Chapter 392: 392
Eva moved with speed and precision through the Merchant Guild's headquarters . It wasn't that she had been here before, but she could easily map out where she needed to go with Control .
After all, this wasn't the Refinement God's Treasury where the Void of Perfection was suppressed . Eva was free to expand hers freely whenever she paused to assess her surroundings .
As she skittered across the rooftop like a bug, she noticed that there were a few squads of guards patrolling beneath her . Her eyes narrowed coldly as she contemplated countermeasures to their mobilizations .
People hardly ever looked up, and even if they did right now, she was too cloaked in the shadows invisible for anyone or anything to spot her that wasn't a powerful magical device .
Still, Eva was not arrogant enough to believe that the Merchant Guild hadn't encountered professional thieves like her over the millennia . Surely, there had to be someone among the group who might be sharp enough to drag Eva out of hiding?
As Eva neared the treasury, she noticed that the guard presence increased yet again, only these ones were not patrolling . Instead, they stood fast at all exit points covering all possible escape routes, blocking off any attempt to flee .
Eva paused here and became solemn . She understood that if she continued on, she would encounter something that would absolutely pierce the veil and reveal her presence no matter how expertly she had covered herself up .
Once that happened, these guards would box her in and slaughter her like a pig . What made her grave was that these guards should be aware that positioning themselves like this would make it obvious .
Any thief who saw this would realize the hidden message . They would either consider this a bluff and continue, feel confident in their 'supreme' invisibility, and continue… or they would be smart enough to take a hint and leave with their lives intact .
This was the last point of return for any would-be thief . The Merchant Guild was basically saying 'bravo, young chap/lass for making it this far . Now, turn around and leave while I'm still in a good mood, or else…'
Eva took a deep breath and continued on . She wasn't exactly 100% confident, but she knew how to maintain extreme stealth at all times . She had some guesses about what might lay ahead, but there was only one way to be sure .
Eva crossed this hallway and entered another . Here there wasn't a single guard, yet there weren't any windows or cervices to escape from either . On top of that, the roof was jagged with spikes, forcing anyone who came to walk on the ground .
Unfortunately for them, Eva stuck to the roof . She wasn't using her Control to perform this feat nor was that a game skill . One does not simply jump on a wall and shout 'woohoo, I'm spider(wo)man!' instead of falling face-first on the ground like the idiot they were .
Just as Izanagi spun clockwise to pull anything within its depths, Eva had made herself a 'living' Izanagi of sorts . So, she wasn't sticking to the roof per se, but rather that the roof was sticking to her .
After crossing half of the hallway using this method, she noticed that there was a young boy floating in a meditative position near the door to the treasury . He was like some Eastern Cultivator as he sat like that, with the difference being that there was no spirit energy or anything like that around him, merely a sharp blue light that was like an aura .
When Eva laid eyes upon him, her pupils constricted . She finally had the answer as to why the Merchant Guild had been so confident and unbothered . They had employed the best and rarest type of guard for their treasury… a Mind Mage!
Their class was called Cerebramancers, and they dealt with all forms of mental magic, techniques, and methods . This was different from the mental abilities that Zaine, Eva, and Draco possessed, as that fell under the category of psychic abilities .
They directly used their brains for mental abilities, which drained mental stamina . Cerebramancers used mana to facilitate their mental abilities, making it far easier for them to work for long periods of time .
It was similar to the relationship between objective and subjective magic . Psychics using mental abilities were stronger and more diverse, but it was harder to learn and even harder to master .
Mind Magicians using mental abilities were more rigid, slower, and constrained, but it only required skillbooks and mana, both of which the Merchant Guild could provide in heaps .
"Come out, I have already sensed you . " The Cerebramancer demanded in a youthful voice .
His previously closed eyes opened to reveal dark blue eyes shining like stars . He wore an azure mage's robe that looked a size too big for him, which would be cute in any situation but the current one .
Eva gracefully landed from the roof like a cat and dispelled her invisibility, but kept her form cloaked . She walked up to the fellow calmly and stared him right in the eye .
The Cerebramancer flinched as he gazed into those abyssal portals, quickly looking away and making sure to avoid any further eye contact . Eva clicked her tongue, as she was prepared to rip his soul into the abyss for eternity, but he was clever enough to look away .
However, Eva was not done . She still walked up to the fellow and began channeling her Celestial Maiden Inheritance . The psychic abilities that the Celestial Maiden Inheritance focused on were the polar opposite of what the Dark Angel Inheritance did .
The Dark Angel focused on manipulating the matter of world around the caster, as well as the body of the caster themselves, whereas the Celestial Maiden focused on manipulating the energy of the world and the minds of all others except the caster themselves .
For example, Telepathy, mind control, astral projection, channeling, and the like fell under the purview of this Inheritance . As such, Eva walked up to the Cerebramancer who was tongue-tied by the waves of mental powers that washed over him .
He had tried to call out the alarm, but he was suffering under a mental compulsion from the person before him to remain silent and go to sleep . He could barely resist the second command, but he had fallen under the first .
He was shocked to find that the intruder was a psychic, which was the archnemesis of any Cerebramancer . He knew his odds, especially against such a powerful and experienced psychic .
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