When Phillip heard it, he flinched and shot a fierce glare at the Old man
"Nick, I swear if you call me 'Mad Dog' one more time, I will FUCKING rip your head out"
"Oh… is the heavenly dog bloodline flaring up again, I feel disgusted just talking to you filthy warlocks," said the Old man note giving a dame about how Phillip felt.
All of a sudden Phillip started growing in height and an image of a werewolf could be seen behind him, the air around him started glowing blue.
The Old man looked up at the 8 feet Phillip and snorted coldly and mumbled something.
Soon after the old man also grew in height and started glowing red, his white hair started turning crystalline.
Bhram saw this through the Orb but still felt a suffocating pressure, he was reminded of his fall and suffocation in the cold water body but 100 times greater.
"WHO IS THAT?" said a booming voice.
As soon as the sound wave hit the old man and Phillip, they stumbled back and the momentum they built up crashed to a stop.
'Sage !'
They looked at each other and snorted coldly and looked towards the source of the voice.
A woman in her mid 30 s was looking at them and pointed her finger toward the captain
"You, come here!. I had asked the commander in chief to keep a lookout at the city gates, then why are there 2 fools fooling around here" she asked the captain.
Her eyes were pulsating some kind of energy, it looked like she would kill the captain the next instant.
"Mayor, this… I.. was as…" the captain started nagging
"Speak Man!!" shouted the Mayor.
"Mayor, I'm Lieutenant Phillip from the Imperial court here to vi-" Phillip stopped mid-sentence as he felt his entire body becoming heavy, it felt like his legs couldn't bear his weight.
After a few seconds, Phillip bent his knees and felt difficulty in even lifting his head to look at the Mayor.
"Did I permit for you to speak? I can see that both of you are humans and have a decent power or else I would have killed you both by now. I don't give the 'FUCK' who you are and where you come from, In this city I'm the Law…." Said the mayor as she shifted her gaze towards the old man.
When the Old man felt her gaze he started sweating bullets and his entire body started trembling.
'Shit, this 'BITCH' is crazy.' Thought the old man.
The captain regained his composure and explained the purpose of Phillips's visit.
He further explained how the situation came to be and also the information on the 'HellFire'.
"Mr. Nick, if you have any grudge do it outside the city. We needed your help in containing this issue and not make it works by fighting inside a city… this is my first and last warning, for both of you. I will not entertain any blatant disrespect to the city rules"
After that, the mayor moved her hand pointing towards Phillip.
This gesture returned Phillips's mobility, he immediately got back on his feet and looked at the mayor. For the first time in many years, Phillip felt like 'Shit'.
"You, I heard from him that you came for the Librarian… I'm sorry but she was the first of the many to bear the burn of this 'Black Flame' you call 'Hell fire'. She was with the team assigned to explore the tomb with those scientists"
After hearing about the Librarian, Phillip started trembling and tears started flowing from his eyes...
"I'm sorry," said the Mayor and she left after saying a few words to the captain.
The old man looked at the departing mayor back and sighed, he turned his head to look at the greaving Phillip and shook his head.
After a few minutes, he flew towards a group who were trying to contain the flame, they were pouring a silver liquid onto the flame.
The black flame started fading and the rock was relieved, the rock looked like someone bit into it.
'It woked' the group thought in union.
The group started celebrating and Nick also joined in on their celebration, he was so happy that he even forgot the incident that nearly took his life.
After a couple of hours, most of the flames were extinguished from the city, and slowly the city was being constructed new.
But this did not concern Bhram, he had seen the little play happening throughout the city and at the grieving Phillip.
But he was stuck in the Orb and had no idea how to operate it and was just looking at the fast-moving construction and Phillip still on the ground and face filled with a sorrow that couldn't be explained and he could not console him.
After a few hours, Phillip got up and looked at the sky, as if he were looking at a familiar face painted in the sky.
He dusted himself off the dirt and started flying away towards a particular direction and suddenly stopped and looked back as if forgetting something.
When he saw the floating Orb, he gestured the orb to come forward.