Chapter 425 - The High Elves Get Involved (1/2)

Chapter 425: The High Elves Get Involved

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“How is he so brave?” Felina stared at the thief’s back in shock.

A Level-6 thief dared to disguise himself, enter a Legendary Magician’s Mage Tower, and steal Link’s magic notes. The amount of guts he had was crazy.

Felina was now very interested in him.

It was now six in the evening. The sun had just gone down, and there was still some dying light on the flatland. People walked to and fro on the streets of Scorched Ridge. It was still very lively.

The thief walked out of the Mage Tower and onto the streets. He smiled and waved at some Magician’s Apprentices that he knew and continued forward.

Reaching an area, he stood at the street corner and talked to the driver of a carriage on the side of the road. Deciding on a price, he climbed in.

The carriage started moving down the avenue from Scorched Ridge to the port.

“He’s going to the port.” Felina was about to speed up and pursue him.

“Come back.” Link walked up and stopped her.

“Why?” Felina didn’t understand.

“He didn’t get on the carriage. Come with me,” Link explained as he walked. “There’s no one in the carriage, but there must be a magical object radiating with a similar aura. It should be a rune stone while the thief used the Invisibility Spell.”

Also invisible, the two walked along the wall to where the carriage had been. Link pointed at a footprint in the mud. “Look, he walked that way. The thief is very alert and most likely sensed someone following him.”

As he spoke, Link cast the Clear Sign Spell.

All insignificant signals, such as the chatter around them, clattering of hooves, and rumbling of carriages all disappeared. All that remained in Link’s eyes was the very faint footprints on the ground and the wisp of aura in the air.

He followed it, and Felina stayed close to him.

“He kept to the wall just like us… Wait, he got rid of the magic aura. Now he’s an average person… Look, he appeared.”

The thief reappeared 150 feet away.

He had transformed. His Magician’s robe from earlier had turned into light leather armor. His hair that had been in a ponytail was now down. With his change in aura as well, he now seemed completely average.

Felina was so shocked. “Link, are you sure it’s him. I don’t think so.”

“It’s him. His body shape, the way he walks, and his body odor haven’t changed at all. Can’t you smell it?” Link found it strange. They were both dragons now. Felina should be very sensitive.

Felina shrugged. “There are too many people on the street with too many smells. How can I distinguish it? Anyway, your Dragon Power is more than ten times stronger than mine.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. But it’s him. Speed up before he can disguise himself again.” By the end, Link’s tone became more rushed.

The thief walked to an intersection and turned left. At the same time, Link felt that the aura he’d been following disappeared. At the same time, there was a blinding smell of garlic. With that smell, Link couldn’t distinguish the thief’s body odor at all.

The two ran to the intersection, but the thief was gone.

Felina gasped. “He disappeared completely. He’s quite talented!”

Link lost him as well, but he wasn’t worried. With the help of the spell, he circled this place and finally stopped before a mansion’s wall.

“Look, this brick is strange. Look at its veins.” Link pointed at a brick.

Felina looked over. There was fine black dirt on the brick. There was a broken rock at the corner. It was the result of some powerful force.

“He went up to the roof?” Felina looked up. “He put his foot here and another step here… According to the force, he must have gone up to the roof.”

Link didn’t rush the conclusion. He continued looking and five seconds later, he said, “Look at the indent in the dark corner. There are some fingerprints. He made it with his thumb. The power is highly condensed. The force of that hit was enough to propel him 65 feet upward… Good, he didn’t go onto the roof. Instead, he flew past that house. Look, there’s a new footprint there.”

Felina followed Link over. They went into a small alley, and she saw some fresh footprints on the stone ground. It was clear these footprints were used for unloading power. Some of the stone had crumbled.

This time, the thief seemed to think that he’d completely lost his pursuers. The footprints on the ground became obvious. They reached into the alley until they disappeared again, reappearing on the defense wall of Scorched Ridge.

“He climbed out,” Felina said.

“Yes.” Link nodded. Felina grabbed the cracks in the wall to climb out, but Link waved his hand. “No need to do that.”

Link pressed against the wall and scratched some spatial runes with his fingers. Then he added Dragon Power and slammed against the wall.

With a poof, the wall turned into a wave-like ripple. Then there was a crack, and an opening appeared. It was very strange. It looked like a splashing wave. There were glowing transparent ripples around it while the wall surrounding it was undamaged. It was intriguing.

At the same time, many translucent threads appeared in Link’s hands. They connected to the spatial ripples around the magic door.