A few days later, in the middle of the night.
As she stared at the large palace in front of her, which had Grand Knights patrolling around it, Scythia couldn't help but smile.
'This place is much less defended than I had originally thought...' thought Scythia as she made her way past the Grand Knights without any difficulty, allowing her to enter the Royal Palace of the Lyon Kingdom.
Merely a few moments after entering the royal palace, Scythia's eyes suddenly lit up as she stared at a Royal Guard who was currently standing near a doorway.
A moment later, the pupils of the Royal Guard suddenly dilated, as he lost all strength and simply stood there, helpless as a voice suddenly whispered from behind him.
"How many Royal Guards does the king have stationed in the palace right now?" asked Scythia, not using her own voice, instead using the voice of an old man, as she continued casting the Rank 0 Dark Hint.
Although this was merely a Rank 0 spell, and was not nearly as effective as its Rank 1 counterpart, which could control people nearly permanently, it was still more than enough to deal with a mere mortal.
"34 Official Knights, 13 Grand Knights as well as 4 Royal Knights, including me," said the Knight, not being able to resist the influence of the mage behind him at all.
"Where is the King right now?" said Scythia, still not using her own voice.
"The King has retreated back to his bedroom not too long ago," said the guard.
Upon hearing that, Scythia faintly smiled.
"You will forget this has happened and return to your normal routine," said Scythia before suddenly disappearing into the shadows, leaving the guard simply standing there, confused.
A few seconds after that, the eyes of the guard finally returned to normal, causing some confusion to appear on his face.
"I haven't slept in a while, it looks like I'm a bit tired..." mumbled the guard as he shook his head and continued on his way, completely forgetting what had happened.
...
After learning of the amount of guards that were present in the palace, Scythia lost all of her fear, and quickly made her way to her destination, only stopping just once, to question another guard so that she could verify the information given to her.
Upon becoming completely certain that the information was in fact true, Scythia no longer dilly-dallied, and made her way to the bedroom of the king, which was guarded by 2 Royal Knights, which Scythia cast the Dark Hint spell on, making sure that they lower their guard.
After that, Scythia finally made her way to the King's Bedroom.
...
As she stared at the king, who had already fallen asleep alongside the queen, Scythia couldn't help but smile as she approached the two and took a closer look at the two.
The moment Scythia took at closer look at the King, a slightly surprised look appeared on her face.
'Just a Grand Knight, unexpected but this will make things slightly easier...' thought Scythia as she snapped her fingers, causing the eyes of the Queen to suddenly pop open.
From the information that Scythia had obtained, the King actually managed to become a Grand Knight back in his youth, over 20 years ago, which made Scythia believe he had already become a Royal Knight by now.
Right now it seemed as though this was not the case, which made Scythia's job a little bit easier.
A moment after that, Scythia suddenly stretched out her hand and touched the Queen's forehead.
As the supreme leader of the country, there was a chance that the king would meet with meet some sort of mage, which meant that controlling him silently was a bit risky.
As such, Scythia had been ordered by her teacher to control people close to the King, with the Queen being by far the most obvious target.
A moment later, a small ant suddenly made its way out of Scythia's sleeve before turning its head towards Scythia, who merely smiled.
"This is the target," said Scythia, causing the little Earth Ant to suddenly move from her hand onto the forehead of the queen, who was frozen in place.
After that, the little ant made its way to the side of the Queen's head and entered her ear.
A few moments after that, the lips of the queen, which had been frozen up until now slightly moved, forming a faint smile, causing Scythia to smile and to lower her hand, closing the eyes of the queen using two of her fingers.
"You will relinquish control of your body..."
...
At the same time, in another world.
As he stared at the five old men and women who were standing on one side, as well as the five your people who were standing on the other side, Gabriel slightly nodded his head.
"You've done a good job this time Lothar," said Gabriel as he slightly examined the 10 wizards in front of him.
Lothar Vizla, Human Male, Age 77, Rank 20 Wizard
Elena Klivian, Human Female, Age 85, Rank 20 Wizard
Symdom Scintel, Human Male, Age 88, Rank 19 Wizard
Antonidas Fleming, Human Male, Age 65, Rank 18 Wizard
Jelnoth Caedrel, Human Male, Age 74, Rank 18 Wizard
The five old mages in front of him satisfied Gabriel's needs quite well, so did the young mages that sat opposite of them.
Lux Raas, Human Male, Age 14, Rank 10 Wizard
Greer Breemu Human Male, Age 17, Rank 13 Wizard
Rath Tarpals, Human Male, Age 16, Rank 12 Wizard
Sora Caedrel, Human Female, Age 15 Rank 12 Wizard
Oppo Ozel, Human Male, Age 14 Rank 10 Wizard
Although they definitely couldn't compare to the old Wizards in terms of power, the potential of the young Wizards were definitely not to be reckoned with, and were probably the most talented Wizards of the entire continent.
A few moments later, Gabriel finally finished inspecting the Wizards, causing him to finally begin speaking