Decisions

Those in the midst of accepting the substance into their minds were frightened, seeing their relatives fall to the ground like dolls.

But with the halo of death flying over their cities in the form of a grandmaster, they could only comply and allow the murky substance to invade their brains.

All over Itrevezar and Quartez, people fell down like dominos.

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Meanwhile, the Emperor and the grandmasters accompanying him reached Iris.

Having spotted them miles away, the grandmaster stationed there had fled without hesitation, but not without dropping vials containing the black substance.

They didn't chase, the enemy could very well use the strategy of divide and conquer to eliminate a grandmaster.

"What is this?"

The Emperor and co arrived to find a majority of people laying around like corpses.

They landed, reaching for those laying on the ground.

Their hearts stopped beating, before suddenly restarting.