With Lesley's neck firmly in his grasp, Kyle made a swift decision.
"I finally caught you…" Kyle said as he felt relieved seeing Lesley in his hands.
Nonetheless, instead of proceeding with the extraction, he used a Spell to put her unconscious and carried her away to the fortified seclusion of his castle.
The air around them warped, and in a few blinks, with the help of his Presence Shift, they arrived in front of his castle…
With another Presence Shift, they finally stood within the stone-cold walls of his sanctuary.
He even left his Time Manipulators and made them return with their own abilities.
The reason for his caution was twofold.
Firstly, the presence of the Dark Arts Families' Patriarchs loomed on the horizon, their formidable auras was unmistakable. They were ancient and possessed malevolent magics that he didn't want to deal with yet...