It may be a tier one potion, but even third-tier mages have difficulty resisting its effects,' Olivia spoke up in Greg's mind. "For a whole day after taking this potion, not only will one be compelled to answer any question that they are asked, they'll also be unable to lie," She explained. "The only thing you have to take note of when using this potion is that just because someone thinks something is true doesn't mean that it is," She cautioned. "For example, if someone truly believes that the sky is red, the potion won't make them say blue, it'll compel him to answer in accordance to what they believe to be true, that is red," His familiar explained. Without wasting time, Greg bought the potion from the magic store. He wasn't looking to learn the truths of life from his cousin. All he needed to know was what his cousin knew. With that, he'd at least be able to form a plan of attack. The potion took ten seconds to materialize inside his storage ring. As soon as it did, Greg didn't

'The reason they are given this designation is that they are no longer in the normal progression of the mages that rely on mana and their understanding of magical principles to grow more and more powerful. Tier zero is less of a stage of being a mage and more of a death sentence for those that get it. The reason for this is simple. Human beings, no matter how powerful, are not built to handle the kind of power deities have. Sure, one who was initially a mage will last longer as a tier zero mage than one who wasn't, and one who was a higher tier mage will last longer than one who was at a lower tier. The end result for all of them, however, is that their bodies, and sometimes even their minds, eventually break down as a result of being forced to handle a kind of power and knowledge that they were never meant to handle,' She explained. 'Think of it like a candle. The flame a candle produces isn't that hot or bright. But it is precisely because of this that a candle can last long. If the

If a dark crawler manages to inject the venom into your brain, then there is nothing that can be done for you other than death,' She declared. 'Not only will your whole body be subjected to a kind of mind-bending pain that you can not even begin to imagine, but all your worst nightmares will be brought to life around you. You'll be dragged into the deepest darkest part of your mind where all the worst things you can imagine are. You'll be forced to live in a warped reality where, you see all the things that you fear, hate, avoid, or are ashamed of the most, for every single moment of the rest of your living life. The worst part is that neither one interferes with the other, the pain won't stop you from hallucinating and the hallucinations won't stop you from feeling the pain,' She explained. The stuff is so bad that in most places it's an illegal substance to have. In the right markets, however, a single vial of it is worth more than your whole town and everyone in it combined,' Olivi

In truth, this wasn't where Greg wanted to be. After the plan had been settled and his duplicates made, Greg wanted to rush back home and protect his family and allow his copies to do all the work of attacking his uncle. Olivia, however, had informed him that this wasn't a wise idea. By using the hive scroll, they had given themselves the same weakness that his uncle had. In the same way that his uncle was the weakest link when put together with the dark crawlers, Greg was now the weakest link on his side. This wasn't because he was exceptionally weak or anything. It was simply because if anything happened to him, all his copies would be like marionettes with their strings cut. They had come up with a great plan that had a great chance of success, but for better or worse, for it to work, they couldn't risk losing the original Greg, and as such, he was forced to avoid both battlefields. Greg had sent one of his copies running towards the town. Greg had bought shoes of haste for every

Part of Greg had been worried that it would be too cruel to make the son believe that he'd killed his father. From the smile that had crossed Nolruk's lips, however, Greg doubted that even being made chief of the whole town would have made him that happy. Besides, it wasn't like he had any better ideas. Letting the boy go would have been risky, and he wasn't comfortable with killing someone just to silence them. Making the boy believe he was the killer was a grey area that Greg would have to make peace with. Not only would he not worry about being accused of murder, the only witness, his cousin, would be the one most interested in hiding anything to do with his father's death. Right now they were moving through the forest towards the place where the fights had taken place. After all, the scene of the crime had to be cleaned up. If they left his uncle's beheaded corpse where it was and some other hunters came across it, it would lead to a bigger issue than Greg wanted it to be. Just