Chapter 423 - Someone Behind the Scenes? (1/2)
Chapter 423: Someone Behind the Scenes?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Night, Scorched Ridge
The young man’s carriage rolled slowly into Scorched City. It kept going forward and finally passed through the inner city walls, driving into Scorched Ridge.
Naturally, Link followed.
It was already getting late—around seven at night. In order to not worry Celine, Link teleported to the Mage Tower’s main room.
In the tower, Celina wore loose pajamas. She was curled up on a chaise, reading a book without interest. Seeing Link come in, she lazily set it down and said, “Alloa said you went to find Waynes. How was it?”
Link chuckled. “He’s doing great. Come, put your clothes on. I’ll take you to see something interesting.”
Celine had been bored and was instantly excited. She grabbed her clothes, and a few seconds later, she was dressed properly. “I’m done. Let’s go!”
Link held her hand and activated the Dimensional Jump again. An instant later, the two appeared in the loft of the Scorched Ridge Inn hundreds of feet away. The attic was very small, and no one lived in it. The ground was covered in dust; the corners had spider webs.
“Cleaning Spell!”
Link waved his wand slightly. There was a whoosh, and the dust and spider webs disappeared. Then Link crouched before the window. “Come,” he said mysteriously. “Do you see the carriage down there?”
Celine was intrigued by Link. She crept over and crouched beside Link. Looking out, she saw an average black carriage drive slowly towards the inn.
“It looks normal.” Celine didn’t understand. There were so many of these carriages in Scorched City.
Link froze and suddenly understood Celine’s response. He whispered the message from the pier to Celine. Then he chuckled and said, “I don’t know what this thief is thinking. He tricked a girl, bought her clothes and jewelry, and brought her all the way to Scorched Ridge.”
Celine was even more interested. “That’s strange.”
So the two squatted inside the inn’s attic quietly, watching the carriage drive over. It stopped at the inn’s entrance. The first to descend was the handsome youth. He had changed into handsome black formal wear. After getting out, he reached in and helped the girl out the carriage.
Seeing this, Celine commented, “What a handsome young man. He’s not like someone that I have to look really closely to find on the street.”
Link chuckled. He’d have to teach this girl a lesson when they got back. His attention returned to the young man. Looking at him now, Link was slightly shocked. “That’s strange,” he whispered.
“What’s wrong?” Celine felt that the man and woman were both attractive, but she couldn’t see what was wrong. There were tons of people like them in the Scorched City.
“There’s something wrong with the man,” Link explained. “At the pier, he didn’t have any aura. He was just like a regular person. But sense carefully now.”
Hearing that, Celine composed herself and felt for the man’s aura. A few seconds later, she frowned too. “I feel that he’s a Magician now—and a strong one, at that. He’s at least Level-5.”
The man seemed to be only 23 years old. If someone that young could be at Level-5, he could count as a top genius in Firuman. Of course, excluding Link, the outlier.
That wasn’t all that shocked Celine. She continued quietly, “His aura is disguised. If you didn’t realize beforehand, would you be able to tell the difference?”
Link shook his head. “I can’t either. I would think that he has extremely sophisticated Mana talent.”
“If even you can’t find the flaw, then the other Magicians definitely can’t. Is he disguised as a Magician to sneak into the Mage Tower?” Celine deduced.
“It’s possible, but that’s just a guess. Let’s keep watching.”
Now, the man and woman had entered the inn and the attic’s blind spot. Link cast Spatial Distortion and focused one end on the attic’s window. The other end followed the young man.