The Primordial Record novel Chapter 121

Chapter 121 Sight of the Blind (4)

Rowan hurried toward the swirling yellow portal, he hopes that it would be the familiar Teleportation Station the prince was familiar with.

The earthquake increased and Rowan had to begin jumping across the gaps on the ground, and tried to steady himself with each footstep he was making as he landed, time was of the essence.

Reaching the portal, he looked around for the raised Teleportation Dais by the side that controls the portal. He silently hoped that the controls still worked, and was glad that the dais still had a silvery glow around it.

The controls were also similar to others he knew, and he was lucky that it was still powered on. As activating the Teleportation Dais requires the ability to harness and manipulate Aether.

The Teleportation Dais were used as prearranged locations for teleportation, and it could also be used as a control method to teleport into specific random locations as needed as far as there was a teleportation station at the other end.

The most important part was that It could also teleport to random locations without any receiving teleportation stations, but it was a risky move.

Without any receiving station, he could find himself teleported into the ground, or maybe into space or a dozen other mishaps of randomly sending himself into the void, using a device that folded and rearranged space like a cloth.

Rowan did not understand all the specifics of teleportation, it was among some of his studies in alchemy, but he never went beyond the basics and only knew how to control and manipulate an active Teleportation Dais.

He intended to use the third feature to leave the Nexus, which was teleporting to a random location, else if he goes through the portal, it was most likely that he would be sent to the headquarters of his enemies, at his current level of power, that was a death sentence, or even a worse fate.

Now, how was he to find a location far enough from the Nexus and away from the reach of his family?

Rowan tapped on the surface of the Teleportation Dais, and like a hologram from his previous life, glowing symbols and a large map floated above the Dais, it was voice and touch sensitive.

"Show me the present location." The glowing map reversed and zoomed out, before the image began to rapidly shift and he saw his location. It was on an island in the middle of nowhere. There were no visible landmarks thousands of miles around him.

Rowan shook his head in chagrin, this was not what he should be concentrating on checking first.

"What is the maximum distance for a random teleportation into the void?"

The Teleportation Dais began to hum as numbers began to arrange themselves before him one at a time.

"You cannot run far enough." The voice behind him was Lamia. Rowan closed his eyes in frustration and turned towards her, hiding every frustration inside his heart. He made sure he was blocking her sight with his body.

Standing behind him was Lamia's champion, he was bleeding profusely, his yellow blood creating a small pool around his leg.