Chapter 115 - Infiltration Mission (2)
PoV: Lovelace
I’ve been waiting for this moment for months, watching the Church’s moves, taking notes of all the ins and outs.
And now it’s the moment.
The Pontifex and all high-ranking officials of the Church are off to Essendia to a Council, which means that the closed-off area inside and under the temple is empty of people.
The security around and inside the temple is tightened, but all guards are normal humans; they wouldn’t be able to detect me.
I shadow-hop my way inside the temple like the other day and retrace my steps until I arrive at the lit room.
There are two guards at the entrance of the room, but none inside. If I turn to human form now, they will see me, but the only way for me to traverse the room is by leaving the shadow form.
But these few meters are trivial to me because of what I learned with Aurea. I might not be as resourceful or have the same finesse as her with illusion magic, but I can pull off an invisibility spell.
It won’t last long, but it’s more than enough for me to cross a single room.
At the other side of that room is a very ornate door. It is locked, and the light of the room enters its underside and the keyhole, leaving no shadow for me to exploit.
But I am already prepared for that, of course.
I take a small piece of cloth from my pocket and stick it over the keyhole. It’s a magical cloth imbued with the Dark element and capable of casting a shadow even in a circumstance like this one.