Chapter 526 - An Ethereals Use (2/2)

As he pondered his next course of action, he suddenly noticed that an Ethereal Magician had stepped out of the Magic Academy and got on a horse carriage. He then trotted off towards the city gates.

Link saw his opportunity and followed the carriage, his Vision of Truth still activated along the way.

Half an hour later, the carriage had reached the city gates to the city’s south. At that moment, Link realized that the green thread connecting the Ethereal Magician with the other Ethereals had become faint.

When the carriage left Full Moon City, the green thread had dissipated completely.

The mutual energy link between the Ethereals probably has a limit of 2000 feet, thought Link. Now that Ethereal Magician has isolated himself from the rest, it’s time to act.

With a burst of Dragon Power, Link activated Instant Flash and tore a hole through space.

In an instant, he had teleported himself inside the carriage. The Ethereal Magician’s eyes went wide, caught off guard by his appearance. He began to raise his wand, but Link did not give him any chance to react. He managed to grab the Magician by his head and cast a spatial seal on him with a rush of power through his fingers.

This technique was also something Link had come up with recently. It was intended to freeze space around its target, effectively encasing it in a spatial bubble.

With a soft ting, the Ethereal Magician went rigid like a statue. His body looked the same still. However, ensnared completely within the spatial bubble, the Magician was now rendered incapable of all movement and oblivious to his surroundings.

To him, the outside world had stopped moving. Time had also frozen completely around him. His body was wrapped beneath a one-inch crystalline layer, which was the result of Link’s Dragon Power freezing space around the Ethereal Magician. Frozen space was also known as spatial crystal. Link had acted with such speed and lightness that the driver outside did not notice what had just occurred inside the carriage.

Link rapped at the carriage’s window with a finger and said in a low voice, “Hey, stop here.”

“Is there something wrong, boss?” asked the driver.

Link softly sucked in his breath and let his Dragon Power flow into his voice. He then activated a Secret spell: Incite.

He had learned it from Eleanor. It was only a Level-2 spell, and it could only be used on human beings. Though its effect resembled hypnotism, it was more potent than the latter. The spell’s target would still behave normally while being made to forget a few things in the process.

“Now, keep on going west without stopping until you reach Dunwall City 100 miles away. Then, find an inn to stay there for a month. Understand?”

“Understood.” The driver’s voice sounded absent.

“There was no one here in your carriage. You have been traveling alone all this time. There are 20 gold pieces in your pouch, given to you by the Magicians in the Academy. For safety reasons, you have kept it hidden beneath the wooden planks of your carriage.” Saying this, Link took out 20 gold pieces and placed them inside a box in the carriage.

“Yes, no passengers. I had enough money with me as well,” the driver repeated.

After judging that the level of suggestion he had placed on the driver should be enough for now, Link grabbed the frozen Ethereal Magician and with a flash of white light, teleported themselves into the woods a few thousand feet away.

In the woods, Link found a shady spot. He raised a hand, and the soil beneath him instantly surged up to form a 10-square-foot stone hut. Once inside the hut, Link erased the door outside with the force of his will. The hut’s appearance changed as well, transforming into a relatively normal-looking hill. Inside the hut, a stone platform floated from the ground. A ball of light appeared near the ceiling, illuminating the hut’s interior.

Link laid the Ethereal Magician on the platform and tapped a finger on his body. With another ting, the frozen space melted around him and began flowing normally. The statue had come back to life.

His thoughts were paused at the moment when they were still back in the carriage. When he woke up, he swished his wand, ready to retaliate.

The next moment, Link sensed a peculiar aura coming from the Ethereal Magician’s body. His surprise then turned to joy.

This was due to the fact that the Ethereal Magician seemed to be capable of using Time Power.

Ethereals possessed an assortment of abilities, other than body possession. They could also be used for an even crueler purpose: the manufacturing of Ethereal Crystals. An Ethereal Crystal was a magical item that contained an Ethereal’s unique traits and properties.

Right now, the Ethereal was ready to use its Time Power. Link would be able to craft an Ethereal Crystal if he could find a way to extract the Ethereal from the Magician’s body.

This would be of great benefit to his research on Time Power.