Sam had been careful in approaching the area, but he soon realized that the culprit was nowhere to be found. 

After some investigation he realized  that the culprit had gone further into the forest leaving behind the vehicle.

As an earth elemental body and with his enhanced senses he was a good tracker. 

With the addition of the Evil sword and the little chain, tracking became much easier.

But unknown to him, the moment he approached the hover vehicle a special signal was emitted from it.

Sam followed the clues to a hilly area,  he saw that the tracks led to a natural cave in one of the hills. 

Sam entered the place quietly, trying not to alert the enemy. 

He didn’t need to walk far before he found the corpse of a wild beast, probably the real owner of the cave.

The corpse appeared to be mummified, as if all the liquid in its body had been sucked out. 

Sam took it as a warning and increased his vigilance. 

Soon he found that the inside of the cave was much more spacious than what it appeared to be from the outside. 

When he got a clear view of the place he saw that some kind of Altar had been set up.

The Altar seemed to be blood red in colour and the red haired lady was standing on the Altar facing opposite to Sam, she wore a red cheongsam with some kind of weird black pattern . 

If both of them were ordinary people and Sam was to attack, he would be able to take down the enemy easily from the blind side.

The Red haired Lady spoke ” Only a single rat….. I thought it would be a team and I would be able to offer some more sacrifice to please the Blood God…”

Sam didn’t hear what the lady said, neither did he move or speak. 

His heart was frozen, after seeing what was on the altar. 

There were five blood red pillars on the altar surrounding a blood red table emitting a bloody aura. 

There were many black symbols and something like blue veins going through it, making it look like the whole thing was alive.

Two ears and outer skin of the face were placed on the table, with warm blood still attached to it. 

The ears belonged to the kid called Ravi, the face skin belonged to Edgar. Sam didn’t know whether Edgar and Ravi were still alive. 

One child was bound to each pillar, all the children were unconscious. 

But their faces showed they have been crying all this time and it was very much possible that they had lost consciousness due to fear from what happened before them.

Blood was dripping from the lady’s hand, she had probably done it with her hands. 

Sam had been through many life and death situations, he had also suffered grievous injuries. 

But the pain that one feels when one sees his or her loved one’s suffering is a hundred times more than suffering it themselves.

Sam  didn’t know how much of a fear the children were in and how much of a pain they suffered. 

But he knew his heart was in pain, a pain that comes from the soul. 

Two tear drops trickled down from his eyes.

He vanished from the place he was standing on, he used his full strength to make a move at the enemy. 

But he found that his attempts were futile as he couldn’t get on the altar or get near to the enemy. 

A red light has appeared blocking anyones entry to the altar.

Bang …bang…bang….. Sam tried to punch his way through with his full might but was completely obstructed by the red light, which acted like a solid object.

the Lady spoke ” foolishness… did you really think you can interrupt a blood ceremony … wait outside patiently, I will come for you after offering the sacrifice…”

Sam could see the lady moving towards Keira while speaking, she was going to do something terrible to Keira and Sam was not going to sit by ideally. 

He knew there was only one thing that could help him in this situation, the shackles of Maya. 

The chain had the ability to bypass almost any obstruction and attack the opponent.

Sam transferred his energy into the chain, the little chain understood what Sam wanted to do. 

It started expanding and branching out and disappeared. 

The lady was touching Keira’s face and right before she was going to do something to Keira’s eyes. 

The chain appeared and completely wound around both her hands, obstructing her actions completely.

It didn’t stop there as more branches of chain came out of thin air. 

This time it was spearheaded chains which stabbed directly through different vital points of the woman.

  The woman showed a fearful expression before being completely skewered through. 

But something unexpected happened all of a sudden, her body transformed into something like a puddle of blood and broke down.

” you really think you can take me down so easily…. but I should say, this weapon of yours is really good.

  I didn’t know anything that could bypass the blood obstruction existed… But that weapon will be mine soon…”