Supreme Magus - Chapter 446

Chapter 446






"This is much worse than I expected . " Jirni paced around Dorian's office while assessing the gravity of Othre's predicament in the light of the most recent developments .

"Royal Constables don't deal with mages . It's the duty of the Mage Association to prevent idiots with more power than brain from endangering the Kingdom and its subjects . My problem is that if I call in the Knight's Guard without a proper cover story, panic will spread . "

Even if she wasn't referring to him, Dorian felt the need to justify himself anyway .

"I assure you that there has been no early sign of a conspiracy of this magnitude . I performed background checks on every mage that entered the city during the last months .

"Also, the materials necessary to build a lab need special permission to be bought . There's no record of someone applying for one in years . "

"It's not your fault . Necromancer or not, we are dealing with someone smart enough to cover their tracks . We don't even know what is their real agenda . Based on what Lith said, made mages and blue pillars victims might be failed experiments .

"Even though I don't see what they could possibly achieve by giving powers to random people . But if Manohar is right and we are dealing with the making of a cursed artifact, then only the missing people are relevant and the rest it's just a diversion .





"Think about it . Small time nobles dying in the middle of the day are bound to draw attention and so are rogue mages bent on destruction . We need more information and we need them fast . We don't know how close the mastermind is to bring their plan to fruition . Any ideas?"

"We could require a copy of Brigadier General Vorgh's report for the Kaduria events . " Kamila proposed . "Lith said that the aftereffects of the Black Star and of the blue pillar are similar .

"Kaduria's world energy was sealed by the arrays . Maybe after disabling them, the General noticed something that could help us understand what's happening here . "

Lith considered it a waste of time, but said nothing .

'I've never seen blue pillars before, not even after Abominations absorbed small villages' worth of world energy . The phenomenon must be related to the kind of Forbidden magic employed . Since we are clutching at straws though, we might as well give it a try . ' He thought .

Then, after pondering Jirni's and Dorian's words, Kamila took out her communication amulet and started browsing through her notes . Her hands moved on the holographic interface with the grace of a pianist during a solo .

Her expression was so focused that Jirni stopped pacing to not disturb her work .





"I knew it!" She said with a warm smile that reminded Lith the reason he had asked her out the first time they had met, right after she had finished reproaching him . There was something in her disposition that made her more than sunny, almost radiant .

"So far we have considered the nobles involved with the blue pillars as victims, but if we consider them part of a bigger scheme, then I think this could give us a lead . " Kamila handed her communication amulet to Jirni .


The data collected showed that every victim had renovated a part of their mansions during the previous months . Some had set new arrays, others had bought new magical commodities .

Taken individually, each order was inconspicuous, but once put them all together, there were more than enough magical resources to build a decent lab .

"Excellent job, Lieutenant . " Jirni said while returning the amulet . "Do a reverse search and find me someone that fits the profile of the victims and the timeline of the purchases who is still alive . The first name I want you to check is Arik Xolver . "

Kamila frowned as soon as she typed the name . Count Xolver had been flagged by the Mage Association multiple times over the years, but there were no recent activities on his accounts .





To Dorian, Jirni said: "Damn! Why didn't you check on him? He has an Alchemical lab, a Forgemastering Lab and at least two others . With all this stuff, he could be doing everything by himself . "

"We did . He has no magical powers and whenever he built a lab, a certified magician worked for him . We didn't intervene because he has the means but not the skills to use them . When the problems started, I searched his place and checked his inventories .

"There was nothing missing and he hasn't hired a mage in the last two years . I can send another team to make sure the magical equipment is still on the place too if you want . "

"No, it's better to wait . We have no solid evidence he is related to this story . I can't just storm inside his house and interrogate him . Before we ask him questions, I need to know some answers . Jirni replied .

"While Lieutenant Yehval searches for more potential suspects, I want everyone to rest . We have to be ready if another made mage appears and if they don't, I want to take a look around the old temple to check for glowing blue eyed people . "

It took Kamila a couple of hours to complete her task . Knowing what she was looking for and the timeframe for the purchase of magical materials to be relevant, allowed her to narrow her research greatly .

Since it was almost sundown, the group decide to scout the area where Hessie lived and make sure that her claims weren't just born out of superstition .

The building called "the old temple" was one of the rare relics of the time before Magus Lochra Silverwing gifted her legacy to the Garlen continent . After mages learned to perform tier four and five magic, religions had slowly disappeared .

The temple was located in the outer Rim of Othre, in one of the oldest and poorest parts of the city . The district was too distant from the city gates to be of any use for the merchants .

The streets were narrow and the pavements were full of cracks and holes due to the lack of maintenance . Lith noticed the lack of beggars and street urchins that were common in all the other zones of the outer rim that he had visited .

'I wonder if it's because they got scared by the people going missing in the neighborhood or just because the residents have nothing to worth stealing . ' Lith thought .

The old temple belonged to Xhal, the god of healing . It reminded Lith of a Greek temple . It was a simple rectangular shrine with protruding side walls, forming a small porch .

The temple was composed of two sections . An outer space surrounded by columns, and the inner area which housed a stone altar engraved with runes belonging to a lost language and a statue of Xhal . Both areas of the temple were entered and exited through ornate niches .

The god was depicted as a bearded man wearing an ample robe . His right hand held a human heart, while the left one was destroyed, either by time or thieves .

"Is it me, or this guy resembles Arthan, the Mad King?" Lith had seen Arthan's picture more than once while researching for a cure for his reincarnation problem .

The others had no idea of who Lith was talking about and there was no time to explain to them the whole story, so they kept looking around the temple .

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