This was something else.
He had come here to kill people, but before he had even made a move, they had already set their sights on him.
"And why exactly do you want to kill me?"
"Interfering in matters that are none of your concern is a sure way to get yourself killed." As soon as Sophie finished speaking, the assault resumed, with two more wind blades shooting up from below.
Murphy blinked out of their path, then cast a Revealing Charm. "Aparecium!"
Suddenly, a chaotic swirl of colors rippled through the courtyard, revealing blurred human figures below. There were more than twenty of them.
Their positions formed a precise pattern, covering practically every corner of the courtyard. Wherever he went, he would receive a warm welcome.
Once the effects of Aparecium ended, the swirling colors vanished, and everyone disappeared again. The courtyard still looked completely deserted.
Well, damn. They could even counter detection!
After a moment's thought, he cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself too. Then he took the bottle of magic-detection potion he had originally intended to give the queen from his storage ring and dripped a few drops into his eyes.
After all their recent "training," he and Tom had produced viruses sensitive to six magical attributes. But Murphy did not consider viral infection the best way to acquire magic vision, so he had never used them himself.
Moreover, these potions had been made using viruses controlled by the Seed of the Mind, which put them under Murphy's control to a degree. His intention in giving them as gifts had also been to monitor Arkaim's upper ranks.
Now, however, he could use one to give himself magic vision. After all, fighting a bunch of people with invisibility cheats was far too disadvantageous.
Even the most powerful invisibility