Eldrik burst into cackling laughter after hearing Sloan's plan. At that instant, crimson ice crystals crystallized along his freshly grown bone spurs.

"Excellent! What a brilliant scheme," he commented.

A gleam flashed in his hollow eye sockets as he waved his hand and produced three bone tokens. He tossed them to Sloan.

"Tell Gore, Venom, and Grinder to move now. Let them spread rumors simultaneously, so everyone thinks that this was the work of that terrestrial immortal," he ordered.

"Yes, Elder Carrion," Sloan replied. He caught the tokens and vanished from sight.

…

Thanks to Dustin's intervention, the scarlet mist that had terrorized countless people was finally wiped out.

With the immediate threat gone, the situation in Ashen Coast began to stabilize.

Tristan, Matthias, and Nathaniel abandoned their plans to flee and began working to contain the outbreak while calming the populace. None of them were willing to give up unless necessary.

But because each prince had made d