Chapter 1 The Gate Of Eclipse—Open
July 7, X777!
Kingdom of Fiore!
Now one of the three kingdoms on the continent of Ishgar, the southern province, and the residence of the Heartfilia family!
Looking around, the plain in front of me is flat and wide, and there are houses lined up one after another, surrounding the castle standing in the center of the plain.
After all, the Heartfilia family is the most wealthy family in the kingdom, not to mention that the people who married in recent years are business geniuses, who have greatly expanded the Heartfilia family business.
only,
Compared with the property of the Heartfilia family, in the eyes of those with a heart, the real precious treasure of the Heartfilia family is the Celestial Spirit Magic inherited from generation to generation!
The Celestial Spirit key specific to the zodiac sign.
In the long history of magic, for Celestial Spirit mages, the most precious thing is undoubtedly the golden key from the zodiac.
Incredibly,
The Zodiac Keys, so precious to Celestial Spirit magisters, and indeed other magisters, are but a precious possession passed down from generation to generation in the Heartfilia family.
and today,
On this special day, Layla Heartfilia, the contemporary head of the Heartfilia family, came to a hidden place with the zodiac key inherited from generation to generation.
Even her husband Jude Heartfilia wanted to come, but Layla declined.
only because,
This is the mission of their Heartfilia family that has been passed down from ancient times to the present. Bandit Celestial Spirit mages and non-contemporary Patriarchs are not eligible to participate.
!
Accompanied by clear footsteps in the hidden space, Layla Heartfilia slowly came to a deep open space,
Bass!
With the stop of her footsteps, the whole space instantly brightened 25 blocks, and right in front of Layla standing,
It is a golden door with a height of hundreds of meters!
The whole body is made of bronze-like material, with heavy and complicated patterns distributed on it. Although it is dark, it still exudes a heavy and suffocating atmosphere.
It's like piercing through the sky!
And around this door, the air is extremely thin and cold, and there is not even half of magic power to speak of.
Seeing this golden door that was recorded in the family, Layla's eyes couldn't help being slightly startled, and she murmured,
"Is this the eclipse gate?"
After a moment of distraction, Layla finally came to her senses and reached out to take out a bunch of golden keys from her body.
A full twelve!
In order to follow the ancestral precepts of the Heartfilia family, Layla has not even had much time to take care of her five-year-old daughter.
Just to collect twelve keys.
Fortunately, the Heartfilia family inherited most of them. After years of hard work with her husband, they finally collected these keys.
"let's start."
With no time to think about it, Layla walked forward slowly, and inserted the twelve keys next to the huge lock on the golden door,
Stop the clicking!
Layla took a few steps back slowly, looked at the huge door in front of her, and took a deep breath, a clear golden magic rose from her body, and at the same time chanted,
"Until the stars shine in the sky"
"Piercing time and space to pull cause and effect"
Accompanied by the soft chants, magic power overflowed from Layla's body and poured into the huge portal in front of her,
Along with the buzzing vibration of the door, in front of Layla, the huge door lit up with golden patterns, spreading along the patterns on it,
Like a series of golden snakes, they spread towards the entire door along the lines of the door,
There was an invisible sound, and it sounded continuously, as if breaking the sky, but it sounded like a torrent of time in the long river of time.
In a colorful unknown space, there seems to be no time, no space, not even any creatures or sounds.
There are only colorful bubbles that keep appearing but disappearing.
A silver-haired young man wearing a platinum royal robe and holding a magic wand lay quietly in this space, with a torrent of light flowing beneath him,
Bass!
Bubbles and ripples were constantly emerging from the torrent of light, but as they expanded, snow-white lines spread from under the boy's body in the blink of an eye, suppressing the ripples.
Occasionally, there were astonishing waves in the torrent of light below, but they immediately calmed down when they touched the young man's body.
It was as if the boy himself was the existence that suppressed Chang He.
only,
It's a pity that this young man doesn't have any vitality, he just lies at the diversion of the long river like a silent corpse, suppressing everything.
suddenly,
The torrent of light below suddenly had a vortex. Facing all of this, the young man who looked like a corpse did not respond at all, and was especially calm.
With the end of Layla's singing, only one-third of the huge door turned into golden lines and sounded,
but,
Seeing this scene, Layla's pupils shrank, and her face was slightly covered with a teacup lid. The magic power she had accumulated for five years was still unable to completely open the door.
It seems that the magic power of the source of life must be used.
Thinking of this, Layla's eyes immediately turned firm, without any hesitation, since her mother taught her to open this door,
Otherwise, everything will stop, and the whole continent will come to an end!
And the protection and opening of this door called the eclipse gate is the biggest reason and the most important accusation for their Heartfilia family to inherit the keys of the zodiac.
so,
For the sake of the mainland, for mankind, and for the one she loves, Layla took a deep breath, her face turned pale,
bass!
Suddenly, from Layla's thin body, a stronger golden magic power bloomed than before, rushing out of her body like a surging king yang,
Crash!
The magic power flows like a golden river, rushing towards the door like a river returning to the sea, and the trend of spreading golden lines starts again in an instant, and the sound resounds through the space,
The whole process lasted for thirty breaths.
The dense golden patterns have completely penetrated the entire door, and there is a humming sound,
Then,
boom!
Accompanied by an extremely heavy sound, in the eyes of Layla, whose body was limp on the ground, all the golden lines on the huge door suddenly burst into dazzling light,
Brighter and brighter!
In the blink of an eye, a gust of wind formed in this deep underground, rolling towards Layla,
Hoo hoo!
Layla's pale face changed again, and she hurriedly stretched out her hands and prostrated herself on the ground, not letting herself be blown away by the strong wind,
But this gust of wind was so strong that it exhausted Layla's remaining physical strength in the blink of an eye, and her hands almost floated off the ground.
Then,
Whoosh!
The gust of wind in the entire space stopped instantly, and swirled away suddenly, as if completely absorbed by the light, it dissipated invisible in the blink of an eye,
In Layla's regained clear vision, there was a heavy moving sound sounded slowly,
Bass~!
Layla was taken aback for a moment, her face changed accordingly, she suddenly raised her eyes to look in front of her,
I saw the tall and heavy door finally slowly opened, and a soft light burst out from inside,
In the contemporary patriarch of the Heartfilia family, accompanied by slight and disorderly footsteps, two slender figures slowly appeared from the light,
but,
Soon there was a trembling sound in the deep space!
In Layla's shrunken pupils, a gigantic monster with a height of tens of meters emerged from the light, almost covering the figures of the two people in front,
Could it be that she turned it on by mistake?
Just as this thought flashed through Layla's mind, she smiled weakly, and then saw the first two figures walking out of the light, making Layla's eyes narrow slightly, full of astonishment,
Swish!
It was a crimson-haired woman with awe-inspiring temperament and wearing a black cloak.
Beside her was a gentle blonde girl in a golden robe.
There was a huge magic crystal floating behind them, and there seemed to be something wrapped in it.
Accompanied by the trembling of the ground in the deep space, a golden-yellow monster exuding a gentle and vast atmosphere completely appeared in Layla's eyes.
The sharp giant claws, the vigorous wings, the huge and heavy body, and the hideous rather than noble huge head all illustrate the identity of this behemoth—
— Dragon!
After the two people, one dragon and one magic crystal, walked out of the light, the huge door called the Eclipse Gate was just closed.
Seeing this deep space in front of her, the crimson-haired woman named Irene Belserion couldn't help turning her awe-inspiring eyes to the only figure present,
"What era is it now?"
"Eh?"
Layla was taken aback for a moment, a little unresponsive.
but,
Irene frowned slightly, making Layla's whole body sink,
"Miss Irene!"
The girl named Anna Heartfilia hastily spoke out to stop her behavior, which made Layla feel light all over.
Then,
Anna walked slowly in front of Layla who was lying limp on the ground, her crystal pretty eyes glanced at her curiously, then she smiled softly, stretched out her snow-white hands,
"You must be the current head of our Heartfilia family?"
"Eh?"
Layla was stunned for a moment, looking at the blond hair similar to hers and the familiar magical aura, before she could stand up, she exclaimed,
"Could it be that you are the ancestor of our Heartfilia family?"
"That's right."
Anna smiled faintly, stretched out her hand to help Layla up, but then frowned on her delicate and pretty face,
"How can the magic power in your body be so depleted?"
Before Layla suddenly said, Anna thought of something, and said with a pretty face,
"Could it be that you opened the eclipse door with your own magic power?"
"Uh huh."
Layla nodded a little ashamedly, which made Anna worry,
"The light opens the eclipse door with its own magic power, and your life will be affected.
As if thinking of something, Anna hurriedly turned her head to look at Irene who was slowly walking behind her, and hurriedly said,
"Sister Irene, you should have the remaining blood of the dragon on your body, right?"