"I am not entirely sure if there is a good spot," Sebastian said. "I mean, you want to train in the middle of the sky, near the World Ceiling, right?"
"Yep," Kyle said. "But how am I supposed to do that? As far as I know, this thing is going to take years to learn. If I do it in the sky above the Winterfire Empire, I will be immediately spotted. If I do it above the Grand Ocean, I might be able to train in peace for some months, but at some point, there's bound to be a Transcendent passing over the Grand Ocean near my location."
"I also can't do it above Silvester's place since that would implicate him. Hiding with some kind of reflective platform also won't work since Transcendents use Ether Sense more than their vision."
"As far as I can see, no matter where I go, I will be found."
Sebastian scratched his chin in thought as he listened to Kyle.
"What about the Twilight Duchy?" he asked.
"Eh, no," Kyle said. "I don't think I can hide from the Duchess of Twilight."
"No, I mean, what if you just go there legally? Like a visitor or something," Sebastian said.
"A visitor?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, you're not part of the Winterfire Empire," Sebastian said. "Maybe you could go to the border and ask for a pass or something. None of the Transcendents dare to venture into the Twilight Duchy."
Kyle scratched the back of his head for a couple of seconds.
"It sounds stupid, but maybe it'll work," he said. "I might try that."
Sebastian nodded. "Great! Then, maybe I have a chance to finally catch up."
Kyle just smirked.
When Kyle had returned to Sebastian, Sebastian had actually felt the difference in power this time.
He hadn't comprehended another Fragment, while Kyle had comprehended two that increased his power by quite a bit.
At this moment, if the two of them were to fight, Kyle would have the advantage.
But it wouldn't always remain like this.
The Fragments Sebastian was currently learning were of a much higher level. Just comprehending one of the Fragments was akin to learning two to three Fragments for Kyle.
Sebastian was in the middle of comprehending a Fragment he called the Fragment of Anti-Lightning's Focus.
If he managed to learn that, his power would make a terrifying jump.
"Are you sure everything's in order?" Kyle asked. "I will be gone for years, most likely. I don't want the machine to break."
"It's fine," Sebastian said. "I went over the design again, and I have found ways to fix everything myself, as long as I have spare parts, which I do."
"Good," Kyle said with a nod. "Then, I'll try to gain legal entry into the Twilight Duchy."
"Good luck!" Sebastian said as he went back to his machine. "You know where to find me."
The two of them said their goodbyes, and Kyle left.
Kyle traveled to the south through one of his already established holes.
When he reached the continent, he disguised himself and changed his appearance, assuming the mantle of a Mid Fire Sorcerer.
Then, he made a car out of metal and entered.
'The more character I have and the more noticeable I am, the better,' Kyle thought with a smirk.
Kyle had quite some experience in disguising himself when he had been investigating the mission targets of the Stark Brotherhood.
In general, there were two ways to disguise oneself.
The "grey little man" was one way. It essentially just meant becoming as plain and boring as possible. Normal clothing, not very attractive, not very ugly, not very muscular, not fat, not angry, not nice. Just a very average guy.
However, since Kyle couldn't completely hide his power, this wouldn't work.
Acting like a random person wouldn't cut it since most people would subconsciously pay attention to him.
If there were an unassuming person who drew everyone's attention, way more people would think that this was someone who was trying to hide themselves.
So, Kyle used the other kind of disguise.
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