Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2144

"They shared with them their memories of when you suffered from cold and hunger during winter, of how much Tista's illness affected their lives. It may seem trivial to you, but for those people, it meant stopping seeing your family as a bunch of monsters.

"It doesn't make up for how they treated you on the day of the attack nor does it magically erase the fear they feel for you, but it's a start. A bond of trust goes both ways and today you took the first step. Now you can only wait and see how they respond."

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Griffon Kingdom, City of Valeron, a few days later.

Lith had been expecting a call from the Royals for a while now, yet he would have never imagined that instead of ordering him to return to the battlefield they would just send summon him to the capital.

"Nice to see you, Magus Verhen." Morn said while Lith gave him a small bow. "I'm glad to hear that you've moved back to Lutia. I hope there's no grudge left between the Verhens and their fellow citizens."

"The pleasure is mine, Your Majesty." Lith replied. "As for Lutia, we are working on it."

His eyes moved around the Throne Room, noticing that Kamila, Tista, the Council's representatives, Faluel, and even Xenagrosh had been invited as well. Yet his wife stuck out like a sore thumb among such powerful creatures.

"What's the meaning of all this?"

"It will all be clear to you in a few minutes." Sylpha said while conjuring a tendril of Spirit Magic to establish a mind link with Lith.

The Queen brought him up to speed about the Organization's mission to retrieve the pieces of intelligence about the Golden Griffon that Orpal had collected in case Garlen became too small to host both the Dead King and the Mad Queen.

Much to his dismay, Sylpha broke the link right after informing him that each of the three hidden palaces had proven to contain a vital piece of information.

"The reason we have summoned you here is that what we are about to share with you requires utmost confidentiality. We only have one chance at this and we can't risk any detail leaking outside these walls." She said.

"From the Pleasure Palace, we rescued Termian, a Blood Warlock who helped Arthan to build the Golden Griffon. Thanks to him, we have learned how to craft cloaking rings that will allow our agents to escape the detection of the lost academy's defensive system.

"Thanks to the rings, once inside the only way their presence can be exposed is by being spotted by the guards. Even if that were to happen, as long as they can be kept from sounding the alarm, it would take hours for someone to notice their absence.

"From the Treasure Palace, instead, we have collected an enchanted map of the Golden Griffon." Sylpha handed to Lith a seemingly blank parchment.

'If not for Life Vision confirming that this is actually an artifact, I'd think that either this is a joke or that I have to swear to be up to no good to make it work.' Lith thought, making Solus inwardly giggle.

"It has already been imprinted and we've already checked that its content becomes visible only in the proximity of Huryole.

"Termian explained to us that after the Undead Courts discovered Arthan's plans to make the academy a maze, they used the enchantments that the Mad King had shared with them to create this map.