Volume 5 Chapter 10 Dragon Core
"After the blizzard, it's a rain of deadly poison... I've been thinking for a while now, but it seems they don't want us to go deeper."
"But, even though it's called a rain of deadly poison, it's a liquid, so it's within the effect range of Slime Master, isn't it?"
Horace and Deus are smoothly progressing through 'Wrath of the Heavens.'
After breaking through the blizzard, Deus, having taken off his bulky clothes and changed into autumn attire, was troubled by the next area being a deadly poisonous rain, and thus had difficulty commenting.
However, when deadly poison falls as rain, it is within the effect range of Slime Master, which is currently used by Horace's 'Christy Flask.'
So, both the things falling from above and the ones accumulating on the ground are all being gathered and pushed aside as they progress.
"By the way, how strong is this poison?"
"If we bring Terra, it might provoke an interesting reaction. That guy has almost no poison resistance."
"Really?"
Calamityshade Dragon Terra Disas.
A dragon that, just by being present, causes surrounding weather disturbances and brings about disasters, and is one of the 'Keystone Dragons of the Four Source Divines.'
Currently, the power of these disasters is partially controlled by Horace and incorporated into 'Deus Ex Machina,' but when in combat mode in humanoid form, it exhibited overwhelming power.
When it comes to the keyword 'disasters,' the 'Wrath of the Heavens' that Horace and the others are progressing through is similar, but while the dungeon's nature causes that, it is quite contrary to intuition that just by being there, it disturbs the surroundings.
However, it seems Terra has no resistance to poison.
"If it's that strong, I thought it would have most resistances."
Naturally, during that battle, Deus was used, so all the combat data from that time is recorded.
At that time, Deus probably had no self-awareness, but it seems that aligning the consciousness to understand the situation should have been possible.
Considering that, it would probably think, 'It's just poison.'
More precisely, it's a concept of 'harmful substances to oneself,' but many monsters simply cannot accept such substances.
"Ah, well, even if he doesn't have resistance, he's sturdy by nature."
"I see, he can withstand being exposed. But just because he can handle it doesn't mean there's no impact. That's why it must has interesting reactions. That's what it means."
"Interesting reactions... about what?"
"If old documents are to be believed... he would strip completely and let out a roar."
"Hmm... I thought taking damage from poison was just about harm, but it's that, uh, perverted meaning, huh."
"I wondered if it's possible for me too, but the source of the documents is... well."
"Well, I won't ask about that."
Deus sensed some kind of landmine, or something, and didn't ask any further.
"Come to think of it, no monsters are appearing. An endless wasteland is spreading, tainted with lethal poison."
"Monsters are affected too, after all."
"...It's like, really, it's not monsters but 'weather' that's the enemy."
"That's just how it is. Look over there."
To where Horace points.
There, a dragon covered in a gooey, sludge-like liquid is roaring and opening its mouth toward the rain of deadly poison.
"Pervert!"
"Deus. Analyze it toward the deadly poison."
"Huh?"
Deus's eyes flicker rapidly.
"...Ah! It was not corrosion, but 'poisoning'!"
In short, it's not an attack that burns with acid, but making it so that they can't be satisfied without this poison.
"I see! That's why they're so eager to drink Terra Disas because of this poison. I thought Master's reasoning was a bit careless, but it's actually like this, huh!"
"What, careless? What do you mean?"
"Do you have self-awareness?"
"Yes."
"Good. Also, master. Do I just imagine it, or is it just me, or... do you have some deliberate intention of linking bad reputation to Terra?"
"It's just that controlling the 'Disaster Core' I was entrusted with is too troublesome and annoying."
"How much control do you have?"
"About 8 percent."
"Isn't that the same as not having control?"
"No, really, I'm doing my best to prevent disasters from happening. I need to draw out power smoothly from here, but it's super dangerous..."
"Is there any way to manage this?"
"The 'Astral Dragon Gai Gigant' fought in the capital of the Diamante Kingdom... not receiving power from its 'main body'"
"Hmm."
The creature we fought in the capital was like a leftover trace of Gai Gigant's power'a 'remnant' that formed where its main body had passed. Terra Disas called it a 'remnant entity,' but its strength was far weaker than the real thing.
Magic is a substance that seeks stability and changes form, and Gai Gigant has the power to stabilize it.
But the power from the remnant entity isn't nearly enough to control Terra Disas's main body.
"Maybe we'll meet somewhere along the way."
"Even if we do, what would we even do about it'?"
The two walked through the rain of deadly poison.
Who knows what'll come next.
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