Later, Vicente had left the Manifold Family estate after an informative breakfast with Edric, Alicia, and Captain Thom's group.
In the afternoon, he would meet Alicia again for another training session together, followed by another night in Ponddown.
However, at nightfall, Vicente did something he hadn't tried in the last few days. As soon as the traffic in the city had died down, he set off from where he was staying, heading for one of the exits in the area.
Pretending to be in the dark about the 2-Star and the 3-Star Magus following his tracks, Vicente soon arrived at the city's exit, a freely accessible place.
As Vicente had already realized, remote monitoring was very successful in Light Cay. Cities didn't need security guards to control people coming and going. The magical tools on the outskirts helped distant magicians monitor the flow of people through the city exits.
As Vicente moved on, entering the forest about 7 kilometers from the last building in the city, the two men realized that something was going on.
"What's he doing?" One of them asked doubtfully. "Has he noticed us, or is he up to something unrelated to us?" n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
"It's impossible for him to notice us. How could a newly promoted bumpkin like him realize our position?"
"Maybe it was the artificial intelligence advising him. You know how excellent the sect's devices are."
"Idiot. The sect's artificial intelligences are closely tied to their masters. They perform at a level compatible with them. If it isn't able to identify us, it could never do so," said the strongest man, the leader of Vicente's observation operation.
"I'd forgotten about that..."
"Anyway, let's keep after him. Hopefully, this fool won't get into trouble by going into an area of powerful beasts."
Standing there for a minute without knowing what to do, the two were already breaking out in a cold sweat when something happened and one of them felt an icy item against his neck.
"Who are you?" Vicente broke the silence of the two men, making the weaker one shiver, while the stronger one turned his eyes towards his companion.
"Shit!" 3-Star Magus said when he realized it was Vicente. "You almost scared me to death, brat." He said as he looked down at the ground and took a deep breath.
Vicente frowned as he heard it. 'Aren't they enemies after me?'
"Let go of Bert, brat. We're from the same sect. We're on a mission to keep you out of trouble." Explained the stronger man as he moved slowly to summon his identification.
{That looks real, master. This 3-Star Magus really is registered with the sect.} Prisiche confirmed.
Vicente frowned, still carefully, but retracting his dagger from the neck of the 2-Star Magus. These two could be members of the sect selling his information. There would be no way for Prisiche to know whether they could be trusted.
But for now, Vicente backed off from this approach.
"Why are you following me? If you're on a mission to protect me, wouldn't it have been better to talk to me first?" he asked as he released Bert.
"Our mission made it explicit not to do that. Diplomacy Center rules, our superiors say," Bert said as he ran his hand over his neck. "That's supposed to increase the..."
"Quiet, Bert." Garin interrupted his colleague, before saying to Vicente, "Brat, you shouldn't have brought us here just to check who we are. Now we're in the middle of a bloody enchanted forest. Do you know the risks we run every minute we're here?"
Before Vicente could answer him, Garin sensed something and shifted his gaze, quickly turning his back on Vice.
Then a powerful roar came from 300 meters north of where they were standing.
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