After Being Exiled From the Country, I Became the Fourth Enchanter in the World!

Chapter 102 The Enemy’s Ability

The next day, while eating breakfast, I told everyone about the possibility that we’re being monitored by Purgatory.

Nina was extremely surprised, but Ian didn’t say anything as if he had expected it.

「That means they found out that I’m acting with you guys, huh…. Well, I only wore the hood when we passed through the safe area after all…」

Dan-san is quite depressed.

Well, it’s understandable.

After all, the information that he’s with us must have alerted those Purgatory guys.

「But hey, Jink. If they’re watching us, isn’t it a bad move to tell us about it? You don’t know how they’re watching us, right? I was also careless, though….」

「I have confirmed that it’s not an auditory system. Even now, I’m using Presence Detection, but… I don’t feel any emotional disturbance from them. If they were listening to the conversation just now, they would be panicked when they knew that the surveillance was exposed, right?」

「I see.」

Since it’s not auditory, then it’s probably a visual system skill or gift.

A person with a special gift is valuable, so there’s no way the Nazar Kingdom will use them as a sacrificial pawn.

「Maybe the surveillance is based on vision, so I want to do a little verification now. They might feel something is wrong if you show unnatural expressions and behavior, so stop being unnecessarily nervous, Nina.」

「I’m fine!」

She puffed her cheeks angrily… it’s cute, though.

After eating, we headed to the 33rd floor while taking a few detours.

Esther is carrying me on his back because it’s painful just to walk when I’m full of rings.

Of course, I hide them with gloves and shoes so that the other party wouldn’t find out.

At first, I was going to ask Dan-san to carry me in a basket, but… Esther offered himself to carry me, so I took his offer.

「Esther… am I heavy?」

「I am fine!」

With the weight of the armor and the sword, it’s pretty heavy work for my little brother, but… he seems to be enjoying it, so maybe he’s okay.

「Master, how are they doing?」

「They’re following us while maintaining a certain distance. It seems that ability can only be used up to that distance. It’s about 15 kilometers…. Also, judging by the emotional changes of the watcher, it doesn’t seem like he can see us all the time.」

At times, I can read his emotions as if he’s panicking because he lost sight of his target.

「I see…. Still, depending on how you use it, it’s an ability that poses a threat.」

You’re right, Ian.

In fact, we were unaware of the surveillance until yesterday….

「From how it feels, I think it’s an ability that allows him to see the surroundings of a place he’s been to before. If it’s the type that can link to personal vision or see the whole place, there’s no way he would lose sight of us.」

「As expected of Onii-sama!」

「It’s all thanks to you working so hard to carry me.」

「「「(The brocon brothers are at it again!)」」」

「I’ve been reading their emotional changes, and it looks like there’s only one person who’s watching us. When they lost sight of us, it didn’t feel like there were multiple people looking for us… and it seems like the same guy has been watching us since last night.」

In other words, those Purgatory guys are making one person work like a slave.

I don’t feel sorry for you, but do your best to live until you’re caught by us, Watcher-kun.

We had to make sure there were no mistakes, so we tried to confirm it several times after that.

Splitting the party into two groups and acting separately… blocking the sight and hearing of certain members while being careful not to make things unnatural…

As a result, my initial hypothesis seemed to be correct, and no matter what I did, the watcher kept chasing after me.

In the end, we got carried away and held a contest of badmouthing the Nazar Kingdom, but… there were no particular reactions from them, so it was confirmed that it wasn’t sound surveillance.

「It’s going to be troublesome if those guys from the second army joined the first army….」

When I told Dan-san about the strength I sensed from them… we found out that the guys who’re following us are members of the second army of Purgatory.

It seems that there’re stronger people in the first army… and they’re likely to use any means to accomplish their mission.

If it’s possible, I want to defeat the second army before the first army joins them.

「I think I should use myself as a decoy. If Nina and I are cooking in a defenseless state, we might be able to lure them.」

When Nina and I took separate actions from Ian and the others, they were showing bloodlust.

Perhaps they thought they could kill us if it was just the two of us.

「Isn’t it too dangerous? Onii-sama….」

「If you three can get behind them, I think we can manage somehow. If Nina uses a lot of buffs, even she will be stronger than Dan-san….」

「I don’t want to admit it, but enchantment is too strong. If you can hold out for a few seconds, we can join you from behind them, so… let’s try this strategy.」

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