Chapter 481: Leaving the Nest

“Stop pouting. I could have been a lot more violent,” he said to the despondent turtle.

The winner of the fight had been decided, and she wasn’t enjoying the outcome very much. He, on the other hand, was delighted. In fact, he continued to look at the notifications he had received during the brief fight.

[Absolute Spatial Perception lvl 11 -> lvl 13]

[Sage of Savagery lvl 21 -> lvl 22]

[Spirit Fortification lvl 5 -> lvl 6]

[Kinetic Energy Refinement lvl 14 -> lvl 16]

Achieving four levels in three different skills was quite an accomplishment. Seeing two whole levels in a skill like [Absolute Spatial Perception] was quite a shock. The skill, as well as the previous version, was very challenging to level up. However, his efforts weren’t for naught, and he was able to level it up twice.

“How did you find me?” She grumbled unhappily.

“Do you want me to tell you how I found you the first time? Or how I found you using my perception skill?” Julius asked.

Her little turtle face looked at him with confusion. “What do you mean?”

“I found you earlier, but instead of attacking you, I wanted to figure out how your stealth skill worked. It was quite difficult, but since I detected you another way, I found a method to pierce your stealth, with my perception skill alone,” he explained, not bothering to hide what he had done. He was proud of his accomplishment and wanted to show off a little bit.

“But I am normally invisible to mana, aura, and even spatial detection,” she pointed out unhappily.

“Yeah, does your stealth skill allow you to hide from spatial senses?” He was curious about her skills and wanted to see if she would be willing to explain some of the details.

“I’m not telling you that,” she muttered. Unfortunately, his hopes were crushed. Still, he had another card up his sleeve.

“If you tell me how your skill works, I will tell you how I managed to work around it,” he offered.

Her little face whipped toward him, and he knew right away that he had her.

“Tell me!” She ordered aggressively.

“You first,” he said with a smirk.

She looked over at her father with indecision and then back at Julius. It was hard to tell what was going on in that turtle head of hers. But after a few brief moments of thought, she reluctantly explained how her skill worked.

According to her, she had been born with a small affinity for spatial magic along with her natural affinities that came with being a water and life spirit. It actually made sense considering that she was inside a secret realm, separate from the real world. That might have affected it. She also drew inspiration from the lake water’s unique properties, which is why it felt so similar.

She wasn’t very good at explaining it; most of her details were conveyed with telepathic images and flashes of emotions. Luckily, he didn’t really need that much of an explanation. He already had a vague idea of how her skill worked, which was why he was able to sense her at the end.

And just as he promised, he explained how he managed to sense her. He realized that she had always been there. It wasn’t like she had hidden in a totally separate space. The best way he could describe it was in terms of frequencies or the light spectrum.

Just like how some animals couldn’t see certain lights or hear certain sounds, she had created a bubble around her body of spatial magic that allowed her to hide from his perception skill. That was why he didn’t pick up on her presence. It was almost like she was phasing in and out of reality with spatial magic.

It was practically luck that he stumbled upon the truth. He had tried everything and accidentally started to use his skill in a completely different way. That change was enough to alter the “frequencies” his skill could sense, and he could feel her presence that way. His perception of almost everything else was drastically impacted, but he had been able to figure out where she was without having to rely on tracking her with the mana he placed on her body.

When he explained it to her, she didn’t understand ninety percent of what he said. She just looked at him like he had something wrong with his head.

Vailon suddenly clapped his blue transparent hands, interrupting them. “Perfect, it seems that everything is settled. I will now set up the ritual.” He seemed very pleased by the outcome.

Unlike the previous times, Seraphyne didn’t seem to have any objections to that. She simply pouted off on the side.

“Wait, I still have to ask my current bond,” Julius said and quickly called out to Drasil, who was unsurprisingly fast asleep in his soul.

The little guy yawned and wiggled on Julius’s palm, stretching his arms out.

Julius had to wait for a few moments for Drasil to wake up, and he was even forced to hand over an orb of his mana. It was the only tried-and-true method he had found that would wake up Drasil in a short amount of time.

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Once Drasil was finally conscious, Julius took the time to explain the situation. He didn’t think that the little green guy really knew what he was talking about, but when he heard that he might be able to experience other “flavors” of mana, Drasil didn’t even bother to listen anymore. The gluttonous fellow stuck his thumb up and nodded enthusiastically.

“Are you sure? I don’t know how it will work, but you might have to share my soul space with her,” he warned Drasil.

Drasil shrugged, and Julius felt a sense of general indifference from him.