Sa-young gripped my hand tightly. The wound that touched it throbbed as if it were on fire. It's been a long ti since I felt such pain.
Red and black blood mixed and flowed down her wrist. Golden vines blood around the palm of my hand. Sothing tingled in my body. It climbed up my palms, wrists, and arms and settled near my heart.
At the sa ti, a hot lump rose from the pit of my stomach. I groaned and bit my lips. The constant pounding seed unbearable.
"Ugh."
"Hold it in."
[Talent Basilisk Venom (S ) is active]
"Wait a minute.
My eyes widened at the sudden appearance of the system window.
It was a detox talent I'd gained from capturing a basilisk in the Western Sea Rift, but I'd never used it before - it was a strange talent that never reacted to weak poisons. So why now?
I couldn't get over my embarrassnt and coughed, red blood spurting out. There was a faint sweetness between the fishy blood tastes.
"Ah, you bastard.
"Shit, Hyung. Co on."
Why are you cursing? I should be the one cursing. I coughed blood after blood, trying to hold on to my fading consciousness. Through my slightly shaky vision, I could see a hardened Lee Sa-young.
"Hyung?"
You're poisoning people, damn you.
"Hyung, open your mouth quickly."
"I told him I'd kill him if he touched ...
"Quick!"
Sa-young, mumbling nervously, pushed the thumb of his gloved hand into my mouth. I instinctively bit Lee Sa-young's thumb. I wanted to cut off his fingers with my teeth. My head was so hot.
I stared at the white window that filled my vision with bloodshot eyes.
Why is your S talent so slow? Do you want to search?
[Basilisk Venom (S ) Talent is active].
[Detoxify].
[Basilisk Venom (S ) Talent is active] [Detox].
[Detoxify].
[Basilisk Venom (S ) Talent is active] [Detox].
[Detoxify].
The system window blinked in frustration. It seed like an expression that he was working hard, but it was none of my business.
I neither liked Lee Sa-young nor Basilisk's poison. What the hell did that bastard think he was doing, putting poison into a person's body? I don't think the antidote is useful, so why did you tell to take it? What would you do if I didn't have the poison talent?
Soon, the cool liquid flowed slowly down the thumb. The fever gradually subsided along the contact with the liquid. At the sa ti, the system window appeared.
[Detoxification complete]
[Under the effect of Basilisk Toxin (S ), you gain resistance to poisons after detoxification.]
Damn it. I breathed heavily. I couldn't rember how long it had been since I vomited blood like this. The fever gradually subsided, and my senses slowly returned from my fingertips. One of my hands was still clasped to Sa-young's.
"Hyung."
I touched my forehead with the other hand. My blurry vision cleared and I saw the gas mask staring back at .
"Hyung."
Saeyoung called out to again. I slowly took a breath. My body was recovering quickly, whether it was due to hard work or so unknown liquid that Lee Sa-young had fed .
"Okay, that's enough..."
Although the pain remained a little, it was enough to ignore it and move.
As I was about to answer the call, I heard leather gloves, ward by my body temperature, gently wrap around my cheeks and chin. His hand, which had been on my cheek for a while, slowly looked down and grabbed my chin to lift my head.
The black gas mask was a little clearer. Sa-young asked in a whisper,
"Can you see ?"
I nodded ekly, as if I couldn't see through this skimpy top. Though it was more like a nod because my head remained fixed. Sa-young murmured in a worried tone.
"It seems like you can hear ."
"......."
"Talk? If you can't, at least blink."
I felt that if I opened my mouth I would probably start cursing, so with the utmost self-control I blinked instead of answering aloud. It was more a case of not speaking than not being able to, but it was either that or nothing. I felt the grip on my cheeks tighten a little more.
"Your vocal chords are damaged."
"......"
"Where else?"
What kind of poison does this guy have?
I was stunned to hear this. To sum up what Lee Sa-young is worried about... Doesn't it an that the poison can damage sight, hearing, vocal cords, and organs at the sa ti? It's a powerful poison that even works on S-Rank Awakened ones.
How can a simple poison be so strong?
"Cha Ui-jae."
A worried voice interrupted my train of thought. A cautious hand touched my neck. I suddenly wondered what Lee Sa-young must be thinking right now. It reached out and touched my forehead,
"......."
"What..."
I gripped the gas mask tightly.
With a snap. The front of the gas mask crumbled in my grip. Fumbling and twisting and pulling, a pale, bloodless face erged from behind the torn mask. Violet eyes wide with surprise, lips parted, fringe clinging to his face in cold sweat.
"Your lashes are really long."
I liked the way his normally stoic face changed to one of surprise and embarrassnt. When I was satisfied with the look on his face, I tossed aside the remains of the torn gas mask and removed the stiffened hand from around my neck.
I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth with the back of my hand.
"I'm fine. My vocal chords are not damaged."
"......."
"I've never seen such a deadly poison in my life... Do you have a conscience?"
"Shit."
Lee Sa-young's pretty face crumpled into a hard line. He took off the gas mask that had been torn off his face and threw it on the floor, then glared at .
"Why don't you talk, are you kidding ?"
"I thought I would curse at you as soon as I opened my mouth, why?"
"Argh....Shit, really. Annoying..."
Lee Sa-young nervously tossed her hair and turned around. Only then did I look around carefully.
The blood-soaked table was lted in places, the dagger that had sliced my palm was lying on the floor, and an unfamiliar bottle was rolling around next to it.
I picked up the bottle as it rolled nearby. A system window appeared, showing that it was no ordinary bottle.
[Nectar of the Golden Tree (S)
Consu to remove all status diseases and curses]
"...No way."
The na alone was strange.
Most treatnts for abnormal conditions have the types and levels that can be treated. An item that could unconditionally remove all diseases and curses would be priceless. And this rare item is now...
[It's an empty bottle now]
It was empty and rolling around on the table of Haejang-guk House....
This was the cool liquid that ca into my mouth. I felt a little less inclined to grab a person by the collar and argue that no crazy person would poison a person after giving them a bunch of ineffective drugs. Co to think of it, Lee Sa-young seed quite embarrassed as well.
Nectar... What a waste.
If he'd just waited a little longer, my Basilisk Poison talent would have detoxified him by itself. Shouldn't I have just told him that I had a detox talent?
I rolled my eyes as I clutched the now empty bottle of nectar. Lee Sa-young was still standing with his back to .
"Hmm, Lee Sa-young?"
"......."
"This nectar... expensive, isn't it?"
"Say sothing else."
When Lee Sa-young growled at him, I stretched and glared. Asking about the price would be like rubbing salt in the wound.
I thought to myself. I've never been good at appeasing people anyway. After a mont's thought, I decided on the most obvious answer.
"Thank you for now."
"Ha ha."
"Did I finally get it right?
"Thank the person who poisoned you. You're a saint..."
"Thank you, but fuck you.
"Most of the people who went there were people who had body changes or were about to have body changes. The suppliers take the ones who crawled in under their own feet."
"Where?"
"The lab."
A dark light hung over Sa-young's face.
"Drugs are just bait to collect experintal bodies."
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