Gilan grinned at Ashirs.
He said nothing, merely stepping forward toward the enormous stone gate that seemed embedded at the entrance to the canyon.
As he passed the black-robed, masked apostle, Gilan could feel the other man's icy gaze fixed upon him.
And the indifferent gazes of unknown origin coming from all directions.
Even in the enemy camp, Gilan's expression remained unchanged. Carrying his white cane, he walked while tilting his head up to examine the Scorpio Gate standing before him.
This gate was even larger than the Gate of Weights. Rather than being square, it had a rounded arch structure, smooth and lacking in sharp angles.
The stone pillars on either side were covered in dense relief carvings, exquisite and intricate. The patterns depicted countless humans gathering and heading toward the "tower" at the center of the arched lintel, as though they held some profound meaning.
The legend of Babel Tower?
Gilan had a guess.
Teacher mentioned that Babel Tower was the residence of the White Dove Poet, and also a token of love that Lady Ya gave Him... The worldly secret society, White Dove Tower, may have taken its name from this mythological symbol.
With that thought, he had already passed through the gate.
The relief carvings on the gate emitted a faint glow, twisting and rippling in a mesmerizing fashion.
A familiar sense of revelation descended upon him.
Gilan abruptly stopped, frozen where he stood.
An immense and mysterious body of knowledge surged from the Scorpio Gate into his mind!
It was knowledge concerning Mirage, the Rank 7 Source Quality of the White Dove Poet pathway in October, within the Furnace Star Coin spiral!
This Source Quality allowed one to turn oneself into fiction, alter a target's cognition, and affect an extremely wide range with tremendous deceptive