A few hours later:
Merlin had already finished all of the qualification trials that he had to do in order to climb the tower. "Time to go home," he said to himself as he got teleported back to the real world.
He was currently standing on top of a very tall building in Shibuya. He jumped off the building whilst having [Invisibility] ability activated. He landed on the ground elegantly and activated [Eagles Eyes] and [Enhanced Senses] so that he could find anyone who is even closely related to the dragon guild or the oni guild.
He searched every single corner of Shibuya and he still couldn't find a dragon or anyone affiliated with the dragon guild. Merlin was about to stop his search until his nose started twitching. He knew that this scent only belonged to onis. He teleported himself to the place where the scent was strongest.
He intended to teleport inside the building but there was something that was restricting him from going inside of the building. He walked towards the door but when his was halfway there, he was stopped by an invisible force that knocked him back and deactivated his [Invisibility].
"Shit, I guess that's a forcefield that only allows those with oni blood to pass through," he mumbled to himself. He stood up and wiped off the blood that was coming from his mouth. He walked towards the door and examined the forcefield.
'These are some interesting Se circles but there aren't as powerful as the ones from back then,' he thought to himself. He started thinking if he should destroy the Se circles or not. 'If I try to destroy them, there will be an explosion big in enough to destroy the whole of Shibuya and I don't want to risk the life of innocent people just to get some clues.' He thought to himself.
Merlin went to a dark alley and he activated [Invisibility] ability. He jumped to a building opposite to the night club and used his ability [Eagles Eyes] in order to see inside of the night club. He looked inside and saw someone very familiar.
He activated his new skill.
[Telepathy-S Rank]
[Description: This ability allows you to read a person's mind or talk to them. It doesn't work on people who are above S rank or those who have a strong mind or willpower]
[Se Cost:5000 Se per Hour]
Merlin entered Keith's mind and started talking to him.
'Hey numbskull, can you hear me?' Merlin asked.
'I can hear you loud and clear jackass. And you know, we can read each other's mind without using that telepathy ability.' he replied in an annoyed tone.
'I know, it's just so fun seeing you so angry and how the hell did you know that I learnt an ability that allows me to use telepathy,' Merlin said.
'A hunch. Anyway, what do you want?' Keith asked.
'I wanted to ask if you have gotten any leads on what the oni guild has been up to lately,' Merlin said.
'I found that Aiko has been hypnotized,' Keith informed him as he took a sip of his whiskey.
'How did you notice?" Merlin asked with a bit of curiosity.
'Celesta is a dragon monarch and John died a long time ago,' Keith answered whilst still talking to Aiko. 'I give you more information when we are outside.'
'Sure,' Merlin agreed as he waited patiently for Keith.
Ten minutes passed and Keith finally came out of the night club and dashed towards Merlin's location. He walked silently towards Merlin; his footsteps were barely audible. Keith concealed his presence and his Se. He crept closer and closer to Merlin and said, "Boo!!"
Merlin wasn't even startled by Keith's attempt to jump scare him and turned around and shot a light dagger right at Keith. Keith didn't bother dodging the attack and let it pierce through his chest, he then grabbed the handle of the dagger and pulled it out. His wound closed up in less than a fraction of a second.?
"Why didn't you dodge?" Merlin questioned with a slightly dazed expression on his face.
"I don't have the power I used to have back then," he answered in a furious tone.
"I guess I am not the only one who has lost their powers." Merlin let out a deep sigh as he sat down on the ground.
Keith also sat down and asked, "Do you have any leads on who killed Noah?"
"I think I killed him," Merlin answered, a bit of uncertainty evident in his voice.
"What do you mean by 'I think I killed him'?" Keith asked with a curious expression on his face.
"Killing him didn't feel like killing a dragon," he answered
"What made you think that?"
"I noticed this after killing a few monsters in the qualification trial. To put it simply, it felt like I was killing those monsters in the qualification trials"
"So basically, the person you killed wasn't real," Keith said. "So that means, he might have been a monster that someone cast can an illusion on."
"Mind if I ask you a question?" Keith asked
"Sure,"