GATE - War of Two Worlds Part 2

V20 - Chapter 234 Another Man For The Cause

"Researchers from University of Princeton and Harvard and top portion mages from North American Coven Councils have successfully re-create the fable Mithridate poison antidote that can cure virtually all forms of poisons from nature or even something as strong as Ricin and cyanide.

The Mithridate was created by Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus with his royal mages in the 1st century BC to safeguard himself against assassination attempts. The formula of the antidote has a staggering 65 different ingredients and dozens of enchantments, solidifying it as the most complex form of medicine in ancient times. After the death of the emperor, the formula was mistranslated, wrongfully modified and the mages with the knowledge to create it vanished to escape prosecution. As a result, the antidote lost its potency and faded into obscurity from the public.

For centuries, the mage descendants of the ancient mages of Pontus safeguard the original recipe and its creation technique so someday this fable portion will benefit society. With the Great Magical Revelation, the antidote has now become one of the newest symbols to justify the peaceful existence between mages and non-mages.

Medical experts state that the Mithridate will enable the public to have far more effective and much cheaper means to combat poisons either from nature or man-made." - The Lotus News

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--- Thaluilas, Elies Region ---

Date: August 2nd, 2026

Hearing the warning bells ring, it had become clear that the Thaluilas Knights, the Oprichnina and Ticaret forces, under Sasax's and Ganog's command, had figured out that they had been infiltrated. If it was not for Lartia knowing the layout and the defectors giving advice on the enemy's strength and location, Pina would have been forced to launch a direct assault which could have resulted in heavy casualties.

While hoping to find Legutas Fabius, the Rose Knights found their secondary objective, Albon, commander of the Ticaret Conglomerate. However, he did divulge a location called the Garden for them, where the Legutas could be.

"What do you mean by Garden?" Pina asked. "Do you mean outside the city?"

"No," Albon painfully replied. "I do not know where it is. It sounded like it was a place where the city elite went underground."

"A private chamber?" Beefeater asked.

"Why not," Panache replied. "If I were this wealthy and lived a thousand years, I would want a place to escape everyone else."

"The lady is correct," Albon said. "The truth is we elves, who live in the cities, all have a place to get away from you short-lived folk. Usually, they are not underground."

"Well, it's the only lead we have so it'll have to do," Pina said. "Everyone, prepare to leave."

"Empress, he is in no position to run around like this, and he will slow us down," Panache said.

"We do not have time for this," Pina replied. "Jalin, carry him and regroup with Bozes."

"I cannot," Jalin replied. "His injuries are too great for me to simply carry him off. Give me three minutes, hopefully I find something to make a makeshift stretcher for him."

"Damn it!" Pina cursed. "Okay, fine. Macarita, patch Albon up in the meantime."

"Got it!" Macarita replied before getting herself to work on Albon. Started giving him a morphine injection. "It's okay, it's just a medicine to numb your pain."