30 Powering the Ancient Artifact Gate (2/2)

Wentilakh observed the little witch's facial expression with amusement. Her light blue eyes were bright, devoid of stigma. They were only filled with curiosity and a slight liking, which puzzled him a little.

”Is this Frieda?” He patted the little loli's head. ”What a cute little one.” Wentilakh lamented his current position. He was praising a little blushing witch. Whereas not long ago, these witches were nightmares in precautionary tales of his tribe. Life was really full of surprises.

Newton smiled at the duo's antics. To him, Wentilakh was already a dear friend. They have so much in common, it was like they were long lost brothers. Additionally, Wentilakh was an extremely farsighted, competent researcher, with incredible vision. In his heart, he admired his new colleague deeply. ”Hold on to this tightly, little Frieda. Send them to Princess Linneia. Make sure she gets it and let her open the Cerebral Connector's channel in real-time when they start to test it.”

”Will do, Professor Grandpa.” Frieda answered cutely.

The two seniors watched as the little witch dissipated into thin air.

”I hope it'll work out as we wanted.” Newton said worriedly.

”I'm sure it'll be.” Wentilakh encouraged his new colleague cum friend.

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”Are you guys ready?” Linneia looked at her companions seriously one by one. Beside her, Raksha with Solstis nodded. On her left, Melati and little Frieda acknowledged her question. Behind them, ten of the best military personnel were selected to join their first human trial test on the functionality of the gate. All of them were equipped by new Recombinant Suits brought back from Neverwinter by Frieda. These suits were equipped with life function and flight besides basic shield and artillery. They were the newest version developed by the Immortal King. The last version was still not equipped with a flying function before. That was why only witches with flying abilities were required during the previous battle on Neverwinter airspace.

Linneia took a short while and focused her breathing while placing her right hand over her heart. Deep down, she was extremely nervous, but no trace of emotion could be observed on her beautiful face. She knew they were entering the unknown. There was no time to test slowly. Moreover, the amount of the synthesized Antimatter was limited. From prior testing, they found that as long as the 'Gate' connected, both materials will be consumed. There was no chance to reuse even if the 'gate' was open for a short second or for an hour. They also found out that the test animal that they send across with a rope can be pull back without any damage or mutation. They have wasted the fourth Xincor mineral and Antimatter for this. Right now, they only have six each.

Linneia turned to Professor Rogers and gave him the okay signal.

Professor Roger's instructed the researcher to prep the stone stele. As they added the right amount of Xincor mineral, the yellow light soared to the top part of the stele. The circular structure started to emit a wave-like magnetic energy. They then used a special metallic holder to place one of the Antimatter brought back by Frieda.

A green light soared from the second stone stele. After that, one of the researchers traced the writings on the platform following the images that they have seen in the past recording. All the cryptic words lit up one by one after being traced.

A wave-like florescent blue ripples appeared at the center of the circular gigantic stone 'gate'.

Linneia took a deep breath and started climbing the steep levitating stone stairs with the assistance of the Recombinant suit, followed by her companions.

All of them disappeared as they entered the wave-like blue ripples.

Professor Rogers took a deep breath. With the absence of the crown princess and the few core members from the Witches Union, he had been tasked to head the exploration group. He will have the final say in any matters concerning the Ancient Artifact Gate after this. However, Professor Rogers was feeling a sense of foreboding. Feeling puzzled, he tried his best to brush it off and tried to stay positive.

He gripped his hands tightly and started praying to the Gods as he knew that they were running out of time.

[Everything depends on you now, Princess. Please be safe. Please save us….]