Wizard Earl

Chapter 425 Poisoning (1)

And without a doubt, how to enhance physical strength is a problem that Connor urgently needs to solve now!

Smelling the scent of Odin's Blood Pool wafting from the small house not far away, Connor fell into deep thought. This situation was something he had never expected before coming with Margaret. Connor had to admit that he had become interested in Odin's Blood Pool.

Although he still didn't know what the Odin's Blood Pool in that little house was like, the fact that it could enhance physical strength was enough to make Connor greedy. However, greed aside, Connor admitted that he couldn't resist the temptation of the treasure room.

However, even if Connor wanted to obtain the Odin's Blood Pool, he knew that he couldn't do it in a simple and crude way. He had to find a smarter way to get it without offending Margaret too much, while still getting a share of the enormous benefits of the Odin's Blood Pool. This required Connor to find a balance between Margaret and the Odin's Blood Pool!

If Connor angers Margaret because of Odin's pool, even if he can defeat her, the fact that she breaks her promise and doesn't help him kill old Victor would be enough to give him a hard time.

But what method could allow him to obtain Odin's Blood Pool without offending Margaret too much? Connor frowned, deep in thought.

Just as Connor was caught in a dilemma, a subtle energy fluctuation suddenly erupted from the small house. Upon noticing this energy fluctuation, a glint of light immediately appeared in Connor's eyes, but the next second Connor stood up and made a decision!

After thinking for a while, Connor still couldn't come up with a good way to kill two birds with one stone. Since that was the case, Connor stopped thinking about it. There was an unknown energy fluctuation right now, which could be used as an excuse to enter that small house. So Connor did it. He would just take it one step at a time and see what happens. Connor estimated that as long as he didn't go too far, Margaret might not turn against him directly.

He cautiously approached the small house, and when he was about three meters away, a hint of suspicion flashed in Connor's eyes. Things were not as he had imagined. Logically speaking, with Margaret's strength, she should have noticed him by now that he was in this position. However, Margaret did not stop or warn him, which made it impossible for him to come up with an excuse.

Connor knew there were only two possibilities for this situation: either Margaret had an accident in the small house, or Margaret was trying to sabotage him!

Without making a sound, Connor fastened the silver pendant to his hand and called out loudly towards the small house, "Margaret, are you alright in there?"

After Connor finished speaking, there was no response from Margaret in the small house for a long time. Connor narrowed his eyes and felt that something was wrong. He raised his hand and slashed several Yin Demon Slashes towards the door of the small house!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The Yin Demon Slash struck the seemingly unremarkable iron door, producing a series of muffled thuds, but it did not cause any substantial damage to the door, only leaving a few scratches.

Connor stared at the iron gate, his face grim and extremely ugly. He never expected that he, an alchemist, would be fooled by this iron gate.

The iron gate of the small house looked no different from the iron gates used in the traditional Odin noble family, but now this iron gate told Connor with cold reality that he had been deceived by his own eyes!

This iron door is likely made of some kind of alloy that Connor is unaware of. The hardness of the entire iron door is comparable to that of a top-tier first-level defensive enchanted item. If the hardness of this iron door alloy is comparable to that of a second-tier defensive enchanted item, Connor's Yin Demon Slash wouldn't even leave a scratch on it.

At this point, Connor was almost certain that something had happened in the small house, and Margaret seemed to have been set up!

A sense of unease crept into his heart. Connor didn't know what had happened inside, or how Margaret was doing, but if possible, he had to rescue her as soon as possible. Margaret, a collaborator within the Church of Storms, was extremely valuable to Connor. Unless there was truly no other way, Connor would never abandon Margaret!

With a change in expression, Connor knew the situation was urgent and didn't dare to hesitate. He immediately unleashed his innate spell, and the Abyss Chains struck the iron gate.

"boom!"

A deafening roar echoed throughout the entire barrier. Under the impact of the terrifying power of the Abyss Chains, the iron gate was still standing, but the middle part was completely dented. Seeing this, Connor was overjoyed and the Abyss Chains continued to strike. After several booms, the iron gate completely collapsed into a sky full of iron fragments, and a thick mist of blood wafted from the room toward Connor.

Caught off guard, Connor inadvertently inhaled a few breaths of mist. But just as Connor realized what was happening and instinctively tried to find an antidote in his spatial ring, he discovered that the blood mist was not poisonous as he had imagined. Instead, it was actually nourishing his body!

This discovery left Connor's expression filled with suspicion and uncertainty. However, before he could dwell on it, he saw the inner workings of the small house. Just as he had imagined, the house concealed a pool of blood, seemingly the legendary Pool of Odin's Blood. Margaret appeared to be unconscious, sitting in the pool with her eyes closed. Her once fair and smooth face was now flushed with an alluring blush, and her upper body was exposed above the water's surface, making it appear as if Margaret was completely naked…

"Poisoned?"

In this urgent situation, Connor couldn't afford to take advantage of Margaret and immediately assessed her current condition.

With a flick of his sleeve, Connor first pulled Margaret's smooth body out of the blood pool. Then, he casually found a black robe he used for changing clothes in his spatial ring and wrapped it around Margaret. He then placed his large hand on Margaret's head. Although there was an antidote in his spatial ring, Connor needed to determine what kind of poison Margaret had been poisoned with before deciding whether to give her his antidote!

It's important to understand that every medicine has some degree of toxicity, and this applies to the world as well. For certain specific toxins, if you randomly drink antidotes, instead of neutralizing the toxins, the antidotes you drink will actually become nutrients for the toxins, accelerating their development in your body.

(End of this chapter)