The Guardian System: The strongest Summoner's quest to save his family Chapter 368 368: The Portal’s logic

Reidar sat back down inside the shelter. The ash storm outside continued to howl, but he wasn't paying attention to it anymore.

He pulled up the mory of Mara's last known position, recalling the teleportation circle she had used, along with the chalk marks, the minerals, and the way the light had wrapped around her before she vanished.

Of course, that hadn't been a world-opening portal since it was too small and simple; instead, it was rely a jump to move between locations on the sa planet, which was useful for escaping Reidar's surveillance but useless for getting ho.

This ant Mara still needed to build the real thing—a portal capable of connecting two worlds—since that kind of magic did not run on re wishes and willpower.

Reidar had seen enough magic circles to understand the basics, recalling the one in the valley outside Creamont, the one Silas had tried to activate with the Mana Siphoning circle in Creamont, and the one Mara herself had opened at the Church outpost to trap him here.

He realized they all had a common prerequisite: specific materials. Portals required pure and stable conductors that could channel and hold massive amounts of mana without lting or shattering. They needed catalysts, usually sourced from monster parts like hearts, cores, and bones, because the stronger the monster was, the better the catalyst would be.

Besides, they needed a power source that involved a ridiculous amount of mana being funneled into the circle all at once.

On Earth, the Church had used people and various materials to funnel that energy, but regardless of the thod, the energy requirents were brutal.

As Reidar thought about the area, he realized there was nothing here that worked aside from monsters, and a cavern in the badlands wouldn't offer what Mara needed either—just rock and more rock—which ant she had a problem.

Unlike on Earth, where the Church could have supplied her with everything she needed through their warehouses, hunter teams, and infrastructure, here Mara had nothing; she was alone, stranded on a hostile planet with no backup and no supply lines, just like him.

Reidar stood and began pacing inside the narrow shelter.

Reidar almost laughed at the thought because, while Mara was at level 368 and considered strong by Earth standards, on this planet she was simply prey.

Since the weakest monsters here were in the 480s and the stronger ones pushed 600 or higher, she couldn't hunt anything without getting killed unless she got lucky and found sothing injured or dying.

Even then, harvesting monster parts required ti and tools, aning that one mistake would attract every predator in the area.

After checking his mana reserves and seeing they were still high, Reidar decided he could afford to push his scouts further out. Unfortunately, until the storm of ash subsided, he couldn't send out more, so the ones he already summoned had to be careful.

Reidar leaned back against the rock wall and closed his eyes. His body scread for sleep, but his mind was too active now. Finally, he had a clear target.

Since she faced the sa challenges he did, such as poor visibility, dangerous monsters, and a world that was too big to search easily, he doubted it would be soon.

However, Mara had a seven-day head start because she had been searching for ruins while Reidar had been wasting ti trying to find her.

If she had already found a place, she might be building the portal right now. Reidar's jaw tightened because he knew he couldn't lose this race.

If Mara opened her portal and left before he reached her, he would die on this planet because he had no other way to get ho.

He knew the environnt would kill him eventually, whether from exhaustion, running out of food in a few years, or getting attacked by monsters while he slept.

He opened his eyes and looked at the ash storm outside, noticing that the wind was slowing down and the worst part of the storm had finally passed.