Just as Sifa sank into panic and alarm for reasons he could not understand, a richly resonant female voice sounded beside his ear. "Don't be nervous. There's nothing to fear. Believe in yourself. You're calm."
In an instant, that inexplicable fear subsided to a tolerable level. Although Sifa still trembled slightly, he had regained his composure.
By then, the figure in black clerical robes had reached the center of the street. He had already raised his arm and was about to act again.
Sifa calmly raised his hand and made a grasping motion toward the figure. With Mrs. Christie's help, he stole Ince Zangwill's current thoughts, making his gaze turn blank as he forgot what he was about to do.
Seizing this opportunity, Sifa dared not linger. He used Spirit World Traversal, making the colors around him turn bright and vivid, the yellows yellower and the reds redder. In the blink of an eye, he entered the Spirit World and deliberately stepped forward. The street, the stalls, and Ince Zangwill blurred, then disappeared.
As Sifa left, he vaguely saw what seemed to be a figure taking shape on the rooftop of a distant house behind Ince Zangwill.
His thoughts returned.
Ince Zangwill's remaining eye regained its focus. Reflecting on his momentary lapse, he concluded that he might have encountered an item or a Beyonder of the Marauder Pathway.
This greatly surprised him. That young man actually possessed two demigod-level items.
As a former Archbishop of the Church of Evernight, Ince Zangwill had possessed sufficient clearance to read certain files. Thus, he knew that Spirit World Traversal and the ability to use Theft on someone's thoughts without having to carry out the corresponding actions were already powers at the demigod level.
From this assessment, he deduced that remaining in Damir Port