Chapter 313 War is Here (9)

Lily created a large iron pot with the remaining DP she had and drained the corpse of a Lamia into it. She then directed Melissa to threw the plants she could find into it, which were herbs she grew on the farm, which she had the golems bring over. She hadn't allowed the golems to participate in the war as it would have been a waste, they were nowhere near strong enough to make a difference. There were a bunch of herbs floating around in the pot of purple blood, which made her cringe in disgust, but she bore with it.

"Now, I need you to enhance the herbs natural healing properties with your [Plant Affinity]. Can you do that?" Lily asked

"I...I don't think I have enough DP to do something like that." Melissa said nervously

"Try reclaiming the DP you gave to the golems, that should give you the amount you need." Lily suggested and she immediately followed her advice. She placed her hand on one of the golems and green energy flowed out of it, and into her body. Alice coughed violently on the ground, spitting out black blood and Lily knew they didn't have much time.

"You....imps, get over here." Lily said and the imps looked nervously at each other before walking over. Melissa placed her hands over the pot and poured her energy into it, causing the plants to glow green.

"This is taking too long." Lily said and grabbed Melissa's hand.

"Hey..." She tried to protest, but it was already too late. Lily pushed Melissa's hands into the pot of blood, making her face twist in disgust, but she dared not stop. The plants glowed a deep green and the blood started to bubble a bit, releasing a terrible smell.

"Good. You can change the shape of your golems right, turn one of them into a spoon and put them into the pot, order it to stir gently. Imps, you guys need to heat up the pot until I say stop." She said and they followed her instructions. Melissa turned one of her golems into a large wooden spoon and made it stir gently, while Lily created a cover for the pot that looked like a cone with a hole at the top, which she promptly placed on the pot as the imps heated it.

"Ugh." Everyone gagged as a horrible smell came from the pot and purple smoke rose out from the hole in the pot's cover.

"Stop." Lily said after a few minutes and the imps quickly stopped. She kicked the cover off the top, and everyone curiously looked inside. The liquid inside has decreased drastically and what was left behind was green liquid that looked just terrible, and smelled terrible too, but not as bad as how it was previously.

"Here." Lily said and gently lifted Alice's head, and poured a spoonful of the green liquid into Alice's mouth. Tasting it, Alice almost unconsciously spat it out, but Lily covered her mouth, forcing her to swallow. Alice's eyes shot open and stood up, before vomiting putrid black liquid onto the ground, making everyone quickly back away.

"What the he'll did you give me?!" Alice asked alarmed, while twisting her face as she tasted something horribly bitter in her mouth.

"Antidote, it will allow you to regenerate normally." She answered, but Alice still didn't seem pleased.

"Blood of a venomous creature containing antibodies and the healing properties of herbs. A crude and barbaric, yet somewhat effective antidote." Bella said while holding up a spoon of the green liquid.

"You don't have to drink it if you don't want to." Lily said and Bella looked at the liquid before shrugging and drinking it with a scrunched up face. Suddenly, they all heard a loud explosion and could feel the ground beneath them tremble.

"What's happening up there?" Bella asked, and wanted to fly up to take a look but Lily stopped her

"Whatever is happening, we should stay out of it....for now. We are too injured and will only get in the way." She said and Bella nodded her head, happy to sit back and rest.

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The tide of the battle had turned, with War being on the back foot for once. Her body was littered with wounds, wounds that wouldn't heal due to Bartus' curse. Bartus, Skorn and Colin have adapted to War's tricks and were finally able to push her back...but not without cost. Skorn lost an eye and had a deep wound in his stomach and he was barely hanging on, preventing his guts from decorating the floor. Bartus lost a leg, but he had managed to stop the bleeding, preventing LP loss. Colin's gauntlets were pretty much decorative scrap metal on his hands as he had blocked many of War's attacks. His was covered in small cuts all over his body, his unique trait was the only thing keeping him on his feet.

"No, I can still go on, please." War mumbled, she has been mumbling this a few times throughout the battle whenever she was put on the backleg of the fight. The three of them thought the insane orc woman was just talking to herself, but the more she mumbled it, the more uneasy they felt.

[No your time is up.] A sinister voice resounded in all of their minds, a voice that echoed like fingernails being dragged against a chalkboard....a voice Colin couldn't forget.

"No!!" Colin shouted as his suspicions were confirmed. War screamed as her aura flared up visible to all, a sickly yellow aura with red spots all over, and the others were pushed back as they tried to approach her. Her aura rose into a tall pillar, which soon disappeared to reveal a completely transformed war. Green skin, onto black horn, a golden iris and black sclera with black cracks beneath. Her clothes changed to that of a red suit and now their were four black feathery wings on her back. The three demons looked at her in shock and fear as they could feel the power radiating off her body.

[I guess it's my turn to fight. Take a nap kid.] A voice, similar to the one they heard previously, said in Colin's mind.

"What.. " Colin tried to say, but his consciousness slowly faded as he was surrounded by a pillar of hellfire.