Chapter 97: Venom Poison

For a second, it was as if the time stopped moving completely as Reynold fell to the ground and he let out a deep groaned like those ragged noises that someone makes when heavy iron and wood tear straight in to their flesh.

His hand immediately flew to his chest as he desperately hold where the dark arrows had hit.

Nyx was the first to notice and her eyes wide immediately.

She then screamed out, "Reynold!"

Nymeria, who was in the middle of a serious fight, was immediately interrupted by Nyx yelling Reynold’s name.

Without thinking twice,, Nymeria quickly pushed her hand forward one more time, and the Forsaken soldier she was fighting snapped his head backwards and then fell to the ground dead.

Nymeria quickly turned around to see what had happened.

Seeing Reynold on the ground, she rushed over to his side, and dropped quickly onto her knees. She then grabbed his shoulders and tried to get him to open his eyes. "Reynold! Hey, look at me. You have to keep your eyes open!"

Meanwhile, Nyx started fighting again as soon as two Forsaken soldiers rushed forward. She quickly swung her sword wildly as she stepped in front of Reynold and Nymeria to shield them with her body until Nymeria could get up.

Nymeria was still tapping Reynold’s face,and trying desperately to have him keep his eyes open, but it was not working.

His eyes fluttered weakly before closing again.

Nyx screamed over her shoulder as more and more forsaken soldiers started showing up.

Her voice was filled with pure panic. "Nymeria! I can not hold them off much longer! There are too many!"

Nymeria looked around with her brain trying to come up with a plan to save them. But before she could think, a loud dragon roar sounded in the courtyard, making Nymeria to snap her head up toward the sky.

The three dragons were already flying low over the buildings, with their jaws already opening wide and ready to release fire.

Nymeria yelled at the top of her lungs, "Nyx, get down and roll back!"

Without hesitation, Nyx dropped down on her knees and rolled back immediately.

Just as she rolled backward on the ground, the three dragons let out their fire and it landed directly on the Forsaken soldiers, and burning them in a blinding flash of orange and red light.

Nyx sat up slowly on the floor, and was breathing heavily as she placed her hand on her chest.

She then turned her wide eyes that was filled with terror toward Reynold and Nymeria. Her voice trembled as she said. "Is... is he still breathing?"

Nymeria pressed two fingers against Reynold’s neck. Her face was suddenly pale. "A little but it is too weak." She looked up at Nyx. "Come on, help me! We need to take him back inside right now!"

Nyx jumped up to her feet and rushed over. She grabbed Reynold’s legs while Nymeria hold his upper body.

Reynold’s dragons were still circling above, and snapping at the remaining Forsaken and giving the two ladies the time to leave.

Reynold was still bleeding heavily from the arrow hits. His blood was leaving a trail of red on the ground as they carried him.

Nyx looked back over her shoulder and saw more Forsaken rushing out from the smoke, but the three dragons dove down, blocking the path with the swipes of their tails and claws.

Moving as fast as they could, they finally reached Nymeria’s private building.

Nymeria kicked the door wide open.

They rushed inside and gently laid Reynold down on the soft sofa.

His breathing was starting to grow slower and fainter with now.

Nyx moved back and just stood still, with her hands pressed tightly against the sides of her head. One look at her face made it completely obvious how anxious and helpless she was right now.

Nymeria wasted no time. She immediately started buttoning off Reynold’s blood-soaked shirt so she could get a clear look at the wound under.

Her hands stopped dead in midair seeing the wound.

Right around the dee wounds was a thick, oily black mist thst were already spreading all over Reynold skin like crawling spider legs.

Fu*k! The arrows was made with a deadly poison.

"Dammit!" Nymeria cursed loudly as her gritted her teeth together in pure anger.

Nyx stretched her neck to have a look. "Is it that bad?"

She looked up at Nyx. "The arrow was poisoned. I will be right back!"

Without wasting any time, Nymeria rushed out of the room.

She ran as fast as she could and followed the dimly lit halls, that leads into the secret tunnels.

The tunnel stone corridors were old, damp, and narrow. The only light there were the small magical blue crystals that were placed into the arched ceilings.

Cobwebs were at the corners, and the stone floor echoed loudly as she kept running.

She only followed the tunnel to completely avoid the scene happening out in the main courtyards.

Soon, she reached the back iron door of the infirmary. She slammed her fists against it repeatedly while yelling at the top of her lungs.

"Anyone in there.... Open the door...."

Soon a sleepy, panicked security guard finally slid the heavy bolt open.

Nymeria almost knocked the guard completely over as she shoved past him and rushed inside. She raced straight toward the back quarter that was reserved exclusively for the specialized healers who deals with rare and dark poison magic.

As she rushed, injured cadets were being wheeled inside on wooden stretchers, most of them bleeding from deep blade and arrow wounds.

Nymeria finally stopped at a large wooden table where a senior healer was giving orders to her assistants.

"Please! You have to help me!" Nymeria gasped for air, as she grab the senior healer’s arm. "Reynold Starweaver just got shot with a poisoned arrow, and the dark poison is spreading on his body too fast!"

The senior healer did not waste any time. She turned to one of her junior assistants, and pointed a finger. "Be in charge of the triage unit here." Then she looked at another healer beside her. "You, come with me now."

The senior healer and her subordinate followed right behind Nymeria.

They followed the same tunnel Nymeria came through.

Within minutes, they reached back into Nymeria’s dorm room.

The senior healer immediately rushed over to Reynold’s side on the sofa. She leaned down, as she closely inspect the dark, that were still spreading around the wound.

Her expression darkened instantly.

"It is the same venom," the senior healer said and quickly shifted her head toward her subordinate. "Quickly, link your magic with mine right now so we can pull this poison out before it hits his heart!"