“I see. They planned to use the Three Flag Challenge from the start to take Lin City without losing a single soldier or infringing on the interests of the Demon Race. Even if you hadn’t mentioned it first, they would have initiated this rule themselves,” Qiaolin said.
“This whole thing was a trap they set.”
“But Lin City has no choice. The Demon Race won’t invest too many resources for a bunch of human outsiders. They can only rely on their own strength to get through this crisis.”
Loki looked at Qiaolin and smiled.
“It looks like it’s your time to shine, huh?”
Qiaolin gave a helpless smile, then used Sky-Leap Step to carry the counselor onto the arena stage.
“Set her down, Lockes. The match must continue, and I will take Aurora’s place.”
“How could that be… Stop joking!”
Lockes roared.
His grip on Fenris’s neck tightened instinctively.
With just a bit more force, he could snap her neck.
‘Does this not mean gambling with Aurora’s life?’
He absolutely could not accept such a thing!
“I know you’re angry and anxious, but you need to know that there is an antidote for the Nine-Headed Black Venom Dragon-Serpent’s venom. They wouldn’t dare let Lady Aurora die here. She is a member of the Demon Race, after all. You understand what I mean, right?”
Since she was poisoned before the Three Flag Challenge officially began, it did not violate the rules.
Since the match had not formally started, Qiaolin could take Aurora’s place.
Reminded by Qiaolin, Lockes finally calmed down a bit.
He slowly loosened his grip and let go of Fenris.
“Can you heal her, Mr. Qiaolin?”
The young man did not turn back.
Qiaolin saw his shoulders trembling.
Just like his tone at the moment, he did not want to show his fragile side to outsiders.
“Of course. I promise you she will return to your side completely unharmed.”
“I’m counting on you.”
Lockes let out a weak sigh.
As he retreated backstage, he cast a deep gaze at Mode, who was far across from him, and pointed.
‘Just you wait!’
After being let go, Fenris collapsed on the ground and panted heavily.
It took her a while to realize the match was still ongoing.
“Heh, a substitution?”
Seeing a young man radiating weak Magic Power, Fenris smiled.
“Treating that knight who was severely injured by the Stinger must have cost you quite a bit of Magic Power, didn’t it?”
“Your eyes are quite sharp, old lady, to have noticed me from behind the scenes.”
“After all, General Mode told me to take special care of you. From what I can see, you possess the strength of a Five Crown, just like that Vampire.”
“Oh? You really do have sharp eyes. Impressive, impressive.”
Qiaolin gave a fake clap, then his expression darkened.
“It’s just that your methods are a bit despicable. I’ve never heard of a Healing Mage proving their strength this way.”
“Military orders are like mountains. Every man serves his master. These are all orders from above. Please understand me. During the match, I can give you the antidote; the effects are immediate. However, once they take the antidote, it means you voluntarily forfeit this round. Anyway, after our adjustments, this venom takes a full 1 hour from the onset of symptoms until death. After all that commotion just now, about 10 minutes have probably passed.”
Fenris then threw the antidote directly to him.
“So, because you have the advantage of knowing this toxin beforehand, you think victory is in your grasp?”
Qiaolin smiled.
The principle of Detoxification magic was to have a thorough understanding of the toxin’s structure and then construct a specific spell formula to neutralize it.
This was how Qiaolin had cured the Azure Serpent’s venom for the adventurer team before.
Even in the past 300 years, Qiaolin had never treated someone poisoned by the Nine-Headed Black Venom Dragon-Serpent.
Therefore, he knew nothing of its structure.
Among the people he knew, only Tor had come into contact with such a thing.
“Regardless of what you think, you should focus on the match for now. Time is running out, young man. If you delay any further, even I won’t be able to guarantee a cure. Using the antidote will only declare your defeat.”
“Then let’s do this.”
Qiaolin walked over to Aurora.
The young woman was barely maintaining consciousness.
When she saw Qiaolin, a small smile touched her lips.
“It looks like I have to trouble you again, Mr. Qiaolin. I’m leaving my life in your hands.”
“I won’t let anything happen to you.”
Qiaolin looked at the potion in his hand.
He was not confident about the Nine-Headed Black Venom Dragon-Serpent’s venom.
Even if the antidote’s effect was fast, he did not dare gamble with Aurora’s life.
Consequently, Qiaolin set a maximum time of 25 minutes for himself.
If he exceeded that time, he would give Aurora the potion.
The Black Fang Legion taking over Lin City would certainly be bad, but it was better than someone dying.
Fenris approached the poisoned counselor and immediately displayed her Magic Power.
Two different attributes of Magic Power swirled around her, shocking everyone from Lin City.
“She’s actually a Mage with two Magic Power attributes! This is going to be trouble!” someone cried out.
“Tch…”
Seeing this, Lockes gritted his teeth in hatred.
Aurora had three Magic Power attributes.
If it were a fair head-to-head fight, whether in Healing Magic or combat, she could have easily defeated the opponent!
‘These damn human Barbarians!’
Fenris had spent more than half her life studying the Nine-Headed Black Venom Dragon-Serpent’s venom.
It could be said she was more familiar with its structure than with her own children.
As soon as she started, she was ready to construct the formula and eliminate the toxin.
She was determined to win this match.
Meanwhile, Qiaolin had only just begun examining Aurora’s condition.
He had never seen a Nine-Headed Black Venom Dragon-Serpent, but he knew the legend that this Demon Race creature had nine heads, each with its own toxin effect.
They were Slowness, Confusion, Corrosion, Deterioration, Aging, Weakness, Severe Injury, Bleeding, and Paralysis!
Looking at Aurora’s currently sluggish Magic Power flow, her corroded internal organs and blood, and the minimal effect of her own Healing Magic, the toxins in her body likely corresponded to Slowness, Corrosion, and Severe Injury.
Using Regression Magic was out of the question.
Too much time had passed since she was poisoned, and Qiaolin could not regress Aurora’s physical state back 1 day.
Analyzing the toxin would also take too long.
He was not 100% sure he could eliminate all three toxins within 20 minutes.
White Magic Power turned into fine threads.
Under Qiaolin’s control, they drifted into the pores of Aurora’s skin and connected to her blood vessels.
Since there was no time to understand the toxin, he would draw the venom into his own body and filter it out of her.
Under Qiaolin’s delicate guidance, the white Magic Power turned pitch black.
The venom quickly spread to his palms, and the skin on Aurora that came into contact with his magic momentarily returned to its fair complexion.
This scene caught everyone’s eye, and their jaws dropped.
No one had expected someone would voluntarily draw venom into their own body.
Even Fenris caught a glimpse of this from the corner of her eye, her eyes widening.
“You fool! Who taught you to do that? The Nine-Headed Black Venom Dragon-Serpent’s venom is extremely unstable. By rashly drawing it into your body, it could easily mutate. When that happens, even the antidote in your hand won’t work anymore, do you hear me?!”
Qiaolin ignored her, continuing to absorb the venom.
The Nine-Headed Black Venom Dragon-Serpent’s toxin soon affected his body.
Even with the body of a Hero, he was not completely immune.
However, compared to Aurora’s severe symptoms, Qiaolin appeared much more composed.
The Magic Power slowed by the Slowness toxin could still maintain its output.
His robust constitution had a high tolerance for the Corrosion toxin, so the effects of the Severe Injury were not very apparent.
“Total lunatic!”
Fenris cursed.
At this rate, Qiaolin would heal the patient faster than she could.
Left with no choice, she had to adopt a more aggressive method.
The unfinished detoxification magic circle directly covered the white-bearded counselor.
She was going to attempt constructing the formula while simultaneously performing the detoxification.
But by doing so, the probability of the toxin mutating would increase significantly.
To widen the gap in their progress, Fenris had to use this method.
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