CHAPTER 193

CHAPTER 193
\[Lexi\]

Just as I thought, the stone opened a portal and transported us from Zefa's house to the Blackner's home.

When we got there, the whole place was in ruins, it was surprisingly very bright, like it would be where we came from.

Black fire was burning some buildings, and it looked like the village had been raided. There were a lot of black bodies on the floor, and I wondered if we weren't too late.

"What happened here?" Elric asked.

"I'm not sure," I replied.

"It's not supposed to be bright here at all," Axle said, and I almost rolled my eyes.

"No shit, Einstein."

"No, I'm serious, the light is doing these people real harm," he said.

"Why do you mean, witches are not vampires, They can come out in the sun," I argued.

"Yes, but there is no sun in the land of darkness for a reason. When we came back from the land of darkness, we were blue, she had to immerse our body in some kind of liquid potion before we got back to normal." He explained.

"You're not making any sense, I wasn't blue when I woke up." Elric frowned.

"That's because she didn't want you to freak out, she did it before you woke up," Axle said.

"Did what?" Elric asked.

"We need to concentrate here." I frowned at them. "He's right, the sun is doing them harm, this is no ordinary sun, it's the black sun, and it was definitely sent here by the cult because it is made from dark magic," I explained, looking up and studying the sky. "Everyone that was outside when it got here got fried, but some people must still be inside, I don't think we've lost everyone," I said.

"We need to find Zefa and Silla," Axle said, and I mentally slapped my hand across my face.

We rushed to the palace, and the outside was in ruins, the guards had been burnt by the ball of flame.

"Ow, ow, it burns," Elric yelled, and I pulled him into the Palace immediately.

"What happened?" Axle asked.

"Whatever was keeping us from being burnt alive is starting to wear off," I told him, and we entered the palace, where it was dark.

"You have come," she said, "you would come." Some witches came out of the shadows and began paying homage to us.

"What is going on?" I asked them hurriedly. "Where are Silla and Zefa?"

"They're injured," a young girl answered. "They were trying to help everyone get to safety, but they too began to burn."

"And Lord Zora?" Elric asked with concern.

"He is also injured." The girl said sadly.

"Take me to them," I said immediately and was glad that I had brought some healing potions with me.

When we got to the room, the three of them lay beside each other on a large bed, they were still breathing, but they looked very bad, their bodies were black, and they were almost unrecognizable.

"What do you think?" Elric asked me after I examined them.

"They'll heal. Thankfully, I brought every potion known to witches, but I don't know what we're going to do about the black sun outside. Once it starts penetrating into the palace, we'll all be dead in a matter of hours."

For the next few hours, Axle and Elric concentrated on bringing injured witches to me while I tried to heal them, the potion worked on all of them, but they were too weak to move.

Soon most of them were healed, but the bodies just kept on increasing, and soon I was out of potions.

"There's a young girl," Axle said.

"I'm afraid the potions are finished," I said sadly.

"No, she wasn't burnt, she was stabbed by a broken bottle, and she's bleeding badly."

"Fine, bring her and I'll try to help her."

I could heal flesh wounds without potions, but if she had lost a lot of blood, there might not be much left I could do for her.

"Quick, she's bleeding out." Axle dropped out on the makeshift hospital bed, and I examined her wounds.

Her stomach had been lacerated in multiple places, and she was bleeding badly. She was a young child, and I felt bad looking at her lying weakly on the bed.

She was already unconscious, but her pulse was strong, and I had hope.

Without wasting any more time, I stretched my hands on top of her stomach and closed my eyes.

Her wounds began to heal and close up, popping out some glass shards that were still inside her.

"How is she?" Axle asked me when I was done.

"She'll live," I told him.

"There are still more." Elric came in carrying three more injured people.

"I don't know how many more I can heal before I run out of energy," I told them honestly.

Zefa, Silla, and Zora had all been healed, but they hadn't woken up, and even if they were awake, they wouldn't be able to do much because they would be really weak.

"Please help my father," a child cried, pulling her father's arms. He was one of the people that Elric brought in.

"Don't worry, child, I'll help him, I promise." I rolled my sleeves up and went to work.

I was able to heal about ten more people before I nearly slumped, this was why witches preferred to use healing potions rather than to heal with their powers.

People thought witches were indispensable because they had powers, but it wasn't real, our normal powers drain up our energy, and the more we use them, the less energy we have.

When using spells and potions, we can save our energy, and only then can a witch be really powerful.

"What about your apothecary?" I asked a young witch beside me. "If I could get some drugs, I could make more potions and restore my energy."

"It was the first place that was destroyed by the black fire." She said, and I sighed sadly.