The Emperor was infuriated for letting both of his prey escape. He did not understand how the human with the Draconic Core and Heart of the Cosmos survived the plane's explosion or where the one with another Ancient Magic Core escaped to after entering the Land of Desolation. He tried searching for their traces for several days yet failed miserably.
Since he could not pick up their traces from their last location, The Emperor decided to return first in Somuli where they first discovered the human with the Draconic Core and Heart of the Cosmos. Though The Emperor already suspected the human was not from there but from the Human plane, he reckoned he would return there since he appeared to be protective of that plane's residents.
However, upon returning to Somuli, The Coven stopped every attempt he made to descend from that plane. That plane might have a Sovereign and entering it would not be easy, The Emperor could easily bait its Sovereign, like how he did before. But The Coven stopped him at every turn to the point that he had the urge to destroy everything.
Unfortunately, the restrictions made by the Lower Realm was not something The Emperor could easily overcome. In the end, he bid his time and wander around the Lower Realm in search of any mages or forces that knew anything about the human with the Draconic Core and Heart of the Cosmos or that one possessing the treasured Ancient Magic Core of all, the Void. Your next read awaits at m,v -novelhall.net
The Emperor succeeded in finding the forces that knew about the Human plane. In fact, that force was where one of their pawns used to lead. Unfortunately, that useless pawn died and although it remained active because there were other mages that took over him, the new leaders were not one of their pawns.
The Emperor was not really worried. The moment he introduced himself, they became obedient and even swore loyalty to him.
After that, he asked them to give him all information they had about his prey. He did not tell them about the Heart of the Cosmos and only mentioned about the Ancient Magic.
Mages in the Lower Realm were ignorant about the truth of the Ancient Magic Cores and only referred to Ancient Magic as a very rare magic. The Emperor did not bother to educate them, however. There was no point in telling them something that did not concern them.
It did not take long for The Emperor to receive the information he asked. But something caught his eye that made him doubt the authenticity of the information.
According to the information, The Emperor's prey were one and the same.
Though it did not say that the human, Kyran Regis, possessed Draconic magic, he was no doubt someone who possessed Void magic. However, he possessed combat prowess similar to the human who possessed Draconic Magic. Moreover, the fact that he was a Regis, fitted the human The Emperor chased out from Somuli.
But that human never once used the Void.
The Emperor was also sure that the human he found in the Land of Desolation was different from the one he was chasing. To be precise, the latter's presence was hidden by the Heart of the Cosmos while the former's presence was too obvious, he stuck out like a sore thumb.
The Emperor did not even have problem picking up that human's traces every time he tried to escape by teleporting.
The Emperor tried to exploit the Sovereigns who swore loyalty to him. But they could not even hold a candle against The Coven. They could not even do a proper job in forcing the other Sovereigns under the Guardians factions to reveal themselves.
After suffering so many setbacks, The Emperor realized the Sovereigns in the Lower Plane was incompetent. Those who swore loyalty were unable to live up to his expectations. If he wanted to receive proper results, he needed competent and trustworthy people. And the only ones who knew who that could do were his people in the Higher Realm.
After more than four months of staying in the Lower Realm, The Emperor finally decided to return to the Higher Realm and select some of his most competent people to assist him back in the Lower Realm.
Without bothering to inform those incompetent fools, The Emperor returned to the Higher Realm.
"Ah~ this place is truly different from that wretched one. The air alone is fulfilling," he muttered and immediately made his way to the nearest plane under his jurisdiction.
He could have returned directly to his plane, but he did not want to alert anyone of his return. He also wanted to know what kind of atrocity the other clans had done while he was away.
The nearest plane where he appeared was near the Glacio plane, where the Glacio Clan rules.
Among the clans under the Solis, the Glacio were considered the most obedient to him. Thus, he preferred to be surrounded by them. There was also the Blade Dancer Clan, however, their recent results were disappointing.
As The Emperor made his way to the Glacio plane, he mentally calculated the days and realized that the Tower of the Ancients should have recently opened.
'Hm... if this is the case,' he paused and looked to his left where an unnamed plane within the Glacio's jurisdiction was located. 'I believe there is a portal there. Some of the Glacio Leaders should be there standing guard.'
The Emperor decided to make a detour and check if the Tower of the Ancients had indeed opened.
'Hm?' The Emperor frowned the moment he arrived in the unnamed plane. This was because, he found the plane empty.
There were living beings in that plane, but there were no signs of High Sovereigns.
Sensing a foreboding, The Emperor did not bother entering the plane and rushed to the Glacio plane.