Though he couldn't project his Mental Power through the massive, thick glass, Thor could faintly sense the life inside the glass pillar.
The spirit within was extremely weak and indistinct. If he hadn't pressed himself against the glass, Thor might not even have noticed it was alive.
But this was probably the effect the Star Gate Council was after.
Concealment, and the ability to withstand the Corruption of the Starry Sky.
After leaving Murich waiting for a while, Thor turned around, intending to look over the experimental data first.
But when he turned, the first person he saw wasn't Murich, whose eyes resembled telescopes. It was Douglas, standing farther back.
Douglas was watching Thor. Only when their eyes met did he nod nonchalantly and shift his gaze to the experimental data beside them.
Thor strolled over as if nothing had happened and began looking through the data on the table. But he was multitasking, recording the process and results of each experiment while speaking to the Nightmare Butterfly in his Diary.
Penny, was Douglas watching me the whole time just now?
[Huh? I didn't notice.]
Penny seemed a little annoyed with herself.
[I was distracted by that huge glass pillar too, and forgot to keep an eye on our surroundings.]
It's fine, Thor reassured her. I didn't notice he was watching me either.
Even Beth, in the Diary, was surprised by that.
Beth: [You're less than ten meters away from him, and you couldn't sense him watching you? Your Mental Power is on par with that of a Tier 4 Wizard now!]
After the first four targets of the Symphony of Fate had taken shape, Thor had received a tremendous amount of Fate Power in return. He could even have advanced to Tier 4 on the spot, but he had