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His warning was cut short. With no preamble, the figure of the possessed captain materialized directly in front of him. The captain's mouth gaped open, filled with writhing black flames, aimed directly at Ikem. There was no time to react, no time to dodge. Instinctively, Ikem dropped the rune pillar he carried, thrusting it forward as a makeshift shield. The unnatural heat radiating from the black flames, the sheer wrongness of their nature, warned him of the immense danger they posed. The pillar, a conduit of divine power, was his only hope.

His giant body at the same time shrunk to avoid being touched by the flames.

A few moments back, Myrrha, Ash, Brook and Tula who stayed hidden suddenly went into a state of alert once they saw Ikem their grandfather stop.

Unlike Ikem, they could sense nothing as they had never faced anything similar before but it was enough seeing their grandfather stop.