Damien grabbed onto Keh''s wrist as thetter kept on gasping for his life. Keh had absolutely no control over his body whatsoever, and his whole body weight was being handled by Damien.


    "Damien! What''s happening? What is this smoke?" Damien suddenly heard Ariel''s voice.


    He turned to look in their direction and saw that Nih was also in a simr state as Keh. Everyone else had surrounded her and all of them were in a state of panic.


    "Take her away from the smoke! It''s poisonous!" Damien shouted back and then focused his attention on Keh again.


    Damien had a look of horror on his face when he looked at Keh''s porcin face that had started to change its color to ash-grey.


    "I''m so sorry! I didn''t mean to…" he apologized to the struggling hybrid.


    Damien grabbed Keh''s arm and put it around his own shoulder. "Let me get you out of here," he mumbled to Keh and got ready to teleport to themon room.


    While he was focused on Keh, Damien forgot that earlier, Keh had sessfully pierced through his chest and had grazed his heart. His wound had closed by now. However, the werewolf toxin had managed to reach Damien''s heart.


    And the more his heart pumped the blood, the more the toxin spread to other parts of his body.


    Slowly, Damien''s vision started to get blurry. He shook his head and then tried his best to focus on the image of themon room. However, his mind was also getting all fuzzy and he started to get cold sweats all over his body.


    Damien turned to look at the ce where Ariel and the others were at. He wanted to ask for her help. However, there was no one there.


    Damien''s breathing was also starting to get heavier by the second. He turned to look at Keh.


    Keh''s head was hanging down. He had already passed out by now.


    Damien panicked even more. He didn''t want something bad to happen to Keh. And he definitely didn''t want to identally kill Keh. He didn''t want Ariel to think that he harmed Keh on purpose just to get him out of his way.


    Damien clenched his jaw and then mustered up his leftover consciousness and his energy to focus on teleporting into themon room.


    When those two did teleport to themon room, however, Damien was also out of energy to keep standing on his feet.


    He copsed to the floor along with Keh. He tried to say Ariel''s name. However, he also fell unconscious before he even got the chance to open his mouth.


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    The moment Damien had asked Ariel to take Nih away, she had teleported Nih to Nih''s room.


    Ramon and Zach were in a confused state. And without checking up on Damien or Keh, they ran towards the only ce they thought Ariel would take Nih.


    After teleporting to the room, Ariel picked Nih up and then gently ced her on her bed.


    Nih already looked blue because of the poisonous smoke. Ariel lightly tapped on Nih''s cheek and tried calling her, "Nih! Can you hear me?"


    Nih wasn''t unconscious yet but she wasn''t responding to Ariel at all. She was half opening her eyes and she sounded as though someone had punched her in her throat.


    "Nih, stay with me! Keep your eyes open," Ariel instructed Nih and then immediately closed her eyes and began healing Nih.


    Slowly, Nih''s original color started toe back to her face. Her breathing was slowly getting better.


    Before Nih waspletely healed, Ariel got startled and opened her eyes when she heard a loud thudding noise outside.


    She furrowed her brows and waited for Ramon and Zach toe rushing inside the room. However, when no one came inside or spoke a word, Ariel closed her eyes again and then focused on healing Nih.


    After a while, Ariel opened her eyes and then gazed at Nih with a worried look on her face.


    She gently shook Nih and asked, "Ny, how do you feel now? Do you feel fine?"


    Nih finally opened her eyes fully and then saw Ariel by her side. She looked around the room and asked, "How did I get here? I was…"


    Ariel leaned down and hugged Nih, finally relieved to hear her voice. "Oh, thank goodness. You scared me earlier."


    Nih patted Ariel''s back and then gratefully said, "You just saved my life, didn''t you? Thank you, Ary! I don''t know what happened to me all of a sudden. There was some smoke and when I inhaled it, I felt as though I was inhaling burning mes. I remember gasping for air and nothing…"


    Ariel pulled away and lovingly caressed Nih''s ck hair. And she whispered, "You''re okay now. I''m so d that nothing serious happened to you. All of us were so worried when you started to choke like that."


    Nih then furrowed her brows and asked, "By the way, where did that smokee from? And where are Ramon and Zach? Are they okay?"


    "They''re okay. They must be on their way here. In my panic, I only held you and teleported here." Ariel smiled reassuringly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "And what about–" Nih was about to ask about Damien and Keh when suddenly, both she and Ariel heard somemotion outside.


    "Oh good lord! What the hell happened to them?" Ramon arrived at themon room a few steps ahead of Zach and saw Damien and Keh passed out on the floor.


    Zach also arrived there in themon room a few seconds after. He stopped on his track and covered his mouth with his palm. He was too stunned to see the condition of the boys who had copsed.


    Ramon now looked very close to a dead body that had started to decay. And Damien was covered in sweat. He looked like he was hanging onto his dear life with a single thread.


    Ramon instantly knelt down beside Keh and checked his pulse since he already looked dead. And to his horror, he couldn''t feel Keh''s pulse.


    "Keh!" Ramon aggressively shook Keh in the hope that he would miraculously wake up.