But that woman's magic power seemed insufficient. No matter how much magic she poured into it, the gate would not open.
Just then, Cain noticed that the woman's magic power was rapidly declining. Was she going to fail?
Cain could tell that she wanted to open the gate, but she lacked some crucial step or item, which was why she had been unable to succeed.
At that moment, the woman seemed to make up her mind. Her nearly depleted magic power began to surge rapidly.
It soon surpassed the amount of magic power she had released before.
She was actually using her own life force to make up for the missing magic power.
Seeing what she intended to do, Cain could no longer stand by. He went to her side, placed both hands on her back, and began channeling magic power into her.
Cain was willing to help because the woman felt strangely familiar to him. Though he could not remember who she was, he was certain she was not a bad person.
Layla had actually noticed the boy hiding nearby long ago, but she had been at the critical point of opening the Eclipse Gate and could not speak to tell him to leave.
When the boy placed his hands on her back, she thought she was about to meet with disaster. Yet the pain she expected never came. Instead, a powerful, warm stream of magic power flowed into her body.
Fiore E. Toma hurriedly called out from the side, "Don't touch her."
Only when he heard Fiore E. Toma's voice did Cain realize there was actually someone else there. He had not noticed him at all before.
Maybe Fiore E. Toma was too short and Cain had overlooked him. Cain ignored his warning and continued pouring magic power