Book 4. Chapter 35
Brin darted out of bed and ran. He moved more out of panic than any real plan, but still thankfully had the presence of mind to leave a glass copy in his bed, just in case any of the men woke up in the commotion. As soon as he hit the doorway he turned himself invisible and sent three mirror images running in all different directions.
The Lance might get in trouble because Brin was seen running around the fortress, but he'd be in much worse trouble if Lothar caught up with him. He ran, silently and invisible, and watched Lothar with his Invisible Eye.
Lothar casually hopped down from the tower. He fell a dozen stories and landed on the ground with a crash that cracked the stones of the floor. Then he strode forward as if he'd done nothing more than skip the last two stairs on a staircase.
Brin sent his Mirror Images even further away in the hope that Lothar would follow one of them. No such luck. He marched straight towards the real Brin, who was currently invisible.
This was crazy! If nothing else, this only confirmed in his mind that Lothar really was a [Paladin]. No one should have a Skill this broken!
He reached a corridor and ran one direction, before switching tracks and going the other way, wasting time in a panic. Should he go deeper into the fortress, towards the servants quarters, or try to get out? He stopped, paralyzed by panic and indecision.
No. Think. He'd been in tougher spots than this. What did he know? Lothar had some kind of Skill that let him see through walls and let him see through illusions, even invisibility. But just because he hadn't found its limits yet didn't mean there weren't any. He needed to try something else.
He put a Mirror Image on top of himself, overlaying his real body with an illusory one. Then he created five more Mirror Images and split them all off in different directions.
Lothar paused. For the first time, he looked a bit unsure. When he started moving again, it was at a quick trot instead of a casual stroll and... yes! He was heading towards one of the doubles.