"However, the power he used to send me out didn't seem like spatial power."
This was also a kind of "Earth Power." It wasn't that you moved; rather, he made the earth permit you to take one step across a much greater distance.
The wind carried "her" voice. Moonlight shone upon Shade, as though draping him in a hazy veil, and as though someone were gently embracing him.
Shade narrowed his eyes slightly. In other words, Mr. Lathers, the undead man he had met for the first time, had immediately displayed three different kinds of Earth Power: Healing Aura, Spring Arrives, and something akin to spatial displacement.
"Could it be that Thomas Granger isn't a Chosen One, but Miss Lathers's father is? Those two definitely knew each other. How interesting. What secrets are hidden in all this?"
As Shade pondered, chaotic hoofbeats sounded in the distance. Clearly, more than one horse was racing down the path toward this place.
Shade hurriedly dodged to the side, but soon discovered that leading the group was Vanessa Benanis, the Blonde Witch who should have been waiting for him and Miss Lathers at the Forgotten Church. The witch looked utterly anxious. Shade believed that even if an elephant stood in her way, she would have rammed straight through it.
"Here! Over here! Stop!"
He waved both arms at the witch leading her Followers toward him. Though there were no lights in the countryside at night, the witch spotted Shade at once.
"Oh, Shade!"
She jumped down while her horse was still running and threw her arms around Shade. The impact nearly sent him flying. They staggered back several steps before barely managing to steady themselves. The witch looked at him worriedly, afraid that he would cough up blood and collapse at once.
"I'm fine.