Chapter 319: Dragon Toxicologist.

Chapter 319: Dragon Toxicologist.

41 beastmen have become your followers

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:10073

Well, that sucks!

It was this close, so close I thought my plan was about to finish without a hitch! I had such an amazing, but simple, idea to wipe out all 23 opponents inside the castle, leading to us seven and one additional contestants to become the top eight survivors. Larent and I planned on having that assassin be the last person, as we wanted to know who they were and pay them back for interrupting our duel.

However, for some reason, that weird poison guy became the last member of the top eight. I was this close to smacking them with my glaive to end it all, but noooooo, that assassin dude did something! I was sure of it! I had Rajah sniff around the castle just in case, after all.

And it was such a perfect plan, too Everything was

In the end, I decided to stop complaining as the arena changed around us. Castle Fatalisa and the battlefield of Schrade disappeared before the eyes of our alliance and that poison dude. As we hovered in the sky, the world turned completely white.

After a couple of seconds, the ceiling of this endless white world opened up and our feet began to touch the ground. A moment later, and it was all done. We werent in the match anymore, we were now in the arena, being watched and cheered on by the crowd.

Dammit, you damn Folschreckian! Just one more kill! Just one more kill! You lost me a fortune!

Hand of Heaven, yeah? More like, hand in my ass! You lost against a kid, you knight-wannabe! Go retire already!

Well, it was a 50-50 when it came to the cheers. A lot of them were extremely angry at Larent for some reason, actually, a vast majority were shouting at Larent and how they were disappointed at him for losing against me in the kills race. He took most of the negativity, but quite a few were leering and jeering at the poison dude, whose name was Greisha.

On the other hand, the rest of us received praises for our performances, complimenting what we did best. It was amazing! Like, it really raised my mood as my heart began to beat faster from this joy. I wanted to win, and I did, and now I was being rewarded by this crowd congratulating me for what I did.

Amazing fight! You really showed everybody how to take over a castle!

Frickin hell, love the magic! Need some explosions sometimes, or all that sword fighting gonna bore everybody!

Ghorush and Arlond raised their arms up, taking in the celebration for their hard work. Arnold especially was dazzling the women with his looks, instantly making me regret thinking he was a good guy. Womanizing was such a turn-off for me.

On the other hand, Naemon and Joek were bowing slightly before they started looking like they wanted this over with. It didnt seem like those Evidian mages liked the spectacle much compared to me. Chahayat, from the look of it, seemed to fall into this category, also.

Which left the reactions from Larent and that poison dude. To say the least, they looked awkward. Larent had a wry smile on his face while the poisoned dude looked like he just experienced the biggest relief in his life. Well, he almost lost, so I guessed?

Noble ladies and gentlemen! Blood enjoyers! All hail to you, may I ask, have you enjoyed this MAAAAATCH?

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Wooooooooooooo!

The people in the free seats erupted in jubilation at the announcers nudging, while the nobility sitting in a separate section simply clapped in response. There, I also saw Prince Markval and his mother, the Princess Dowager, watching us. While the prince looked like a kid in wonder after watching his favorite anime, his mother looked like the sorta parent who would scold you for watching some stupid cartoon.

I waved at them and also to the people sitting below them, which were Jethro and Princess Anasthasia. While the prince couldnt act out of place with his mother on hand, Jethro gave me an understanding nod despite frowning, or maybe that was his natural expression, and the princess clapped in appreciation.

Since I was planning on performing a concert in Elyonda, I had to give a sample, right? Hopefully, the princess understood it and could help with the advertisement process. I had to introduce her to Amelia tonight for the concert preparations.

Yes, yes, I know you all liked that! I JUST WANTED TO HEAR YOU SAY IT OUTLOUD! Cuz that was INCREDIBLE! I dare say, God Yeostar must be proud of what he observed here today! Not only did she survive a blast of the dragonator, she also saved Auegors Blade, and then led a war party to conquer Fatalisa! The first time in the Arena of Yeostars history where somebody managed to conquer the castle during an actual match! Give it UUUUUP! For Crimson Scale Hestia, our top kill ranker!

IDOL! I am an idol! I shouted against the announcer as the crowd cheered. Stop giving me that stupid name! At least, call me Crimson Idol next time!

But, as you would expect, with the crowd exploding like this, it was hard to give my opinion on it without resorting to [Aerokinesis]. Besides, I didnt want to ruin the mood. An entertainer had an obligation to not do something that petty, as the enjoyment of the adueince came first. As such I kept quiet and simply basked in it with a smile.

However, I could feel the stares and glares. Not only were a ton of my competitors sitting in their seats right now, having had the luxury to watch the whole battle royal, the ones behind me were the same. Chahayat and Ghorush were definitely opponents I had to worry about, not to mention Larent. I didnt have any opinion on Naemon or Joek, but they were mages from Aleistunum so caution should be important.

Arlond and that poison dude would probably be easy matches, though.

In any case, I

[Master, I need to tell you something!] Rajah suddenly called me while hiding in my shadow. [I remember now! I forgot about it, sorry!]

[Huh, what is going on, Rajah?] I could hear his voice cracking a bit, mostly from his excitement at him successfully executing a mission. I was a bit worried he might get hurt, but I was so incredibly proud he managed to bring down the castles gates in time.

[Master, I overheard those humans speak. They said they got poisoned by the bad person. There. Over there.] Rajahs mental image was pointing my attention at Greisha. [They said, there is no cure! The only cure from him and his brother!]

Rajahs speaking habit was still a bit scuffed at moments, but it was easy enough to determine his motives and ideas through our telepathic link, and this one was huge.

What?! I shouted at the precariousness of the situation. I glared at Greisha for a moment, causing him to twitch a bit.

No time!

Arlond and Larent told me a little bit about the poisoned dude and his brother, telling me those two were infamous black mercs specialized in assassinations with toxins. It was said their toxins could kill even those with immunity against them, saying they were potent enough to kill even A rank adventurers.

If that was the case, then I couldnt waste any time here!

I activated my rocket boosters and shot up in the sky, only to suddenly hit a mana barrier right in front of the audience. While caressing my poor horns, I ignored the shocked audience and turned to the announcer, shouting, Open the barrier or gates! I need to get out!

Uh? What? Hey, lass, we got your celebration for being top eight in a moment. If you need to go to the toilet, hold up a bit.

I dont need the toilet! I replied with a small blush. There are people about to die in the infirmary! I need to get out now!

However, he didnt comprehend what I was trying to do. If the opening to the audience was protected by a mana barrier, then the gates would be, too. Either I could try to explain things to the announcer again, or I could break through them. Or, ask Mother to do so. This shouldnt count as a strike to send me to Miononbolax, right?

However, before I could say anything, somebody else came to my rescue.

Open the gates, now! That is a royal order! Prince Markval stood up and shouted his order to everybody before his mother pulled him back into his seat.

Son, what She tried to say something, but the prince kept on going, defiantly.

I said, that was an order!

O-Oh, uh, YES, milord!

The gates were immediately opened and I zoomed towards where I remembered the infirmary was. I was confused why they couldnt open the mana barrier, but I guessed the safety of the crowd was a bit more important to him. Regardless, once I was close to the infirmary, I started to hear extreme amounts of groans and moans as alchemists and white-robed priests went in and out of a room in a panic.

Here!

Once inside, the chaos I heard wasnt for show. Multiple men, probably the twenty people we kicked out the castle, were clutching their stomachs and chest as they released bellows like animals. Their faces were red like tomatoes and some even began puking out bloody vomit.

Alchemists were trying to have them ingest potions, but anything they drank was immediately expelled. The healing from the priests and priestesses were too slow, and with how the injured were flailing their limbs around erratically, some of them even backed away from fear.

Quick! Sacred Field!

I cast a white magic circle inside the room, large enough to reach every single patient. As the white light began to illuminate the dim room, surprising the medics at the sudden spell, I cast [Sanctified Blaze: Halo of Consecration]. With the white flame halo above my head, a wave of white flames burst from it, enveloping not only patients but the infirmarys personnel.

Argh, what is this?! and Flames, help! all of them screamed, forcing me to quickly calm them down by bringing their attention to me. As I pulled out my blessed amulet of Aurena and explained to them how I got here, meanwhile, my white fire was slowly entering each poisoned patients body.

All of them had [Poisoned (Major)] as I took the chance to identify them and from the look of it, the venom had already made itself around their entire bodies and into each cell. In Arlonds case, he only had the status ailment for one or two seconds at most, since my white flames could cure him there immediately, preventing the venom from spreading around his body in the first place.

They need more.

Watch! In the name of the Goddess, I will bring the light of hope back in these patients lives! I slipped through all the panicking alchemists and priests, moving towards the person in the most dire situation.

[Miraculous Heal] is overkill. This should be enough!

I increased my body temperature before blowing a stream of white fire on the man, all my halo was creating more and more, to the point any onlookers would think the room was being burned down.

Uwaaaghhh! the man screamed, still being consumed by the venom.

Hey! Stop! One of the alchemists charged forward as he heard this, only for him to be stopped by one of the priests. Wha?! Are you mad! That lizard is killing him!

W-Wait! The beast woman said shes a priestess. That [Sacred Field] is proof for her claim. If you assault her, then you will be punished by the church! He didnt sound too sure about that claim as he nervously glanced at the burning patient, but he defended me anyway in the name of the church of Aurena.

Are you out of your mind?! Didnt you say the venom was above moderate?! Can you not hear! Listen! The alchemist grabbed the white-robed priests on his shoulder and pushed him to watch and listen to the agony-filled fillings and cries of all the injured. Suffice to say, my flames were cool like a breeze; this alchemist just didnt listen to me when I explained that to him.

You let this random girl come here and kill these people, youll be the only one getting on the churchs bad side! Everybody! He pushed the priest on the away before drawing the other alchemists attention. Immediately, all of them materialized a blue magic circle, chanting and readying their water spell. Douse them now! And then get the Empire-issued antidotes. Quickly!

Greater Create Water!

The custom spell immediately produced a bucket amount of water before it was thrown onto various patients. A normal person would have expected the flames to be doused, but sadly for them, with the mutation skill [Inferno Coating] in my [Hellblade Dragon] skill, as long as the flames were connected to my body, they couldnt be extinguished.

Which also included Mothers ice, funnily enough. Even if I was elementally overwhelmed, they couldnt die off, however, Mother could just lower the temperature until it was useless, which was an effective workaround and counter to the skill. But, if you didnt do that, even a tsunami couldnt stop my [Symphonie des Feuergottes] or [Solar Beam]s overdrive mode.

Wha-?! It wont die! The alchemists cried out, causing the one ordering them around to pale, before snapping his head around to me.

Hey, you! Stop this at once, please! These men need help! They will die if theyArk!

Hrrrrr! Rajah suddenly jumped out of my shadow, hissing a bit to scare the man away a bit.

Sorry, but like I said, I am here to help, I said while manually controlling my flames through the mans inside, using [Mana Eyes] to see the concentration of foreign mana, in this case, the venom. Just saying, but youre an alchemist. Why hasnt my flame caused any smoke yet?

Wha-?! The realization seemed to have hit him.

Like I said, Im a priestess of the Goddess, and if I can help out then I will. So, please, put your trust in me for this moment and allow me to save some people There! As I was trying to reason with the alchemist, the amount of venom inside the mana has been reduced to the point where his [Poisoned] disappeared entirely. With his heavy breathing slowing down, steadying itself, it gave me the confirmation to move to the next person.

Whirling the white flames surrounding the person into a ball, I left a few tiny embers in his body behind to cleanse the remaining threat. I then turned around to the next person and basked them in the flame also.

Now you can help. The venom is almost completely gone in his body, just give him some minor antidotes or body boosters to help his recovery, I gave the flabbergasted alchemists and priests that order before putting my entire focus on the next patient.

U-Uh, y-yeah! Hey, you and you! Clean up the water puddle. The rest, get the herbal tonics out!

A miracle! She just cured a major stage venom! Brothers, we need to assure everybody survives until our sister can do her miracle!

May the light guide us!

Oh shut up.

Too much time would be lost if I let this guy keep yapping his mouth off, so I did the merciful thing and just dashed towards him with [Wind Blast] and slammed his head on the ground, far harder than what Ghorush did and turned it all into mush. Gruesome or not, from one poison user to the other, this death would be less painful than whatever we could concoct.

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Secondary Job [Virulent Corrosion] has risen from [Level 1] to [Level 9]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Damn! He must have been high level. Only 21 more levels until it's maxed

H-Hey! The knight was about to speak up about it but I simply shoved my amulet of Aurena into his face, telling him I was a priestess.

Mister alchemist, you havent told me your name yet. My name is Hestia. You know what I am about to do, so please explain everything to the gentleman. I shoved the alchemist into the knights way, drawing his attention away before I recast [Halo of Consecration] above myself.

In one wave of flames, the two spilled acid-like toxins dissolved into thin air. I went in to the infirmary, noticing unconscious people on the beds and also the tied up personal hogging a single corner of the area. Smelling the putrid scent of the poison vials, I quickly put all of them up and began burning them all up with my white flames. Although, I did keep a tiny drop for my collection.

Toxin collection was still a hobby to me, as morbid as it sounded. I think I could finally answer the question I posed to myself when I was still in the Belzac forest. Yes, I was crazy for having such a bizarre hobby.

After I freed the personnel and made sure the vapors were gone, I did an emergency flame healing session on everybody inside the infirmary, making sure they would stay alive. Once they were all healed up, I left the room of appreciative priests and alchemists, only to find the group of knights all standing in front of the door. The body of that guy was gone, but there were still hints of his death.

11 humans have become your followers

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:10088

Uhm, hello? They looked at me with piercing gazes, making me feel slightly uncomfortable.

Priestess Hestia! But pushing himself through the soldiers, the alchemist from before ran over to me, bowing repeatedly. Thank you, thank you so very much! Not only did you save all those patients before, you also saved my life today! I am of no words! I cannot thank you or even imagine how I would be able to repay you for all of this!

Oh, uh, thats okay. Was what I could eke out, too flustered by his sudden sincerness. Like I said before, I just did what I thought was right. Theres no need to repay me back, seriously.

Its as Brother Colm said, you really must have been sent by the Goddess! Oh, please, forgive me, Goddess! I had doubted your path of light for too long! From here on out, I promise you, I will act more faithful! Starting with your messenger!

1 humans have become your followers

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:10089

He prostrated himself, praying loudly to the point it was obnoxious.

Cool, another follower! I had to just ignore how zealous some people could be.

Determined to leave this place before he stood back up, I was about to move through the way the alchemist made in the soldier wall, only for the knight from before to walk in front of me, blocking my way.

Lady Hestia, could you come with me for a moment?

Am I being arrested again?

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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