Page 232 of Axis of Fire

“No idea.”

She shrugged.

Then she paused, her expression shifting as the thought settled in.

“Damn.”

“Probably.”

“What if we poison them?” I asked, raising a brow.

“You can create toxins through biochemistry, right?”

A blast of water struck nearby, forcing me to squint.

Stasia stayed silent.

“And what if we poison ourselves too?”

“We hold our breath.”

I shrugged.

“Miloran brought them to life, but can he actually give them intelligence?”

“That...” Stasia nodded slowly.

“That actually sounds like a good idea.”

“I’ll grow poisonous plants.”

“Highly toxic ones.”

“And I’ll try to ignite the toxins.”

I had absolutely no idea how I was going to pull that off.

But we didn’t exactly have better options.

The tree protecting us disappeared.

While Stasia focused on her part, I trapped the statues inside a cage of fire.

Like mindless machines, they walked straight into the flames.

Massive unfamiliar flowers burst from the ground around them.

“Hold your breath!”

I reacted instantly.

Without taking another breath, I redirected the flames from the cage toward the plants.

Thick gray smoke erupted outward at once.

Swallowing the statues whole.

Then, suddenly, Tarven and Miloran appeared beside us.