not tell Oceanus how Kyran ended up with so many people following him. She did manage to tell him how the Blade Dancer Clan representatives that Kyran took hostage agreed to become his informant.
Oceanus listened to Leif’s narration intently. At first, he could still maintain a calm demeanor. But as her story progressed, cold sweats started to flow down his back like a waterfall. He almost thought his heart would stop when Leif started telling him that Kyran was actually part of Ames’s family in the Lower Realm.
Ultimately, Leif refrained from telling her father about Kyran’s unstable relationship with the Dragon Clan or how he fell unconscious almost as soon as they arrived in the Dragon Plane.
She did not say anything about that, not because she believed that the topic was quite sensitive since it was a family matter. Instead, she noticed Kyran tilting his head with slightly furrowed brows when she was about to mention something. She took the subtle hint and immediately skipped that part.
‘H-He’s listening…’ Leif thought while gulping nervously. She did not know how Kyran could split his attention when he was clearly focused on what he was reading, but she sensed he was indeed listening to their conversation.
Oceanus also caught on to this and felt his heart palpitate in fear. He could not believe that a mere human from the Lower Realm could actually inflict such emotions on him when he could be considered one of the most powerful and influential mages in the Higher Realm since he was an Overlord and from the older generation.
Or maybe that was the reason. He was far too old to be playing along with the mages of the current generation— a mage that could not be treated normally since he possessed the most powerful and dangerous Ancient Magic.
Oceanus looked at Kyran and sighed inwardly. Suspecting the latter to be part of a medium or large clan was different from confirming it. Moreover, it was not just a medium or large clan but the Dragon Clan.
Although Kyran said he was not part of the Dragon clan, Oceanus understood why since he had heard rumors about a great number of dragons being disappointed that Ames married a human from the Lower Realm before, that did not change the fact that dragon blood courses through his veins.
This could very well be the reason Kyran exuded an air of nobility and power without even trying.
“Master Oceanus, the transportation is ready.”
While Oceanus contemplated the things he had learned from his daughter, one of his aides knocked on the door and announced the completion of their preparation.
Oceanus was the only one who heard the aide because he had set up the sound isolation magic.
‘Thank you. Leif and I will be there shortly.’
Oceanus responded telepathically.
“Is it really alright to bring only a handful of attendants along?”
‘Yes.’
“Very well.”
The aide lowered his head before leaving.
Kyran put down the tablet in his hand and looked at Oceanus. He then said, without waiting for the latter to announce anything, “Overlord Oceanus, you and Lady Leif can board the ship as agreed. I’ll follow after you depart.”
Oceanus more or less guessed that Kyran intended to use his magic to follow. But as far as he understood, Kyran could only use his magic on places he had been to.
So how…?
“Please go. You’ll know it soon enough,” Kyran replied as if reading through Oceanus’s thoughts again.
Oceanus sighed, “Ha… How are you doing that? I now understand that concealment is not your innate ability, so does that mean it’s reading minds?”
Leif was the one who clarified that Kyran’s concealment was not an ability. However, she attributed it to one of the Void’s nature rather than the Heart of the Cosmos’s ability.
Oceanus and Leif left soon after that, leaving Kyran alone in the room.
Kyran took a deep breath after the two left and rubbed the bridge of his nose. For the first time after his body underwent enhancement, he experienced a very bad headache. The cause was not because of the conversation between Leif and Oceanus but the information he had read about the Blade Dancer Clan.
Although he had yet to read everything, he already had a good understanding of the internal relationship of the five Blade Houses that constitute the Blade Dancer Clan.
The Blade Dancer Blade Houses represent the five prominent innate magic that their members possess: Chakram, Labrys, Halberd, Katar, and Sound.
The first four houses were all weapons that could be considered rare in the Lower Realm. However, the fifth house seemed to deviate from the norm and was called Sound. This was not to say that the Sound House members could not use weapons. As a matter of fact, it was better to consider their members as rare talents who possessed two innate magic.
Their members could also use Weapon magic and summon swords, spears, or daggers. However, their most prominent innate magic just happened to be Sound magic.
Alta, the scary woman Kyran encountered in the unnamed plane, was part of the Sound House. Shiloh, as well.
In any case, based on Ogen’s information, the Sound House, with their rare affinity with both weapons and sound, were well-received outside the Blade Dancer Clan. When other clans requested assistance from the Blade Dancer Clan, most of them requested mages or combat mages from the Sound House. Because of this, their reputation and network were far greater than the other houses. Find your next adventure on мѵʟ
Contrary to the fame they received from the outside, however, the Sound House was pretty much like a pariah within the Blade Dancer Clan. That did not mean they were severely ostracized, though. Their Head of Clan made sure that they were still treated fairly.
Speaking of the Blade Dancer’s Head, Geir, Kyran found it strange that he was known as a pushover yet managed to preserve the peace within his clan’s houses. This alone meant he could not be underestimated just because he always followed The Emperor’s orders without questions.
Considering all these, Kyran realized how hard it was to make a move on the Blade Dancer Clan since his informants were part of the Sound House. Since they were not well-received within their own clan, if he made a wrong move, it might trigger the other houses to make a move on them instead.
‘I have to think through my next move properly. If not, I will end up losing a good opportunity…’
No one knew what Kyran was thinking at those moments. But if they did, they might faint in shock at its audacity.