Forgotten memories.

On the mainland. Both Jay and McElroy were resting in the camps. Their temperatures were rising quickly and their heartbeat rapidly beating. Like a very fast drums. Over two hundred beats per minute.

Their breathing rate increased dramatically, they started sweating profusely. And just one thought.

Why when they were on the finish line. Why did it happen to them.

The Healers reported to the Azuma family.

Healer :

We don't know what is happening to them. But this is too adverse of an reaction to occur. We tried healing magic but it won't work unless we know what is wrong.

Normally one would have lost consciousness but they are hanging on.

Andany of our healers are even refusing to go close because of the ominous aura from the spear besides them.

Tobi :

I will tend to them. I am not afraid of the spear. We need them or else we will lose the battle and everything.

Tobi lied he was shivering from the top to bottom. He entered the tent. The spear was laid near Mcelroy's bed.

Standing in a leaning position. McElroy carried the spear over when he was carried away.

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Every step Tobi took he would get pulled in the illusion of darkness. At first it was light but then it grew more darker and darker with every step.

There was sensory attack on every side. His body started shivering. There was no smell not even a sway of air.

To I closed his eyes but he could still see the sea of red blood this time it had increased upti the point where he was knee deep in the blood.

Tobi was struggling to take even a step forward.

That's when a panting Jay saw Tobi as in the dead of night

He was covered with sweat his eyes darting all around the room.

Jay looked at his side and saw the spear. He understood what had happened and with the last of his strength he tossed the spear in his inventory as he crashed down head first from his stretcher like bed.

This allowed him to recover and actually examine both of them. Their body was full of cuts and bruises they got when fighting.

But it seemed that some of the cuts were not healing even though they were bit recent.

At first the suspicion was they had been poisoned. But no demon carries poison or is recorded in the catalogue of demons.

Both of them were reeking of Demon blood. That got in them when they killed demons. It was nothing new almost every warrior alive had been stained with demon blood.

Which they removed by bathing. But some amount still stuck on them. Despite them cleaning their bodies thoroughly.

But even if demon blood was to mix with human blood.

It would form blockages in the veins as the cells are bigger than the standard human cells.

Tobi tried to understand what had caused this. Then he had a spark in his mind. As he remembered the spear.

And he had a theory but he needed evidence to prove his theory. And he hoped that he was wrong.

He examined Jay's and Mcelroy's bruises and it was what he hoped won't be there. Marks of both demon and dragon blood mixing. A red circle and marks on them such as excessive swelling and changing color if skin to various variations blue, green, yellow, orange or reddening even more than usual.

The toxins from the spear had been mixed with the Demon blood which had somehow entered their system. During their battle causing this reaction.

This was it. This was the cause which was causing the reaction. Tobi left the tent and ordered to bring the aprothecarist.

Action was taken quickly and within a minute the aothecarust appeared before him.

Azuma was able to take action because of his prior experience with dragon blood. Because that was what caused his son to die.

Azuma had a son who's name has been forcibly forgotten by everyone. He was a genius when it came to demon hunting. He mostly used dragon blood to kill demons.

And this was seen as revolutionary until one day he returned home injured.

He was mostly fine but his skin had turned yellow. His heart was beating faster, he was sweating continously.

It were the same symptoms that both of them showed.

At that time this was a new cause so no one even the skilled doctors didn't know what could be done.

They tried potions but they didn't works.

So in the end Tobi's son died. And that's when all use of dragon blood was removed in combat entirely. To prevent such case from happening.

And now such thing was happening before his eyes once again it couldn't helo but remember of the awful past that he had gone through and finally managed to return. He was not going to let it happen again. Tobi had no reason to do anything for them. But he couldn't just leave them alone.

And this is humanity.

The Lloyd Frontera's doctor did spare some herbs which they compounded and administered them to both.

The herb worked by not letting the both chemicals interact with each other. And they would continously pass water to increase urination as well as dilute the toxins.

Normally one of these toxins in the body dint do anything but when both of them are involved they become very dangerous compounds.

After a hour or so they seemed normal. Their symptoms had mostly died down. And it was an hope that they might bounce back once again.

But now the demon battle was at a very precarious point.

A breaking point so to speak.

Azuma had faith as the literal Goddess of Light was overseeing the battle it would definitely end in their victory.

What was just a war between two races turned into a holy war of attrition between the two. Due to the death of the

Purest Vessel.

If a new vessel were to arise it would be so in a couple decades or hundred years.

It is ending, with advantage in the human side. But the fierce demon lord didn't even show his face even once.

Is he hiding himself. But with that strength why would he hide even at all.

After a couple hours. They had awoken from their sleep.

And we could ask them what had happened. For them to have dragon and demon blood inside the body.

The Demon Island is just at hand. Just a little bit patience.