Chapter 343 - The Ark Of Poison And Mages

"You won't be able to and neither did I. I'm basing off on the looks of at how quick the bodies decomposed. Even so, I did not have enough time to correctly pinpoint which type of Element is at play. But rest ȧssured, it is not Corrupt," stated Mavislin.

"It's just a hunch but I am guessing that it would be the Element of Necrosis at play here. It's the only Element that heightens the rate of decomposition and disappears without leaving anything after a few hours. It must have been mixed into the Mercury substance."

"That's a new Element, I've never heard of that before..." said Bryan.

"It is as old as the Lost Elements.. It is one of the pilot derivatives of the Dark Element. It had been around since the Dark Element Mages perfected the base skills of the Element Of Darkness. It's older than you for sure," said Mavislin, pointing at Bryan.

"Anyways, you might want to read up on that Element as well, since it's the main Element that Baldwin uses. Any wrong move and there won't be any trace of you when you face off against the Angry Man," warned Mavislin.

"Back to the point, I want to know how the person managed to get his hands on the Element of Necrosis. It's near impossible to, even other Mages have a hard time handling it without going out of control," continued Mavislin.

"Judging by the looks of things, it did go out of control," commented Rina, replaying the scene in her mind.

"Not at all. The situation from earlier was one of the rare occasions that the Element of Necrosis was given carefully. It only came to play after the researchers had died. It had partnered up with the Mercury but waited for a bit before affecting the bodies."

"So what would happen if the Element Necrosis wasn't handled properly?" asked Bryan.

"You won't be standing here, asking that question to me. I'm beginning to think that it might not be such a bad thing after all..." replied Mavislin, looking at Bryan with disapproving eyes.

"It was no wonder why you made us run away from that area. It had lingering traces of Mercury, am I right?" asked Rina, recalling that odd smell that she detected.

Luckily, it was just a few minutes, and then disperse of the toxic air had been long dispersed. As such, Bryan and RIna did not show any signs of those symptoms stated above. But what got Rina's curiosity up was the fact that Magecraft was at play.

"So, Mages aren't affected by this substance?" asked Bryan.

"It can affect the Mages as well but my body is quite repellent against such small levels of it."

"I wonder how effective is your body against these substances. It seems like you can endure quite a fair bit of these harmful things," asked Bryan, pointing at the Valkyrie.

"I don't know if you've noticed but it takes quite the effort to cut my flesh. Even Rina has to use one of her Flower Dance Stages to remotely make a wound on me."

"How does the durability of your flesh has got to do with the inhalation of poisons?" asked Rina, truly curious.

"It's not about my skin or flesh, it's about my weight. I weigh significantly more than a blue whale and I'm still not fully mȧturė yet. The more body mass a being has, the higher the dosage is needed for a poison to be in full effect."

"That's why unless you've got more than a million times the dosage, I won't be going mad anytime soon," explained Mavislin, pointing to her footsteps.

They hadn't realized it since she was manipulating her weight and physical appearance but she did speak the truth. So far, the footsteps of hers left dents on the stone walkway.

"Why would this place be better than the other area?" asked Bryan, confused.

"No, but that place was concentrated with that poison. This place doesn't. But, we can't take any risks," answered Mavislin, summoning her wings once more.

She then pluck out a few feathers and murmured a spell. The few feathers turned into pieces of cloths with a string attached. She then handed it to Rina and Bryan.

"Put these on, this entire hallway is filled with different poisons that can harm the human body. Looks like the crowd back there didn't receive the warning quick enough," said Mavislin as the two of them put on the clothes.

"But how about you, Mavislin? Don't you need one of these?" asked Bryan, pointing to his cloth.

"Nope, these poisons are only harmful to the human body, not Valkyrie bodies. However, they are quite foul-smelling. Especially the one in this room," said Mavislin, finally heading into the Birthing Chambers.