Formal Level psychic spell—True Word Inquiry.
"Quiet down, little ones. All you need to do next is answer my questions. If nothing unexpected happens, at least you won't suffer any harm at my hands."
The two trembling elf girls were given no chance to say anything, and before Lulus could draw her bowstring tight and question Punk's identity again, fine silver motes like flying sand drifted from the caster's fingertips. Accompanied by the slow sweep of a chilly breeze, these particles of True Word Inquiry, deliberately weakened to reduce their mental burden, gradually seeped into the souls of the two Journeyman Level professionals.
Just as the Morningstar Mage had said, True Word Inquiry was inherently a relatively mild interrogation-type psychic spell. It would not cause any substantial harm to its targets; it merely made it impossible for the muddleheaded Lulus and Nina to lie while the spell remained in effect.
That way, even the Grand High Priest of the Elven Royal Court, once she arrived, would have no easy excuse to find fault with him.
"All right, now speak your minds freely. What do you think of that Goddess of Life, Saqiona?"
Under the careful stimulation of psychic energy, the spell cast by the caster took effect in less than one-hundredth of a second. The two Forest Rangers, whose muscles had been tense and whose faces had been filled with terror just moments ago, soon became drowsy and limp beneath the spell's influence. For a time, the wind howled and fallen leaves drifted as the exquisitely beautiful elf girls leaned against each other and collapsed onto the dirty ground.
Before long, they began earnestly answering every question posed by the stranger before them with vacant expressions.
"Lady Saqiona... she is a great Deity. She grants perfect protection to the entire