An Extra’s POV

[Months Earlier]

Ater watched.

The Elves all remained on the ground—powerless as they all succumbed to the might of his Master's Magic.

Rey Skylar, his sole proprietor, then commanded him to take care of things from that moment onward—giving a most important task.

'I am to spy upon the Elves and gather as much information as I can within the 10-day Interval before Master's departure to the Front Lines.'

His task wasn't very difficult. What he found a little challenging was deciding how to go about it.

'Should I eliminate one of them and take their place using Shape-shifting?'

He could even mimic their scent, if need be, so as not to attract any suspicion in the slightest.

'The Elves have incredible senses, but I'm not an incorrigible trickster for nothing.' Ater mused.

Besides, these fools had dared to defy and insult his Master.

If things were up to him, he would have slaughtered all of them and initiated his mission in a much more aggressive manner.

But no.

His Master had been explicit with his orders.

'This requires a certain level of… finesse.' Once he had that settled in his mind, he began to execute the task.

The first thing was to utilize his Skill [Possession] to enter into one of the Elves and completely take over their body.

He would use that opportunity to gain access to their memories as well.

Once he decided upon that, it was easy to account for the person to target first.

I have to admit that this one is the most suited for the task at

he stared at

became a dark mist, and the billowing smoke

~FSHIII…~

subtly, granting himself a preeminent

moment, Aurora

No, it wasn't her.

Appear to be hers, neither did

Ater

set things up." He looked at the rest of the Elves—a total of twelve—his

of the Elf's body, he used

hideout isn't too far from here. I'll

was precisely

all the floating Elves to their haven—a place decorated with exotic

he entered the place and took a whiff, his

from side to side. Her tight grip on her staff loosened, and her pale skin seemed to spasm

of home. If

about the land, but

surface level and recent memories, so was yet

relinquish control

by giving Aurora and the rest of the Elves agency, he would be able to study them

let

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quite a while later, and Aurora gathered the women together in order to

from within her and internally cast his perspective on the

they plan to cross the vast seas that separate both continents with Runic Magic. That's rare, even

and Spells was the

while Runes were inscribed and could be stored for future

by people who didn't even use such Magic as

operated was the same way any Rune would. There had to be inscriptions,