Supreme Magus novel Chapter 504

Lith thanked Pazeol before he left and started to plan his next move.

’Well, for once the Kingdom is being really helpful instead of just trusting me to clean up their mess.’ He thought. ’Now I can search the city for enemies. Once I find them, the tracker will lead me to their nest. Easy peasy.’

Yet even after scouting the entirety of Maekosh twice, the magical device didn’t pick up any signal, making Lith doubt it even worked in the first place. After even a third round of the city gave no results, Lith felt dispirited.

’Time to fill up on spirits.’ He sighed as he went back to the Prancing Griffon for a few draft beers. Ever since he had made the kitchen staff quake in their boots with an alleged infective disease, the tavern was much quieter.

Lith was one of the few brave souls that still dared to step inside, so the waiters treated him like a VIP. The fear of ending up locked in isolation along with Xelos, their employer, was a strong motivator.

Yet he didn’t eat anything that didn’t come out from his pocket dimension. Unlike the freshly tapped beer, food couldn’t be prepared in front of him.

’I don’t have much time, but luckily neither do the wargs.’ He thought. ’The first warrior was weak while the second one was already a hybrid. If I’m lucky the lack of food will prevent them from focusing on magic and slow down the Abomination fragments’ development.

’If I’m not, I might have to face a small army of hybrids or a single combined entity. According to Pazeol, all of my wargs bear fragments of the same creature. It wouldn’t surprise me if they merged into one like the second warrior did to boost its strength.’

’Agreed.’ Solus pondered. ’Another problem we have is the enemy within Maekosh. At this point, I have a theory but I’m pretty sure you won’t like it.’

Lith inwardly nodded for her to continue.

’The reason to choose monsters as guinea pigs is pretty obvious. They are strong and spawn fast, which means that somehow the procedure they have undergone allows the Abomination fragment to be passed down to their offspring.’

’Well, yeah. Otherwise there would be no hive mind nor would there be any sense in letting them roam free.’ Lith pondered.

’Exactly.’ Solus continued. ’The presence of the tracking spell tells us the hybrids are meant to be harvested at some point, but what if the wargs aren’t only limited to spreading the fragments to other wargs?

’Sharing is their innate ability and we have no idea about the limits of their mutation.’

’So you are saying that we have been looking at things from the wrong angle. That maybe there are no wargs in Maekosh but human hybrids?’ Lith was getting a headache at just the thought of it.

’Yes. It would explain a lot. The night of the attack we had just killed a lot of wargs, maybe the collective grief drove the human hosts mad. Also, the tracker doesn’t pick up anything either because the signal is being generated by a human body or maybe simply because the fragments are still too small.

’Humans develop in years, not days, so even if they are turning into wargs it could take months before it actually happens.’

"I’m really sorry to bother you again, but I think I need a Healer." Lith had just started to inwardly curse his bad luck in every language he knew when someone interrupted his creative flow.

It was the same redhead waitress who served him the day of his arrival. Lith was about to give her the finger when he realized the opportunity in front of him.