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nSam felt his whole body go numb. For some reason, this paralytic poison is acting against his body.

nEvery time a poison entered the body, his Hydra bloodline always took over and assimilated the poison, he would escape without any harm done to his body.

nBut this time, for some reason, before the hydra bloodline could even do anything, his human bloodline, the human flesh of his body started absorbing it crazily and it is even opposing the hydra bloodline.

nGenerally, all the beast bloodlines Sam has in his body are completely superior to his human part and the combination of this many bloodlines should have already killed Sam by now. Every bloodline of that caliber will be trying their best to show that they are the superior ones.

nWhich would lead to his body tearing itself apart. But because of this cultivation method, the body became proper junction that holds every bloodline separately and makes it coexist. The beast bloodlines wouldn't be opposing the human part because, once that junction is destroyed, he would die.

nNow taking this as an advantage, the human part of his body is greedily absorbing the paralytic poison, while the hydra part is trying to take over and absorb it.

nAt least Sam is not completely paralyzed at the moment.

nSam looked at Grace coldly, even though he is suffering a soul searing pain. He looked at the handcuff and realized that at least the key and the lock were real.

nArkiv released himself and held Sam who is struggling to stand up.

nSam took Arkiv's support and looked at the feathered and said.

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"This will mark the beginning of the real war between you and us. Whatever happens after this, remember that you have only yourself to blame. One last reminder, if you can send this back to your city, I won't stop you.

nYou better evacuate citizens from this place or what awaits them is a fate worse than death.

nWith that he whistled louds and gestured Arkiv to lay down on the ground.

nAt this moment, the earth shook and the feathered who are standing on it felt like it is about to collapse as a flying species their first instinct is to jump upwards.

nBut only then did they realize that they made a mistake. The earth is merely a distraction. A bunch of spikes flew from the top of the large trees. The spikes are a bit different though, they have grey flames all over it.

nThe spikes impaled themselves into the bodies of the feathered and they were surprised that they didn't feel much pain.

nThe spikes are not exactly damaging. They hovered over the sky for a second and one of them spotted a tree which also has grey flame on it. It was also hit by a stray spike and they realized just how much ** they are going to face now.

nTheir bodies slowly caught on the grey flame and started burning.

nThe feathered slowly collapsed to the ground and started rolling around.

nBy now, Sam sat down in a cross-legged position and started meditating. He has to get rid of the poison and all he has to do is make the human part of his dormant for a few seconds.

nHe closed his eyes and struggled for a few minutes before getting an idea. He used the Vampire bloodline to suppress his human one.

nBut in these few minutes, he will get that monstrous feel where he would want to eat everything.

nIf only there was other way. Sam activated the vampire bloodline and his whole body screamed of extreme hunger. After that first dose of elven blood he took from Ramya, his cravings didn't stop.

nHe has to keep the vampire bloodline dormant and suppressed to save himself from turning into a literal monster.

nThe hydra bloodline finally started working, Sam even let Mia out to help him with physical extraction of the poison.

nIt is too potent and the bloodline will take some time to absorb it alone.

nMia bit into his arm and started sucking the blood and poison out as she consumed it directly.

nEven though it was just one shot, it took a few minutes to clean the poison.

nWhen Sam opened his eyes, he is feeling a bit weaker and stood up while stretching.

nArkiv is standing nearby as he looked at the feathered that are struggling to fight back the effects of the grey flame.

nThe grey flame is created by the undying volcanic rocks. The very stone, the vampire, wights and ghouls used to deal with the dwarven towns and cities.

nSam has caught every volcanic rock in the possession of his chess pieces, but he didn't find a proper use for them. In the Charbhum realm, he didn't get into enough trouble to use these things.

nNow he is using them.

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"What is going to happen to them?

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nArkiv asked after Sam walked towards him.

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"They will turn into undead creatures. I will capture them and throw them into the city.

"

nWhen they heard it, the feathered are shocked. Grace in particular is shocked beyond belief.

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"Can you save her?

" Arkiv asked.

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"Why?

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"She is the daughter of the boss of the city. He is pretty stubborn about not attacking you. If you kill her, then he would come to us swinging in full. Even if we are not exactly afraid of them, it is not such a good idea to provoke him right?

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"But she cannot leave. Hold her hostage. And she is your responsibility.

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nSam said and Arkiv shrugged.

nSam crouched down beside Grace and started healing her. But when the process is half way through, Grace got some strength, she looked at the remaining four feathered who are slowly losing consciousness.

nAt this moment, the ghouls and Wights came out of the hiding.

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"Capture them as soon as they lose their lives and throw them into the city.

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nThey nodded and got to work.

nGrace became anxious. Four transcendent stage undead creatures will be a nightmare to the whole city.

nIn fact, it is more dangerous than anything Sam did to the city before.

nShe closed her eyes and took a golden feather and used it.

nA golden light enveloped her and she turned into a golden light streak before leaving the place.

nSam was a bit surprised. He tried to hold the golden light streak but he couldn't.

nWhat surprised him is the fact that she could have used this chance to heal herself fully and escape later, but she didn't.

nThen he looked at the four undead creatures that are captured by the Wights and Ghouls and understood what she was thinking.

nShe was afraid that she would be too late, she wants to inform her father or others in the city.

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"Would we be okay?

" Arkiv asked with concern. He knew that if Grace went back with the presence of grey flame on her, if she dies and Silva finally losses it, the situation would be hard for them to deal with.

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"Let's wait and see. For all we know, that father might even catch that grey flame and turn into an undead creature and this whole thing would be over before we knew it.

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"I wish it could be over like that.

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"It wouldn't be too different. Don't worry. Let's go. We have a lot to do.

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"What is our next plan?

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"What else? Take that weapon fragment or whatever that is inside that temple. But that stupid temple is hard to infiltrate.

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"Then how are we going to deal with it.

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"My first thought is to find a way to destroy it, the second thought is to make the feathered go into despair and make them give it to us. Which one is better?

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nArkiv shrugged.

nMeanwhile, back in the temple.

nSilva flew in a rapid pace as he came to the entrance. Grace is currently sprawling on the ground with the grey flame eating her away.

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"Father, … Un… Undead attack. They are sending four.. transcendent stage undead to the city.

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nThe grey winged elder who also came heard this and after getting a nod from silva he disappeared.

nBy now, the wights and ghouls already threw the undead towards the city.

nThe undead has instincts and it is to go for the living beings, since wights and ghouls are not exactly living beings, the city is their obvious choice.

nLuckily for the feathered as soon as the undead came in, the grey winged elder came with his guards and started a fight with them.

nSilva is currently holding his daughter who is suffering in grey flame and took her into the temple.

nHe opened a secret room and there is a pool with golden water inside.

nHe placed her into the pool while he also placed his own hands that caught the grey flame inside.

nHe doesn't know what these grey flames are, but when they caught his hand, he could feel his vitality seeping out of it, he couldn't even walk properly. But his daughter was his priority which made him walk anyway and enter this area.

nThe pool of golden water. The ultimate healing pool of their city and even in the planet.

nBut to his dismay, the grey flames are not going anywhere, but they are not spreading to her body either. Even for him it is the same situation. He hardened his heart and used his wings to cut his arms off and placed the stumps into the pool as he concentrated. The arms started regrowing rapidly.

nHe even took some pills with the help of his wings and his arms will be back in few minutes, but he is still uneasy. He can cut his arms off, but for his daughter this treatment is not going to work.

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