Lind thought he could blend in again but Haro gave him a harsh wakeup call. While he had begun to incorporate the Mystery energy into his various abilities, he had hardly mastered it.
Unlike before, when he was essentially too weak to be worried about, he now put out a solid signature of an Apprentice Tier. A complete Life Layer would leave him exposed.
Lind had tested it and confirmed the beasts local to the island still fled from him. He could not blend in like he had before!
He tried a new tack as the 2 vessels slowed off the northern beach.
He used one of the older trees to resonate with his Qi and rather than blend into the background of the island, he used the massive flow of energy to cover his own. He did not harm nor manipulate it, but only shifted his own energy to hide.
It was very difficult but he finished just in time for the 2 vessels to float well past the shoreline and land in 2 different clearings.
