As soon as Akira managed to climb out of the silver sand dunes of the half-collapsed tunnel he found himself in a rock outcrop with many boulders scattered everywhere.


    A hand was shoved in front of his face holding a large waterskin.


    “Use this to wash off the silver sand and dust,” said Beater, who was still dripping wet from washing off the silver that had clung to his body.


    “Wait! Don''t do it right there!” shouted Sweety. “Go over there! We are trying to keep the contaminated water away from everyone else.”


    Akira looked to where Sweety was pointing and found that there was a large bowl-like indent in the stony ground where he could see a silvery puddle forming at the bottom of the bowl.


    Akira hobbled over to one of the boulders with stiff movements and leaned against it out of the view of others as he used his shaky hands to remove his armor.


    The remaining silver sand that had been stuck inside was shaken off of his clothes and body as best as he could before stripping down to his undergarments. He quickly used his hand to brush off what remained on his skin.


    Picking up the waterskin he used it to pour water all over his head, shoulders, and the rest of his body making sure to wipe off all the remaining silver sand and dust. He thoroughly rinsed the few cuts and wounds he had received from the collapse making sure they were free of silver as best as he could before pouring some of his health potion on them and bandaging them with fresh cloth strips.


    The puddle at the bottom of the large indent in the ground was now even larger and the color was now an even thicker silver color.


    His armor was still covered with silver sand so Akira had to spend several minutes rinsing and wiping it all down before he could put on uncontaminated clothes and put his full set of armor back on.


    When he finished cleaning his armor and put it back on he noticed his shakes had started to calm down and he no longer felt his energy slowly being sapped away. He still felt congested and stuffy like he had a cold but it was far better than before.


    Ding!


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    Silver poisoning symptoms halted.


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    As he walked back to the tunnel entrance he saw several others who managed to climb out while he was washing himself. As he looked down into the sandy exit tunnel he saw Klyn''s head pop up for a second only to then slide back down as he tried to climb out unsuccessfully.


    Akira inched forward to the edge not wanting to get too close and held out his shield, “Klyn, grab my shield I can pull you out.”


    With a hard yank, Akira dragged the dusty Klyn out of the half-collapsed tunnel.


    “Thanks!” said Klyn as he stood up and looked around. With all the silver dust covering him he looked like a statue. Which only brought memories back about the crude hobbies of some of the demigods back at the thief city.


    “Use this, there''s enough water left to rinse yourself off over there. You should get a clean set of clothes on if you have any,” said Akira passing the large waterskin that was now over half empty before he pointed over to the large bowl indent where he had just come from.


    Akira and the others who escaped from the tunnel waited outside as they slowly recovered from the silver poisoning and helped those who came out of the tunnel.


    The last missing person was found several hours later and had to be carried out by Zundar. Their entire body was visibly shaking and twitching due to how severe their silver poisoning was.


    Both Klyn and sister Teresa rushed over to Zundar and started washing and treating the person trying to stabilize them and stop the silver poisoning from getting any worse.


    Fluffball''s small head popped out of the tunnel as he plowed through the silver sand and burst out of the half-collapsed tunnel shaking his body and sending puffs of silver sand and dust everywhere causing everyone to hurriedly ran away from the entrance.


    “Achooo!” The silver dust storm Fluffball had created caused him to repeatedly sneeze.


    “Fluffball stop! Come over here,” said Akira as he pulled out a new waterskin and a few blue candies.


    Fluffball walked over to Akira who was standing behind a large boulder next to a thick silver pool of water.


    “YAP?” asked Fluffball as he looked at Akira who only had his arm stretched out from behind the boulder.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.


    “Sit right there,” said Akira, pointing to a spot that was within reach but still on the opposite side of the boulder.


    When Fluffball was in place Akira poured a large portion of the contents in the waterskin all over Fluffball and immediately jerked his arm back into the protection of the boulder not a second too soon.


    Silvery mud and water was flung everywhere as Fluffball instinctively shook off the water that had been poured on him.


    Akira had to do this several times until he was sure that Fluffball was clean of any of the silver sand and dust.


    “YAP...” said Fluffball, not happy with the repeated baths he had been forced to take in such a short time.


    “Don''t complain, you needed a bath anyway. Here eat these,” said Akira as he tossed a few of the blue candies over to Fluffball.


    The next several hours were spent resting, recovering, and being checked up on by Klyn and Sister Teresa.


    ***


    Underneath a crudely set up cloth overhang inside the boulder outcrop Akira and everyone who had recovered from the worst of the silver poisoning were now holding a meeting.


    “What are we going to do about the demigods?” asked Zundar.


    “They seemed to be searching for someone,” said Klyn.


    “It doesn''t matter who they are looking for. We now know that they are somewhere in this area so they have become our targets. We must hunt them down and make sure they are not able to complete their task or mess with the city since it is still working on consolidating its forces inside and working on permanently blocking the secret entrances,” said Akira.


    “Are you sure we''re strong enough? Several of the [Full Moon] guild members were crushed to death by the attacks of the demigods and the collapse of the cave. And many of your warriors are still recovering from the silver poisoning. We are lacking the fighting force we had before...” said sister Teresa.


    “That should not be a problem since we won''t be attacking them head and we''ll only attack when they least expect it so that any losses we take are at the minimum,” said Akira.


    “Then let''s do this! We can''t just wait here and let them get farther and farther away,” said Beater.


    “Yap!”


    “I think we should wait since we are still recovering. Plus the shaman scouts I sent out are already tracking down the targets right now so we won''t have to go on a wild goose chase, we can reach them whenever we need to. Waiting here is a win-win for everyone,” said Klyn.


    “OOOS,” said Spearia, nodding her head. She had only arrived recently after hearing of the issues that they had encountered earlier.


    “That''s if the demigods stay still,” said Zundar.


    “Until we get word from the scouts we wait,” said Akira.


    ***


    The nighttime deadwood rock forest was lit up by the glowing clouds in the night sky. Every so often the dark forest was lit up by bursts of glowing flashes from above making it impossible for pitch-black night vision.


    Akira and everyone who was fit enough to fight were slowly creeping through the dead tree forest looking ahead towards the colorful out of place tents that had been set up by the several demigods that had decided to make camp right here in the wilderness not too far away from the collapsed cave.


    There was only one person awake in the camp and he was sitting next to a small fire that had a pot full of a thick soup that was boiling and was constantly being stirred by the demigod.


    With no large leaves or twigs on the ground for Akira or the others to step on, their footsteps were as quiet as they could be while they stealthily snuck closer to the camp.


    Akira rushed up to a large tree that was just at the edge of the firelight of the demigod camp. He looked over to the others who had spread out close to him all behind a tree.


    Zundar and the other Minos warriors were hiding well back in the rear as their bodies were too big to hide behind one of the small trees near the camp.


    Akira nodded to the others nearby and they returned the gesture in the affirmative.


    As one they began to transform into their werewolf and minor werewolf forms.


    With a silent whistle from Akira, they were ordered to attack before the demigod could notice their killing aura!


    Akira led the charge into the demigods’ camp by activating the skill [Pounce] leaping several yards through the air and slamming into the demigod by the campfire and pinned him down pressing him into the burning fire as he tore out his throat with his sharp teeth before a sound could even escape from his mouth.


    A burst of light fragments scattered into the sky as Akira pierced the gurgling demigod''s heart with his armored hand.


    The other warriors that followed him did not use any loud or bright attacks and silently snuck up to the tents before stepping inside and executing the sleeping demigods who were not wearing their armor or weapons making them all too easy to defeat.


    Light fragments continued to burst into the air from each of the tents as each demigod died unable to react to the late night sneak attack.


    Akira silently scooped up the gold, potions, and several pieces of equipment that had been dropped by the demigod he killed and inspected the loot he had gained.


    [Salamander Fire sword. Requires level 200 to wield. For each successful attack Fire elemental damage will be added to the total damage dealt!]


    It was not hard to see why the red sword would cause such damage as there was a thin layer of flame covering the sword.


    He inspected the embedded gem in the sword and compared it with several of the other magic stones he had gathered over the years trying to see if there were any difference between the two.


    When he brought one of the stones close to the embedded magic stone … it was sucked into the embedded gem! The thin layer of fire on the sword grew even stronger and far thicker rising an inch out from the sword.


    Akira pulled out an old sword and tested the fiery sword on it. He watched as it slowly sliced right through it!


    “This is really strong... is it only a temporary boost or is this strength permanent?” muttered Akira.


    With the camp fully searched and cleared of any hiding demigods Akira and the rest of the warriors looted everything of value including food and other supplies before they silently melted back into the woods as if they were never there.