Chapter 186: Counter Measure

Baron Baron was silent as he and his council watched something disturbing. “What is that supposed to be?” Elena was the only one to speak up once the video ended. Baron, unfortunately, had no answers. He was equally as confused as they were. “Poison,” he heard himself say, which was mirrored by Bane. “Do you see the plants around the fog?” He signaled for the video to be brought up again. The video was played again. “There,” Baron said, pointing at the grass underneath the black fog. “The grass is dead,” Baron pointed out. “So it’s a poisonous fog,” Gorn said. “It looks to be a bit more than just poison,” Pain spoke up, meeting the elders' eyes. “It’s also very dense,” he said. “The technology to turn poison into fog isn’t so hard to do—it’s just tedious. It’s time-consuming. He would have to be an idiot to invest that much. Anyone can see it coming from a mile away, and anyone with adequate resources can protect themselves,” he said. “What if they don’t have adequate resour