The next moment, Locke heard distinct footsteps outside the door. The person seemed extremely panicked and was trying to flee immediately.
But in the next moment, the person was directly dragged inside by Locke's Omen Mandrake Vines using Green Purifying Grasp.
Green Purifying Grasp was a 0.3-circle spell, laughably weak, so he could use it freely without worrying about triggering detection by the Wall of the Faithless.
Locke's Mana was already far below the Wall of the Faithless's priority detection range. Moreover, there were many Black Wizard Apprentices in this place, so a little magical fluctuation would not attract anyone's attention.
Locke's Omen Mandrake Vines could turn invisible and sense hostility. Thus, the instant they discovered someone following Black Wizard Niels, they immediately sensed that person's presence and location, then secretly trapped them using the Invisible ability of the Magic Vines.
The other party was a First-Class Wizard Apprentice with 200 Mana, while Locke currently had 505 Mana. He had also taken the Giant Tree's Heart Potion, which had increased the power of all his Magic Plants by 10% because they had been exposed to the energy radiated by the Talmud Treant.
Under these circumstances, the other party had no ability to resist at all. He was directly locked down by three Omen Mandrake Vines and dragged inside.
Niels stared at the person Locke had dragged in, dumbfounded. "Quintus, is that you? Why were you sneaking around and following me?"
Niels instantly understood what was happening. He looked at Quintus, who was restrained by Locke's Magic Vines, and said, "You've been following me? Why? What have you found out?"
Quintus tried to resist and recite a spell to escape, but the next moment, Locke scattered a handful of Ironwire Ox-Tendon Grass seeds over him and used the 0.5-circle *Wild Grass