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(Continued from : Chapter 4: Journey to complete)
CHAPTER 5: Echoes in the Night
As Gregums scurries out of the small clinic Venkat Darkrider tries to
focus through the shooting pain of poison. He enters his “Mindkeep” to
shield his consciousness from the poison”s ruthless nerve-venom. All
at once the room becomes still, as if in the dead of night. He can
hear the town at work, but the footsteps grow increasingly further
away. Then, he enters his memories.
The lasso. It looked like just a flash from rafters. But thanks to his
incredible focus, Darkrider discerns that it is covered in the most foul
poison ever concocted: made from a rare jellyfish called the “Gasper”,
this poison melts away your heart until you drop dead three days
later. The worst part is that, aside from the initial shock, the poison
leaves not a trace until it kills you. That”s why the mixture is perfect
for assassins.
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