Volume 3 Chapter 26 (2/2)

「Of course. During the war, I learned how much of a threat you are. I also have memories of fighting you as an ordinary rakshasa…… And also know that you have poison resistance skills. This time there is an additional annoyance in the form of that carrier with the name of that hero, but it’s trivial.」

The rakshasa grinned as he talked.

「Aren’t you quite composed to show us such a smile, majin-san.」

「But of course. I can’t stop myself from laughing when I think that I will be able to defeat you here. In the name of Majin Rakshasa Bane, you heroes, shall perish here. There is nothing better than this.」

The rakshasa laughed, seemingly unable to contain himself.

Two heroes and one dragon monarch, despite being in their range of attack the rakshasa couldn’t stop himself from laughing.

「What’s with you…… You are the one being cornered here. Do you think you can doー」

Anything, is what she was trying to say.

But before Daisy could finish those words.

「Ceugh……?」

「…Eh?」

Blood leaked from Daisy’s mouth. No, it wasn’t just Daisy.

「Eh……?」

Berzelia also spat blood.

And both dropped to their knees.

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Saki just saw two of her comrades fall to the ground.

「Cough…… My body, is stiff, I can’t move……?」

「Kuu… Fuu… What, is this.」

Purple-colored inflamed patches appeared on their skin along with welt-like symptoms, in addition, those swelled areas were moving and wriggling like a slime. Almost as if the poison itself was alive.

The symptoms were similar to those of the knights downed over there and Sidonoius suffering over here, and yet different.

「This, even with Daisy-dono’s poison resistance, she is still affected……?」

Saki frowned hearing Sidonius’ groan-like voice.

「……No, a mere poison wouldn’t be able to get through dragon’s or carbuncle’s poison resistances.」

To begin with, beings known as phantom monsters had high resistances to magic and magic poison.

On top of that, it’s the dragon monarch and the hero of training.

The same as me, they had high ability scores and corresponding skills that would’ve allowed them to resist poison.

And in the first place, they didn’t even touch the poison beasts as they defeated them.

And yet, this.

「…It doesn’t seem like a normal poison.」

As I muttered that, the rakshasa in front of me laughed with a broad grin.

「Haha, so you noticed? How do you like it? The special compound poison that I created through ten years of study and research.」

「Are you boasting?」

「I surely do. It took me many years to complete it, so the very least I’ll do is boast. …Even so, unfortunately, it lacks control and hardly affects humans. Well, thanks to that it became quite unnoticeable, allowing me to spread it all over this area without anyone realizing it. There are pros and cons, but I can work on this later.」

With those words Saki understood.

They were wondering when he managed to attack, but he did it even before they arrived.