I became a legion lich

234 Order branch

Furthermore, very few mages among those sent to the merchants’ zone had an affinity for light, so it would be impossible to cover enough area. The church would probably be able to, but there was only one small church in town with a minuscule number of priests and none of them came to investigate what happened at the scene of the explosion.

“Damn it, I won’t get anything here without dawnlight, but I can’t move it without risking losing the undead I’ve already captured.” Lukas muttered and clicked his tongue in disgust.

“I’m sorry sir, but the undead had already fled by the time we arrived. We found nothing but injured people at the blast site.” One of the mages used wind magic so that his voice reached Lukas in the sky and reported the situation.

“Understood. I managed to control the situation in the slums and capture a dozen undead, so it’s not such a big loss. Just try to control the situation here and keep people from panicking.” Lukas transmitted his voice using the same method.

‘Since the situation has reached this point, I will at least get the information I want from these vampires. But first, I need to contact the order and take them to the dungeon of the forgotten.’ He thought as he walked down to the mage.

“Where is the order’s branch in this city? I need to report this to the water elder.” Lukas asked the mage. He had left his communication cube and dimensional ring at home, fearing that Thersec would use it to track and follow him, so he didn’t have any items with teleportation crystals with him.

“It’s in the center of town, sir. It’s a four-story building with the order’s symbol emblazoned on the walls, so it’s impossible to miss. I’ll notify the mages who stayed behind of your presence so there’s someone to meet you at the entrance. ” The mage informed him and took a communication pendant to report to the order what was happening at the site of the explosions and the presence of Lukas.

Lukas nodded to the mage and flew towards the center of town, spotting the order’s branch almost immediately. The city center was the commercial zone and almost entirely occupied by different commercial stores

Normally it would be teeming with people, but it was empty thanks to the explosions and the constant emergency alarms going off. A mage wearing a green robe was standing waiting in front of the order’s door and bowed respectfully as Lukas landed in front of him.

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“It is a pleasure to meet you, master of magic Lukas Ripha. I have already been informed of your mission here and we have already prepared an official communication channel with the order’s headquarters. Please follow me inside the building, we must not speak of important matters in public.” The mage spoke nervously, almost biting his tongue, and opened the branch doors for Lukas.

The building was only four stories high, but the branch of the Shiima order was just a place to gather local magic ingredients and do some administrative work, so its modest size was enough.

Every mage or functionary within the order looked curiously at Lukas as he entered, his gleaming armor and magical weapons floating around him catching everyone’s attention.

Despite the attention he was receiving, no one dared to get in their way and approach Lukas, the magical aura that radiated from a single of the weapons on his back was enough to send shivers down anyone’s spine and he had eleven of them floating around him.

“Here you are, sir. We’ve reserved a room so you can have a private conversation, and we’ve prepared a communication cube with the order’s official channels. The room is enchanted so that sound doesn’t leak out the moment the doors close, so feel free to chat as much as you like.” The mage who had led him here spoke as he opened the doors to the room and closed them as Lukas passed.

‘The enchantment to prevent information leakage is real, but I won’t trust that thing.’ Lukas removed the helmet and used mana vision to investigate the room and noticed the simple enchantment. He even cast a second zone of silence just in case, before picking up the communication cube on a table of his own.

Lukas activated the cube and was greeted by a grumpy mage, at least until the mage realized Lukas’ identity and hastily corrected his posture.

“How can I help you, Mr.Lukas?” The mage asked while mentally cursing his carelessness.

“I have undead prisoners I need to interrogate, so I want a ticket to the Forgotten Dungeon.” Lukas didn’t go into much detail about how he obtained these undead, but the mage didn’t ask many questions either, just the sour expression of someone who had to deliver bad news to his higher.

“I’m sorry sir, but as you may know, the portal tower is destroyed and the only form of transportation we currently have is teleportation crystals, but these require the person to have visited the destination beforehand.”

“I know how teleportation crystals work. Tell me what the problem is.” Lukas didn’t like where the conversation was going and he could already guess what the problem was.

“The problem is that you are calling me from the city of Shiima, a city relatively close to the border of the kingdom of Mirkor. Despite being a large city, it is in a remote region and none of the jailers or magicians working in the prison of the forgotten have history of traveling to this city for any reason.” The mage informed him as politely as possible, not liking Lukas’ expression one bit.

The situation was hardly his fault, but an angry mage usually took out his anger on the first thing he laid eyes on and a master of magic would be even worse.

‘So I need someone who has already come to this city and the dungeon of the forgotten to teleportation. I doubt that someone who has business in a city of so little importance to the order would have authorization or reason to enter the dungeon of the forgotten.’ Lukas pondered his meager options.

‘My time is not infinite either. Thersec will soon contact the guards I defeated and when he notices the lack of communication, he will investigate my lab and find them chained up. He might as well be on the lookout for the news when the mages report the order of what happened here.’

‘I need to somehow find someone who has been to the dungeon and this town and has a high level teleportation crystal.’ Lukas tried to remember all the countless contacts with influential figures throughout his career to try to find the right person, but the answer was simple.

“I already know! Attendant, I need you to do me a favor. Request the purchase of a high-quality teleportation crystal large enough to transport a dozen people on behalf of House Ripha and have it delivered to my current position as soon as possible.” Lukas made a sudden purchase order and confused the mage.

The quality of a teleportation crystal determined how much energy it could absorb and how far it would travel, but it was the size of the crystal that determined the radius of the purple orb. A crystal large enough to hold a dozen people would have to be at least a foot long and would be extremely expensive, but nothing Ripha’s fortune couldn’t afford.

The order of magic circulated goods across both continents and kept mages in readiness at the order’s headquarters to use as couriers. There would definitely be at least one mage who visited Shiima once in their lifetime.

“Sir, we can have your order ready and delivered in a few hours.” The attendant found the request strange, but did not question it and began to check if there were mages available for the city of Shiima.

“That’s a long time. You have ten minutes.” Lukas was against the clock at the moment and couldn’t wait hours.

“I understand that you are in a hurry, sir, but understand that it takes time to find a crystal that suits your needs and find a mage who has already visited Shiima City, so please be a little more patient!” The mage blanched at Lukas’ absurd demands, but Lukas didn’t care.

“Do whatever it takes to get it to me in time. I’ll pay extra to make up for the trouble, but get the crystal to me in less than 10 minutes.” Lukas tried to reassure the mage, but it was still questionable if the mage would make it in time.

‘I’ll do my best, sir. The mage sighed as he internally cursed Elbon’s injustice that made him heed Lukas’ call.

‘I hate to abuse my authority like this, but I have no choice.’ Lukas apologized internally to the mage as he disconnected the call.

He canceled the silent zone and left the room, greeting the mage who was still waiting outside the meeting room.