Chapter 126

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And lastly, the last Skill in the new Skills list is a Title Skill. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves to see the might of the Poisonous Queen! I am literally the most toxic woman there can be now, and nobody is stopping me from spreading my toxicity around the world, bwahahaha!

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[Poison Queen: Lv1]

You’re the Poison Queen, and your power over poisonous, toxic, and venomous compounds is superb. Your knowledge of such chemical compounds is increased greatly, alongside your ability to learn more about them and to replicate and generate new ones. The power of your Poison Attribute Skills and Abilities is enhanced by +10% with each Skill Level. You naturally produce an aura of poison that can be toggled on and off, which spreads deadly poison around you.

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This is a bit dangerous! I wouldn’t really want my friends to just drop dead because I got a bit stinky… right? So, I am glad this thing comes turned off from the beginning… phew.

Now, now, it seems that this one Skill will allow me to learn how to replicate and create new compounds with ease! Perhaps with this, I will finally be able to showcase the true power of such venomous, poisonous, and toxic substances.

Also, the power of my poison increases with it, which is also pretty nice… Now that I am done looking at this stuff, I feel like napping a bit, it’s the middle of the night, and I am honestly tired after evolving.

However, I decided to half-sleep, divided myself, and formed a few Ghost Snake Clones. They’re like mini-me’s in some sort of bizarre way. Looking at them while they look back at me makes a weird loop inside of my head where both of me are constantly looking at one another, and Ugh.

These three Snakes were thrown away from the caravan. As I used them to move back to the duchy, I had left behind, I decided to place them there to constantly spy on the people and on anything that might be happening.

They’re sneaky, slim, and ghostly, so they can easily get past physical objects and hide. They do need mana of their own to sustain themselves, but they share Mana Siphon and can also hunt and eat little critters or monsters to maintain their energy and power stably in order to not simply POOF out of existence.

With these great friends at my side, I felt more confident about the prospects of gathering info from afar. I planned to spread them around way more, too, leaving them in every big duchy and village I find, so this way I can easily gather info and recon while doing nothing there… hehe, this way I can spread my eyes without anyone noticing!

I had tested them beforehand, realizing they have a limit of up to 8 Skills they can be assigned, so I had given them the very basics and also the Gorgon Eyes. They could even attack enemies from afar and act as assassins for me! Well, they’re technically me…

But well, their mana reserves are low, and their magic stat is also low. All of it is low, so I don’t think they can do EVERYTHING as easily. I haven’t become instantly invincible.

However, I’ve learned a great deal of stuff from them as they traveled. Also, I found out they can indeed become baby versions of myself… seeing them transform into Mini Marias sent shivers down my phantasmal spine. Thinking about my friends seeing them and then trying to get one for themselves as a pet frightens me. So I’ve decided to keep the fact they can become small versions of me a secret and simply limit them to being small ghost snakes. That’s for the better, to be honest.

After that was done, I felt a bit weak. Taking out chunks of my phantom or soul is not painful, but it does indeed make you feel weakened, so I decided to finally nap over the caravan, snuggling over the hay and leather clothes while the horses carried us to our destination. If anything happens I’ll know right away anyways thanks to my special senses, but a nap is much required as of now to calm down my tired mind from all these evolutions, testing, skill checking, and internal monologues.

Now, goodnight…

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And I am awake! While I slept, I felt my soul and phantom regenerate back to normal. It took some time and some Mana, but they regenerated back to normal easily and without issues.

It appears everything is going according to keikaku, we had traveled a great deal of distance through last night, and we were only a few kilometers short from reaching the goblin village. The horses moved surprisingly fast, most likely because they were Undead. I had risen from dead horses.

“Maria-sama, good morning!”

“Master… Good morning.”

“So you’re finally awake, huh?”

Emeraldine, Partner, and Lucifer greeted me this morning, alongside the cute Kuro, who was actually sleeping at my side at one point in the night. The other three had been mostly protecting the caravan while I slept.

“Good morning! How was the night? Did everything go well?” I asked.

“Yes, there were some wild beasts, but we slew them swiftly, so nothing big happened aside from that little mishap.” Said Lucifer.

“Yeah! Though I feel like I want to sleep now… I am sleepy, master.” Sighed Partner.

“I am also quite sleepy…” said Emeraldine.

As it was the morning, around 6 AM, Emeraldine and Partner decided to take a nap, for now, cuddling at each side of my body.

“Eh? I thought we were going to have breakfast….”

“Zzzzz…”

“Zzzzz…”

“I guess the two fell asleep already… What about you?” I asked.

“I will also take a nap, don’t mind me.” Said Lucifer, resting at the other side of the caravan where we were.

Huh, after everything that happened yesterday, having them all here does feel a bit weird… But I am also happy to have them in my life- I mean, death.

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