"Kill them all!!" Sagiri said, and Nokai answered. It always followed its master's call, let alone his instructions.
"Sagiri!! Noo!!" A familiar voice tore through the commotion.
Sagiri turned his head swiftly to look for the source. Somehow, N'varu was standing near the tunnel entry gate wearing the healing wing overall. Lotaga was holding him back from moving. He looked pale from the poison. It seemed he had not been given an antidote yet. Sagiri could also perceive nine more people watching him in awe instead of fear, like everyone running away from the arena or hiding and watching in terror. They must have been the southerners Kiuga was talking about. Sagiri had asked Kiuga, together with them, not to stand in his way and not to do anything reckless. His refusal to meet them and know them was perhaps his way of protecting them. He did not want any southerner to die in the north, even if it was for him.
