1378 Persuade to Stay Part 1 (1/2)

It turned out that Saleen's slow advancement was related to his personality. After being enlightened by Jason, he went to the Imperial City of the Abyss once to temper his resolve. That did the trick. Since then, Saleen's advancement saw some improvement. Although it still lagged behind some genius mages, the change was astonishing for someone of his innate talent.

This time, Saleen combined all the equipment he took pride in; he no longer wanted to have so many possessions. He did this for the sake of focusing on his progression, something he had learned from his teacher.

Saleen brought Rafel with him. Their bodies were wrapped in mist as they flew towards the forest. By this time, the magical tower was already under Jason's control. Pande's Maze could not obstruct Saleen, so he flew directly above the maze.

Finally, he arrived above the forest. When his Elemental Eye focused on the Holy See's army, he descended. This forest was so different from other forests Saleen usually went to. There were a lot of rivers running through it. This meant there would be frequent downpours here. This was just bad weather that would frequently occur when the plane was expanding.

Windstorms, downpours, earthquakes, volcanoes...

These disturbances would destroy life; at the same time, they were the originators of life. Without them, a great variety of living creatures would vanish. As Saleen descended, he secretly felt joyful. Above the forest were the initial stages of water vapor forming into clouds. He estimated it would take a few days for them to break up.

The forest was teeming with powerful magic beasts. They had no notion of territoriality and only resorted to hunting when they were starving. These magic beasts were controlled by the magical tower. In the mind of each magic beast was a magic array and magic patterns. Created for battle, the beasts' innate skills were formidable. Rafel's various skills were also complex, causing Saleen to sigh as he looked on.

He could perform Alchemy. This was also only possible thanks to the secret technique Jason taught him. If he'd gone by the book, Saleen estimated he would still be inferior to an ordinary alchemist.

When the magic beasts spotted Saleen, they cleared the way for him, one after another. This saved Saleen a lot of time.

”Master...” The magic amplifier's Weapon's Spirit cried out.

”What is it?”

”I can...let you go into stealth,” The Weapon's Spirit said hesitantly.

”Huh?”

”Master, what I mean is, I can cover your tracks, just like that dagger. Fycro definitely cannot see through it.”

Saleen was again delighted and said, ”Let's do it.”

”Okay.”

The Weapon's Spirit went to work. Saleen felt that a subtle vibrating frequency transmitted from the magic amplifier was surrounded him. Immediately, the objects in his vision became blurred, then clear again. The difference is that there were no colors, just black and white.

In this black-and-white image, the target he was looking at came into sharper focus. It could be seen clearly at different levels.

”Rafel.”

”My lord, I cannot see you. If you don't speak, even my perception cannot detect you.” Rafel swiftly replied. Now, when Saleen opened his mouth, she already knew what he wanted to say.

”Even a grade-13 angel cannot detect me. Even if the gods have slightly more power, if they're unprepared for any reason, they won't be able to detect my presence. Hmm, but we can't drop our guard. It would be right for such power to have limitations.”

”Master, this power cannot be used infinitely. If light is present, the power can be maintained for a short period of time. In darkness, it can hide from night vision and be maintained for more than an entire day.”

”Give me more details.”

The Weapon's Spirit, which was not familiar with Saleen, gave some vague figures. Saleen was dissatisfied.

”Light is divided into 12 intensities. With each added intensity, the effective time of such skills will be reduced by an hour. Under grade-12 intense light, such concealment will be ineffective,” The Weapon's Spirit said as he canceled the stealth skill.

”How often can I use this?”

”This consumes your mental power, master. I suggest that you only use it for a short while just before you are assassinated.”

Only then did Saleen realize that the speed of loss of his Power of the Soul had increased slightly. If it had been his original mental power, he would have discovered this long ago. However, the Power of the Soul was peerless in strength, and the speed of its consumption was slow. He was still not too familiar with such power and had not discovered it now.

”Understood. Rafel, we'll move ahead and wait for five kilometers from Fycro.” Rafel nodded. This time, Saleen wanted to prepare for an ambush. Using the steal skill for the assassination was only a last resort. Although they were still 50 kilometers apart, Saleen had already retrieved his clan badge.

Shoot first and see. It would be best if he could shoot Fycro's clone to death. If not, this attack would cause Fycro to become preoccupied and lose sight of other things. He would be less likely to cause trouble for Jason.

In Saleen's opinion, it would be even harder for Fycro to defeat the Fycro who possessed the mirror godly item.

With Jason's personality, he would definitely not leave a powerful enemy to his student. Were it not for the fact that Fycro's skill was unique, Jason would never allow Saleen to act. He would deal with it alone.

Because they were both at grade-13, the Fycro who possessed the godly item really could not be considered a powerful enemy of Jason's. He was just troublesome to deal with.

Saleen thought, since when did he have the same degree of confidence as Jason?