Chapter 78 - Vol1 Ch78: Floating Corpse Maggot (2/2)

And his current actions would not only bring disaster to the Royas soldiers, but it would also spell disaster for generations to come, this lake itself would become a forbidden zone or restricted area.

The monster he just created was called the Floating Corpse Maggot. This monster could easily be killed in direct combat, however its true power lies in its ability to proliferate in the water. When it came into contact with a body of water, it would produce a large number of larvae that could survive and fully assimilate themselves into it, they were odorless, colorless and shapeless, just like ordinary lake water.

However, once a person came into contact with this contaminated lake water, the Floating Corpse Maggot inside would become parasites within their bodies. A host of these parasites would feel their limbs weakening, a sense of dizziness as well as headaches. Furthermore, they would become hungry very easily, if they couldn’t sate this hunger in time, they would drop dead at any moment. Even if they didn’t suddenly drop dead, their bodies and physique would gradually change to look like corpses soaked in water.

Even more frightening was that these maggots could almost perfectly harmonize their rhythm with water, making it so that even expert practitioners of [Respiratory Art] would be unable to discover them.

Unless someone knew about their existence and specifically targeted them, these maggots simply could not be discovered, only through long-term observation would someone even notice that there was a problem with the water.

This place will probably be known as the cursed lake in the future

Rhys felt a chill as he looked at the calm surface of the lake. This small body of water would likely take the lives of countless people, and he would be the one responsible for it.

Looking down at the book of monsters that had another blank page and seven other pages left, Rhys carefully wrapped it up and swiftly returned to Colomier.

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On the other side, Nala was also facing a tough battle. Her opponent was a middle-aged officer of Royas. She was feeling a sense of discomfort as there was a sort of power flowing within her opponent’s body, this power was related to her Dragon’s blood, yet they were mutually exclusive at the same time.

The middle-aged officer was wielding a cutlass that also gave off an ominous presence that caused Nala to frown involuntarily.

“Interkam’s Saintress of Salvation” Smick said with a sigh: “It should be seven years since we last met, although I knew this day would eventually come”

“Who are you?” Nala held her knight’s sword as she observed the officer. His words suggested that he had met her seven years ago.

“Smick Lancher. Let’s just say I was Chris’ comrade-in-arms, after all, we fought alongside one another seven years ago” a sense of nostalgia flashed by Smick’s eyes, even after seven years, he still couldn’t forget that battle.

“Although I say that, our standpoints are simply different. Since you are the one person who could actually overturn Royas’ war situation, I’m afraid I’ll have you remain here” Smick drew his cutlass and slowly disappeared.

“Is that so?” Nala vaguely remembered Rivers telling her about how they had fought alongside a Royas soldier named Smick seven years ago. If there were no mistakes, then this should be him, but as he had said, since they had different standpoints, there was nothing more to say.

Nala slowed her breathing down. The other person’s breathing had proven to her that he was also a practitioner of [Respiratory Art], so his abrupt disappearance should be an effect of a certain school of [Respiratory Art].

Right before it arrived, Nala sensed the other party’s attack, so she raised her knight’s sword to block it. She quickly noticed something was wrong and immediately retreated. As she raised her sword again, she found that the weapon in her hand had already been cut in half.