Supreme Magus novel Chapter 150

Lith wasn’t new to human experimentation, but he usually did it in secret, using as test subjects only people that had tried to kill him or dared to attack his family, that he would have killed anyway after putting them through excruciating pain.

Hearing his proposal being accepted by a servant of the Kingdom, without even raising an objection, was too much even for him.

- "Is this guy insane? I mean, I don’t give a sh*t about people’s lives too, but at least I pretend to care, especially in front of witnesses." –

"What do you need?" Varegrave asked.

"An infected from the anti healing parasite, no matter the progress rate of the infestation, at least three competent healers, and a lot of vials.

Successful or not, during the experiment I plan on extracting the toxins the parasites use to control the mana flow and, with a little luck, those produced upon their deaths.

Since both degrade fast without a host, it would be better if the vials are able to replicate the host’s lifeforce, or at least slow down the deteriorating process. I know that dimensional items are off limits, but I need something similar, or half the work will be for naught."

"Don’t worry, this is not the first time that we use Small World for containing a disease. We are well equipped for all kind of contingencies. When do you want to do it?"

Lith pondered for a while, trying to make it as realistic as possible. He could actually do everything on his own, but the priority was to not make it seem too easy. Last, but not least, by delegating part of the job, he would get the opportunity to better observe the parasites’ reaction to his therapy and react accordingly.

"Tomorrow morning would be great. I’m too tired now, I want to be at peak condition for the experiment. By the way, I need to impart one of my personal spells to the healers that will assist me, but I can’t take out the scroll from my amulet."

Varegrave gave him a quill and an inkwell, forcing Lith to show his penmanship.

"This is really a bad idea." Lith said while the quill moved clumsily along the sheet, screeching from time to time.

"Since I have learned water magic, I always write with it. Are you sure you can’t grant me water magic, or at least let me access my dimensional amulet, even for a second?"

"Sorry." Varegrave shook his head. "I can’t do it unless it’s absolutely necessary."

After a long and painful quarter of hour, Lith gave him something that looked like an ancient coded language, the spacing between the letters almost random.

The ink was smeared in several points, making Lith’s doctor’s handwriting even more mysterious and unfathomable.

"Do you think they can learn it by tomorrow?" Lith asked while cleansing the ink from his hands.

"It would be easier for them to recreate it from scratch, rather than deciphering this gibberish. Turn around, please, and be ready to get that scroll."

Lith did as instructed, keeping his right hand behind his back, allowing Solus to spectate whatever Varegrave wanted to keep hidden. The Colonel took a few steps back, positioning himself at the center of the tent.

His left eyes emitted a faint light, revealing numerous rune marks on it, that moved out of the cornea and in the air surrounding him, allowing Varegrave to operate them like a giant holographic keyboard.

Thanks to her mana sense, Solus could see Varegrave connecting himself to the multi-layered array that surrounded the whole region. She already had an idea of the artifact’s scope, but only when the link had been established, she was able to understand its breath-taking complexity.

Now that Small World was activated, Solus could see the countless runes of power that enveloped every single millimetre of space. Its magic permeated even the items and bodies of all those under its influence.

An infinite number of shackles, albeit normally invisible, weighted on them.

- "By my maker! This thing is much more complicated that we thought. It’s not like a switch, he has to actually rewrite entire strings of runes to make even the slightest change to it." –

"Do it now." Lith could feel the strain in Varegrave’s voice, as Solus could see it on his face. He promptly extracted the scroll, raising it over his head, without turning around, for the Colonel to see.

Varegrave silently nodded, reverting the array to his previous status. The runes moved back into the eye, leaving no trace of their powerful magic, except a faint smell of ozone lingering in the air.

"Finally, some human language." Varegrave commented reading the scroll.

"The spell is mine, and I’d like to keep it that way." Lith ignored the remark.

"Don’t worry. If it proves to be useful for the cure, you’ll be properly compensated. Otherwise, I’ll make sure your work does not get plagiarized."