"This scroll of the Black-robed Demon Bloodline Secret Art ended up in my hands after all." Matthew retrieved the bloodline secret art scroll from the white-robed man's Spatial Wizard Tool.
The white-robed man was the one who had won the Black-robed Demon Bloodline Secret Art at the auction.
Matthew took several potions from his pocket and poured them down the white-robed man's throat.
Through his Magic Sense, he could tell that the magic within the white-robed man had become clogged and barely flowed at all. Even if the man woke up, he would be unable to cast spells.
Matthew used his Mental Power to examine the white-robed man's Sea of Consciousness and found that his Mental Barrier had already been breached. His soul was bound by magic.
This was a spell cast by the old man with fangs.
Once a Level Two Wizard's Mental Barrier was breached and the connection between his soul and body severed, he appeared unconscious from the outside.
"That saves me some trouble."
Matthew tried using Legilimency on the white-robed man's soul. This was his first time using Legilimency on a Level Two Wizard.
A Level Two Wizard's brain was merely where his soul connected with his body. His consciousness and memories were actually held within the soul in his Sea of Consciousness.
"It works!"
Without the natural barrier of his crystal core or the protection of his Sea of Consciousness, the white-robed man's soul had no power to resist Matthew.
Matthew's Legilimency read numerous fragments of memory directly from his soul.
Through the white-robed man's memories, Matthew pieced together the whole story.
The white-robed man was the old man's illegitimate son, and there was considerable bad blood between father and son. He had come to the Blizzard Kingdom to seek revenge against his biological father.