The Fractured Mage

Chapter 68 - Team Up(Part 3)

"I have to say, I'm glad we managed to get grouped together instead of getting stuck with a bunch of strangers. Besides Lect, the rest are still apprehensive towards us, so this is for the best," Remarked Iris with a relieved look on her face, as we walked through a shopping district.

About an hour had passed since we split up into six groups, and it's been seriously slow progress since then. We've spoken to almost every single person we've come across, barring children who haven't yet awakened their Magic Systems.

I can sense if a person has unlocked their Magic System or not by their Ether, those who haven't unlocked theirs tend to have stagnant Ether, no different than plants. I've been letting Iris know whenever we come across someone like that, it's helped save a small bit of time, but it still left a massive number of people to question.

It's also earned a bit of suspicion from Rex, but at this point, I don't care...as much of an asshole as he is, I suppose I can grudgingly adm