Inside a well furnished office painted in purple, the Archmage sat behind his desk and interlocked his fingers and smiled at the six people who stood in front of him.
"Thank you all for coming in the short notice, I know it been only a day however, we are in need of your assistance. You see, there is an ongoing investigation that we've been carrying out for a while now ..."
"I'm sending you six to two different locations, Angus, Namitha and Julius, you three will go to the Yellow tower in the southwest. Iode, Maythan and Melissa, you three will go to the Green tower in the southeast ".
"You will meet and assist the tower brigades and their advanced level mages if they are available in the investigation, any questions ". The Archmage said.
"Yes sire, what is the investigation you mentioned all about ". Julius said.
"Yeah, I was going to tell you that, you see, there is a mage or mages within the kingdom practicing forbidden arts of magic...".
"Forbidden?" Iode muttered.
"Yes forbidden, and this mage or mages has been doing this for a very long time even before I became the Archmage. The person or persons, we don't know how many they are but they are really good at hiding, they left no trail to find them...".
"In case you are wondering, the forbidden arts practiced seems to be a longevity magic and/or a communal magic, communicating with outwardly beings... Demons ".
The six of them all gasps, there are some magic that are considered forbidden magics/ arts. They include; Longevity magic, Chimera creation, Homunculi creation, Kaiju creation, Spiritism ( it's only forbidden if the spirit summoned or communed is evil), and Demonism.
Chimera, Homunculi and Kaiju creation became forbidden after the great war of the magical nation shortly after the fall of Zenobios. Their creation is considered forbidden because living organisms, mostly humanoids form a basis for their creation, and they seem to be unstable. To prevent anyone from misusing power like Zenobios, their creation was banned.
Longevity magic is an art whereby a person uses the lifespan of another person to increase his own lifespan. The magic uses ritual that kills the victim and adds the some of the victims lifespan to the perpetuator.
Spiritism is generally not forbidden, given the fact that nature itself has a lot of spirit living in it. Most spirit are meek and gentle and usually avoid violence, however, there are some that are evil and wicked. They love carnage and calamity to almost everything except themselves, so, communicating and summoning an evil spirit is considered forbidden.
Demonism is a forbidden art whereby a person converse, summon or has dealings with demons and anything related. Demons are considered evil by nature that always seeks violence and destruction. The demon infestation that almost took over the world is a testament to their behavior. Demonism is considered the most insidious of all forbidden arts.
"What evil scoundrel would do such a thing, he must be apprehended at earnest, we don't know what that person is doing at the moment, probably planing another demon infestation" Angus said.
While the others are stunned and feeling subtle fear at the sound of someone communicating with demons, Iode was petrified, his eyes were widely opened gape.
' demon! Wait, the dream I had last night is it related to the person Archmage Averay is talking about? This changes everything '. Iode thought.
Maythan, while listening intently at the Archmage words, he caught Iode's bizarre expression.
' huh, what's his deal '. He thought.
"Sire, why do you want us to assist the other towers, surely we have senior advanced mages and the purple tower brigades that could be sent in our stead ". Maythan said.
"Yes, the brigades as it is have their hands tied, Wizardsville is a large city with large population, everyday there is crime, to reduce criminal act we need the purple tower brigade. As for your seniors, they too are sent out to work, so, you six are all we have left, does that answer your question young knox ". Archmage Averay said.
"You six will go to your respective locations tomorrow morning, you are dismissed, Iode please wait behind ".
The five advanced student left but Iode remained as told.
"Kid... Sorry young man, I saw your reaction when I said the forbidden magic especially the Demonism, are you willing to share your thoughts ". Averay said.
"Oh, well you see, I had a dream last night about a demon that came out from a portal. The demon looks like an Elf and it said ' I have returned '. When you talked about that Demonism, I was stunned because my dreams never talks about a future that is so near ". Iode said.
"That's right, I heard about some of that vision or dream you usually have, about extraterrestrial people coming over to our world to conquer us, that's something we have to deal with. Also, I heard that your sleep is affected by that dream, I think I have a solution to that ". Archmage Averay said.
"Thanks for your help sire but it has been solved, Igor did it". Iode replied.
"Igor? You met with him?". Archmage Averay said stunned.
"Yeah, but just once, I haven't seen him for quite some time now ". Iode said.
"Interesting, I've never heard of something like this ". Averay said.
"Let's leave that for today, go rest for tomorrow's journey ".
Iode bowed slightly and left the Archmage. Archmage Averay watched him leave with a chilling expression.
"I have to keep an eye on that boy..."