Supreme Magus novel Chapter 568

"The bad news." Friya said almost holding her breath.

"This is most likely to be an inside job." Noticing her shock, Lith beckoned to her.

"Use your diagnostic spell and follow my instructions. Can you see the greyed out zones near the blackheads and what’s-his-name’s organs?" He said as soon as Friya did as instructed.

’Why not use a random name like Zolgrish would? His name is Doluth!’ Solus rebuked him.

"Of course, I can. Why?" Her answer surprised him quite a bit.

"Are you telling me you noticed them but you don’t know what they are?"

"Yes, is it a common illness?" She felt greatly embarrassed, by the knowledge gap between them.

"No! It’s what remains after someone gets tortured with magic and only partially healed. Didn’t Jirni teach you anything?" Lith asked.

"Mom is no healer, how does she fit in?"

"Since when did it stop her from being good at her job? Your father provided her with plenty of tools to make up for her lack of magic. We exchanged a lot of pointers while we were in Othre. Bottom line, a wizard did it." Lith pointed at Doluth.

"That’s the bad news. The good news is that you were right. There is no Griever no poison going around. Someone is harming people with darkness magic just to heal them immediately after.

"That’s why the symptoms vary from person to person. It depends on both the mage’s skill and how the victim’s body responds." A simple wave of Lith’s hand restored the youth’s health.

"When you said inside job did you mean my men or the house staff?" Friya asked.

"Both. The culprit only needs to have access to Delicious here and some sedative to not wake him up during the process."

"It would explain why it’s not contagious and how it can return so fast." Friya pondered.

"The culprit only has to repeat the process as soon as the Healer leaves the house to make them appear like a quack. To what end, though?"

"This is what I need your help for. I need a list of all the victims of the Griever and all the information you can get about the Church of the Six. After all, the main reason why religions don’t take root is because of Healers being good at their job."

"I’ll ask Wyra to learn everything she can about the church and the Viscount for the list. If he refuses to help, we’ll be on our own, though." _{freёwebnovel.com}

"We? You’re an adventurer. As far as I know, you can’t serve two masters at once."

"Neither of you is my master." Friya gracefully showed him Orion’s masterpiece she wore on her middle finger while making a fist.

"You are my friend whereas Krame is a pompous idiot. It’s not difficult for me to pick a side, even though I doubt we’ll come to that."

She took out her communication amulet and gave instruction to the core members of the Crystal Shield guild to investigate discretely about the church.

"I’m no expert, but while we wait, I can give you an abridged version of their teachings. I listened to their ramblings so many times that I got the gist of it."

Lith nodded at her to continue.

"The Church of the Six preaches that in the beginning there were six gods. Each one of them controlled a different element and together they created all of Mogar’s lifeforms. According to the church, the world energy also comes from the six Elemental Sovereigns.

"They also say that long ago the world was at peace because the Sovereigns distributed their gifts equally with every living being. Then, some nondescript evildoers plotted to overthrow them and steal their powers.