Hidden Behind the Scenes

'I'm constructing a magic array to track Laweier's location. I can't leave the study for now. Can we communicate through text messages?'

Joshua's question received a nodding emoji from Shael.

During that time, Joshua immediately created a group and pulled Shael and the young man from the Frost Wolf Clan into it.

'Have him speak here.'

After Joshua sent Shael that message, the young Frost Wolf Clansman sent out a plea for help in the newly created temporary group.

'Your Majesty, I don't know how long this connection to the magic net can last.'

'I've already tracked your location. You're beneath the XueRong Mountain Range near the Frost Plains. I need to know your current situation.'

Joshua typed out and sent that string of messages at an astonishing speed, but Laweier's reply did not come as quickly as Joshua had expected. His status remained stuck on typing.

"Could it be... that he's in a situation where it's inconvenient to reply?"

Ciri guessed why the young man from the Frost Wolf Clan was typing so slowly.

"With this user's current signal strength, we can capture his vision."

White Bird suddenly landed on Joshua's shoulder and reminded him of a feature he had originally discarded.

"Ac...tivate it. Try not to let him notice."

Joshua hesitated for a moment before agreeing to White Bird's decision.

Joshua had used the magic net's visual capture ability once when helping Shael ascend the throne, but this ability was the true sort that would "threaten the foundation of the public's trust in the magic net."

Tracking someone's location alone already counted as invading a user's privacy. Capturing a user's vision was practically flaying that privacy alive.

But Laweier was typing far too slowly, so Joshua could only choose this flaying method.

A projection appeared within the spiritual