Chapter 250 - Refining War Tactics (3)

Chapter 250 - Refining War Tactics (3)

The child had jade-colored eyes and long, turquoise hair. Though he had never seen this boy before, Henry knew instinctively that this was Elagon.

After building up his courage, Henry nervously swallowed and tentatively called out, “Elagon?”

- Khu!

Elagon had pale white skin. However, like in the case of half-dragons, the turquoise scales on his body revealed that he was a polymorphed spirit, not an actual human being.

After giving a cheerful response to Henry’s call, Elagon quickly rushed over and embraced him, just like he had used to do in the good old days.

“You really are Elagon.”

- Khu!

Although Elagon clearly looked like a human, it seemed that he could still only say ‘Khu,’ most probably because he hadn’t yet developed the intelligence to use language. However, that wasn’t a big issue because Henry could always teach him how to speak, and Elagon could understand Henry anyway. New novel chapters are published on

“It’s good to see you again, Elagon. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

- Khu!

Henry was genuinely happy, and Elagon could feel the affection in his voice. He, too, was happy to see Henry; his affection for him hadn’t waned at all.

Henry then snapped his fingers, summoning a strip of cloth that wrapped around Elagon, turning into a set of neat clothes.

“Do you feel any kind of discomfort?”

- Khu!

Elagon felt especially energetic because he had never absorbed as much mana before as he had done that day; he had never been in a better mood.

Having been in an egg for so long, Elagon felt a sweet sense of freedom after his evolution; he felt liberated and anew. The best part of it all was that Elagon didn’t seem to remember the time Henry had forcibly awakened him during the Fief War to use him as a strategic weapon.

Elagon hugged Henry like a child embracing its father. He then pulled away and extended his hands, releasing mana.

Slosh.

A sphere of water formed above Elagon’s palm, floating. The sphere froze and thawed repeatedly until the clear water shifted to a violet color.

‘Poison?’

It was indeed poison, and a very potent one at that. This was one of Elagon’s four attributes, which had been brought about by the influence of Henry’s poisonous blood.

However, the violet poison quickly turned back into clear water.

“...!”

Henry suddenly realized that this clear water wasn’t just ordinary water; it actually had healing properties, similar to the holy water of any religion.

“Ah...!”

The water sphere soon vanished. Elagon then put his arms behind his back as if he was embarrassed, rocking back and forth.

‘I’m proud of you.’

Elagon was definitely endearing; he was like a child that was showing off something he had learned to his parents, and sure enough, Henry was very pleased with Elagon, so he patted him on the head.

“You’re getting pretty good at using your abilities now.”

- Khu khu khu!

Elagon understood that Henry was praising him and nodded emphatically.

Next up, Henry tested a few more things before he felt completely relieved.

‘I haven’t tested his strength yet, but I have a good feeling. He’s evolved well.’

Pop!

There was a small explosion followed by some black smoke. Henry blew away the smoke and looked at the final bottle, which was small as a thumb. It contained a highly concentrated form of the Black Tear, two thousand units to be precise.

Gulp.

Henry knew how painful it was to ingest five hundred concentrated units of Black Tear, so he couldn't even imagine how agonizing it would be to consume four times that amount. However, he had to drink it. He knew that not even this would be enough to reach the 8th-Circle, which was precisely why he was determined to drink it.

Even though he knew he had to do this, he was still reluctant, scared even...

Below him, Elagon watched Henry with sparkling eyes.

Henry laughed and asked Elagon, “What are you looking at? Do you want to drink it instead?”

Elagon shook his head, and pushed the Black Tear toward Henry with both hands.

“You know what this is...”

Technically, Elagon didn’t know what this was, but because he remembered this being flavorless and painful, he gave it to Henry. After all, nobody in this world would want to drink something that would cause them excruciating pain.

‘Okay.’

Henry gathered his courage and grabbed the glass bottle. Without hesitation, he quickly opened the lid and poured the Black Tear into his mouth. It was merely a sip, but that was more than enough.

The Black Tear slid down his esophagus.

Crack!

Henry threw the empty glass bottle on the floor. He couldn’t taste anything.

Before anything bad happened, Henry quickly cupped his hands together and preemptively drank healing water from the tub

“Agh!”

Just then, Henry felt an excruciating pain in his stomach as though something had exploded inside him. Despite having drunk handfuls of healing water, the Black Tear wreaked havoc in his stomach; he felt like a volcano had just erupted inside his stomach.

Henry almost threw up the Black Tear. He quickly put his hands over his mouth and did his absolute best to hold it down.

“Agh...!”

He felt as if he had swallowed pure evil. The Black Tear was moving frantically inside his stomach like a dragon trying to escape from a cave.

- Khu khu khu!

Seeing Henry like this, Elagon splashed the water. He found Henry's exaggerated expressions to be funny, thinking he was playing a prank on him.

However, Henry felt like dying.

‘Arghh!’

Veins popped out on his forehead, and hot steam seemed to come out of every orifice in his body. His eyes had turned bloodshot as the tiny veins in them had popped. He also shivered as if he were bathing in icy water.

‘K-kghhh!’

The pain was so intense that his eyes were about to roll into his head. He wanted to take his hands away from his mouth and swallow the healing water right away, but he couldn’t because he knew that if he did, he would vomit the Black Tear.

His heart threatened to burst out of his chest; it felt like someone had sprinkled coarse salt on it. His whole body was overwhelmed by burning sensations that surged and went away every second.

Henry felt like he couldn’t breathe, as if he were drowning in the depths of the ocean. He felt more and more like he would faint due to the mind-numbing pain; he had never experienced something like this in his entire life.

- Khu...?

As Henry’s agony reached its peak, Elagon finally realized that he wasn’t joking. Seeing Henry in so much pain, Elagon started to panic, not knowing what to do. He wrapped his arms around Henry, who was shaking violently due to the pain.

Suddenly, a turquoise light emanated from Elagon’s body, which expanded like a puddle of ink just after it was spilt. The tub also glowed the same color, and soon, the entire lab was illuminated by Elagon’s strange light.

The light slowly faded away until it eventually revealed the wooden tub. The healing water was still there, but Henry and Elagon were nowhere to be found.