Duke arrived using a Levitation Spell and surveyed his surroundings from above, but found nothing unusual. After a while, the Advanced Swordsman Eric arrived from the distance as well. He carefully searched through the bushes, then looked up at Duke in the sky and said, "Mr. Duke, there's no sign of anything!"
Duke, the Wind Archmage, closed his eyes without answering and concentrated on listening to the wind, seemingly hoping to glean some clues from it.
Surrounded by dense foliage, Han Shuo and Emily were completely concealed. Emily had also erected a gray magical barrier of the Darkness Department around them. Darkness magic was mysterious and unpredictable, and had always excelled at concealing traces. Duke should have had considerable difficulty detecting the darkness barrier erected by Emily, a fellow Archmage.
After a quiet exclamation, Emily looked at Han Shuo in utter surprise and asked, "How did you do that?"
Han Shuo paused, then glanced at Duke in the distance and made a cautioning gesture, signaling Emily not to speak and alert Duke and Eric.
Emily tapped Han Shuo's forehead with a slender finger and said with a smile, "Why are you skulking around looking so frightened? We're hidden by thick foliage, and the barrier I just set up also blocks sound. Even a Wind Archmage like Duke can forget about hearing us talk. What are you so worried about?"
Emily had spoken several times, yet Duke remained in the distance with his eyes closed, listening. He really seemed to have discovered nothing. Relieved, Han Shuo caught the finger Emily had tapped him with and licked it, making her give him a ravishingly flushed look of reproach.
"Tell me already. How did you do it?" Emily stared at Han Shuo as she asked, her cheeks flushed crimson.
At that moment, Emily