章 62: Chapter 60- Research

Griffin gently raised his hand and wiped Kazuki's tears.

"I've lived long enough, had different experiences and many adventures. I enjoyed it all."

As Griffin was telling them this, Kazuki clenched his fist and his heart was getting consumed by revenge.

"I have enlisted you as my successor and when I die, the palace will accept you as a new supreme mage" he added.

Though Kazuki's anger was filling up, he was thinking about how Griffin was poisoned. No one has the guts to poison a supreme mage except if he was also one. That time, only one person came into Kazuki's mind. It was Magnus.

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Crux castle

"Magnus!" Brim shouted as the came rushing from the door. This made Magnus a little annoyed.

"Have you heard of the word knock?" he tried to lecture Brim but then stopped when he noticed his serious face.

"Griffin was poisoned" Brim said. This made Magnus rage and fire started to surround the entire castle. He was furious because among all the supreme mages, he was the only one who was closest to Griffin in terms of power. It upsets him that someone who beat Griffin is someone below him.

On the other hand, Brim was also surprised by the sudden news. He was working on his rehabilitation training when a messenger entered the room carrying information from their spy in Holy kingdom saying that Griffin is poisoned. Since Stella and Gamel are loyal to Griffin, they can't be the suspects. The other neutral supreme mages and Kazuki are also out of the question. That could only mean that the one who poisoned Griffin is someone lower than them.

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Back at the Holy capital, Kazuki was thinking of a way to make an antidote for Griffin. There are many antidotes for any type of poison except for nevermore poison. It is known to be the deadliest and only incurable poison. He also thought of making an antidote from his past world but nevermore never existed there.

There was only one option left. That is to research the antidote himself. Based on his analysis, Griffin has about 5 days left before his power fades so it means he still has 5 days to complete the antidote.

He first asked Stella for a bottle of nevermore poison. At first, Stella was surprised when he asked for it but when knowing his intentions, she gave him some and a laboratory to work on. It didn't have any high-tech devices but devices that uses magic. It has a crystal ball that can be used as a microscope and different types of knives, mortars and pestles, and other chemicals. There are also books that can serve as his reference.

He captured 10 mice and began his research. He first started with Prithiva extract. A well known medicine from the prithiva flower that is used to cure different diseases. The mixed the extract with poison and injected it to the mouse. After 3 seconds, the first one died.

After the first trial, he increased the dosage of prithiva extract until he used up all the mice and decided to give up.

For his second experiment, he used Serpentine saliva. A well known poison antidote commonly used by adventurers. If helps neutralize the poison and is the main reason why serpentines don't poison themselves.

He experimented for 2 days straight but couldn't find any cure. He was about to look for a new batch of mice when Pegasus entered the room bringing an old parchment with him. He gave it to Kazuki and when he opened it, the ingredients for nevermore poison antidote was written there.