Chapter 249: Chapter 214: Sharing the Secret Poison_2 Chapter 249: Chapter 214: Sharing the Secret Poison_2 “You’ve been promoted to a Two-winged Technique Spirit, haven’t you? Didn’t the academy reward you?”
“How could I dare reveal that I’ve been promoted to Two-winged!” Sonia complained. “It’s been less than a month since I became a Mage. I could explain having Full Silver Wings last time as stepping into the Vortex, but this time, after I’ve been promoted to Two-winged, my faction realm hasn’t reached Gold Level yet. The academy will definitely know that I found the golden fish and stepped into the Time Continent… At least until I get the Sword Technique Faction to Gold Level and have a Two-winged Sword Technique Spirit, then I’ll dare to confess my progress to the professor.”
The White Queen was stunned—becoming a Mage in less than a month? By finding the golden fish and stepping onto the Time Continent?
Even fairy tales wouldn’t dare weave such a story!
She couldn’t help but ask, “You found the golden fish? Is it the one from the fairy tale ‘The Fisherman and the Golden Fish’?”
“I haven’t heard that fairy tale, but it is indeed the Sea of Knowledge’s golden fish.” Sonia glanced at Ash. “Should we tell her?”
Ash instantly understood the subtext of the Sword Maiden. After some thought, considering the magic power conversion effects of the Golden Fish Poison were very useful, he decided to inform the Witch about the contents of the Secret Poison, asking, “Do you feel like you’ve been infected with the Secret Poison?”
“The secret of the golden fish is Secret Poison?” Diya felt for a moment and then shook her head. “I don’t feel anything.”
Ash said with some disappointment, “That means you need to see the golden fish with your own eyes to become infected with the Secret Poison. Just knowing about it isn’t enough to meet the threshold for poisoning. Speaking of which, if talking about it doesn’t cause poisoning, then this information should be widespread…”
“I know why that is,” Sonia said. “I did some research at the academy and found that Vortex Secret Poison, Expulsion Poison, and Golden Fish Poison all have similar content to be found. Especially for the Golden Fish Poison—I discovered that the ‘dual flight’ feature was already in an animated film I saw when I was a kid.”
Because Vortex Secret Poison, and Expulsion Poison were no longer on the Time Continent, Ash gave Diya a brief introduction but didn’t tell her the detailed contents of the poison. Then he asked, “Does that mean many people in your academy are poisoned?”
“Not at all,” Sonia shook her head. “Because those Poison contents are mixed in fairy tales, travel journals, and even fantasy novels. Even if mages see them, no one would believe these unverified conjectures.”
Ash thoughtfully said, “So long as one doesn’t believe, they won’t be poisoned…”
“We were the same. Before we saw the golden fish with our own eyes, we didn’t completely believe in the truth of the golden fish. It wasn’t until that moment with the golden fish that the Poison took root and sprouted in our minds.”
Sonia looked at Diya: “That’s why you, Witch, can’t be infected with the Golden Fish Poison—no matter what we say, the truth about the golden fish is too absurd; you have to see it with your own eyes to fully believe it.”
“But there’s a loophole here,” Ash suddenly realized a gap: “If a Two-winged Mage is willing to prove the existence of the Golden Fish Poison with their memories, wouldn’t that give it credibility… Ah, I see now.”
Ash put himself in their shoes and knew the answer to his own foolish question: If it were him, would he dare bet his personal credibility in front of everyone just to make others believe the Secret Poison he spoke of?
No mage would commit such suicide.
Any mage daring to do so would have already been eliminated by the Void Realm, and it wouldn’t just be one Mage being eliminated, but everyone who heard the Poison would be.
Those mages infected with the Poison, daring to secretly jot down its content, are already at their limits with their bragging desires; how could they possibly dare to gamble their credibility? What grudge do they have against their readers to drag them down with them?
Mages in possession of the Poison would at most share the secret with family they completely trust, keeping the number of those infected within a limited range.
“What a pity.” Not only the White Queen but even Diya herself felt envious. “A poison that can transform magic power… I’m so jealous of you, Sword Maiden, being able to explore the Void Realm with an Observer from the start. I haven’t had such luck.”
“Actually, it’s not that useful; after all, I still don’t have a Two-winged Technique Spirit,” Sonia said nonchalantly. “Sigh, actually, I’m quite envious of you. With the Observer, in less than a month, you were infected with three poisons. It feels so dangerous…”
Show off again… Ash glanced at Sonia and asked Diya, “By the way, Witch, don’t you have a Bronze Dragon Poison? Is the content meaningful or the effects practical? Do you think it’s worth telling us?”
The White Witch didn’t hesitate: “The Bronze Dragon Poison is that Time Faction mages have a chance of encountering a Bronze Dragon during Void Realm Exploration, and the Bronze Dragon has the highest appearance rate on the Time Continent. Upon meeting the Bronze Dragon, it will give the Mage a curse trial, and mages can choose when to begin the trial themselves. After breaking the curse, the Mage will receive the Bronze Dragon’s Blessing.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Ash felt the ‘tick tock’ of the moving clock hand. He opened the Light Screen and discovered he had a new Knowledge Curse:
‘Bronze Dragon Poison’
‘Number of people infected: 23’
‘Poison intensification: 23%’
‘Current effect of the Poison: After being attacked, instantly go back 1 second to avoid the damage, cooldown time 23 hours (intensification decreases to 10% for a significant boost, reaches 51% to turn into a negative effect).'”