"Your Highness's period of seclusion must have yielded considerable gains," Angel said as he looked at the imposing Demonfire Midir before him.
Demonfire Midir coughed and subconsciously glanced at his left earlobe, where Angel had concealed the mark. "Indeed. The gains were substantial."
Angel smiled softly. From the subtleties in Demonfire Midir's gaze, he could tell that it truly had researched something from Odecras's Flame Mark.
It had to be said that elemental lifeforms possessed perception and comprehension of pure elemental power far beyond that of ordinary people.
Even elemental wizards might not necessarily gain any insight from seeing Angel's Flame Mark. Yet Demonfire Midir had done so. Though the elemental tide had played a part, it was still terrifying.
Angel did not press Demonfire Midir about what it had discovered. With a smile, he let the subject pass.
"I wonder why Your Highness summoned me?"
Returning to the main topic, Demonfire Midir's evasive, flickering expression gradually settled into calmness. "Now that you have time, sir, can you tell me what the 'gateway' of the Tidal Realm means?"
Demonfire Midir had asked this question before, but Angel had not answered at the time. He had still needed to seek more information about Feng, and he did not know how much elemental lifeforms understood about this world, planar Fusion, or humanity.
But now, they could discuss it.
Because Angel had met Ma Gu, and this sage knew a great deal.
Even regarding the "gateway," Ma Gu understood the root of its existence, though he did not know where it was.
Now that Demonfire Midir had asked again, Angel believed it must already have learned the general situation from Ma Gu. There was no need to conceal it any longer.
With that in mind, Angel said, "To understand the Tidal Realm's gateway,