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"It can inflict level two poisoning, and also level two putrefactive poisoning. Over time, level two poisoning will turn into level three," Layton explained, recounting everything he had just examined.
After all, he had been a hero for a year and was a member of the Saintess Squad. He wouldn't be sweating profusely just from operating the system like before.
It's just a skills check, nothing difficult.
"Corrosive poison? What's that? I don't seem to have any?" Lana was immediately puzzled.
“This demon is called the Corrosive Venomous Mother-Child Spider. Corrosive venom should be a four-toxin with corrosive properties,” An Yi said.
In fact, the poisonous spider's venomous offspring didn't just suffer from ordinary poisoning from the beginning.
However, different heroes will acquire different abilities based on their own characteristics.
Perhaps [Corruption] doesn't align with Lana's [Dragon Warrior] abilities, so it was automatically filtered out.
But Layton inherited it.
"Different heroes will obtain different weapons when they fight the same demons."
"It's normal to acquire different skills," Annie continued.
Lana was also frank: "With one less negative state, it feels like I spent the same amount of money but ate half the food..."
However, thank you for the gift, Mr. Sword Hero.
Thank you all for your help.
Licorina stood by, smiling silently.
Huh...? How come it seems like I didn't help at all?
I was supposed to be helping him recover health, but I ended up just watching all day without doing anything.
Never mind, it's good that nothing happened!
……
Since handing over all nine viscount cities to that so-called "Nightmare Viscount," Earl Peterson has been paying some attention to the situation of the former "Nightmare Baron City."
He didn't expect Viscount Nightmare to take over all nine viscount cities overnight, but he still wanted to know what methods the other party would use.
Once you become a noble, boredom is a common occurrence, especially for demons whose lifespan is so long.
It's quite interesting to observe new subordinates who seem intriguing.
Based on current observations, it appears that a demonic organization called "Chaos Demon" has emerged in the former Nightmare Baron City.
Upon its arrival, it swiftly and decisively dealt with all the local demon organizations, large and small.
Not only did they suppress the local demonic organizations, but they are even expanding into other baronial cities. 4
Before this, even though [Nightmare Baron] had been a baron for so long, he had never heard of such a thing.
The [Chaos Demon] appeared precisely around the time the other party was promoted to viscount, emerging from that baron's city. (Slaughter)
In other words, the "Chaos Demons" are very likely the henchmen established by the other side.
Before being promoted to viscount, he was not entitled to seize the territories of other barons.
After being promoted to viscount, he could legitimately expand his faction into the surrounding baronies.
Most likely, it's to make it easier for him to manage.
If Earl Peterson is not mistaken, their expansion will begin in Baron's City and continue all the way to Viscount's City, right?
However, this is quite a lot of work.
It seems that even the Nightmare Viscount won't be able to handle this for the time being.
But it doesn't matter.
It's the viscount's fault that's being burdened, not the earl's!
The other party became the viscount they wanted to be and acquired the territory they desired.
And he doesn't have to worry about choosing a new viscount, isn't that a win-win situation?
This is definitely a win-win situation!
He had no intention of helping this Nightmare Viscount; he would let the other do whatever he wanted.
Earl Peterson has decided to give up. He's already handed over all nine viscount cities to them. Whether they can take them or not is up to them; if not...
Then he should offer a symbolic rebuke!
But it's fine to just talk about it. If you put too much pressure on them and they "back down" a few seats, then they'll be the ones who get annoyed!
However, what Earl Peterson didn't know was that the Nightmare Viscount, whom he had his eye on, had already left his earldom.
The second year after the birth of the Holy Hero, on the third day of the fourth week of the first month.
[Rank A Dungeon: Earl Elwin's Castle]
Mission objective: Capture the city (0/1)
Kill [White Demon White Elwin] (0/1)
Recommended by: 100+
Recommended level: Lv300~Lv500
At the bustling city gate, many demons came and went.
This is a city dominated by high-magic demons, so most of the demons you encounter along the way are not large in size.
Besides the demons with bizarrely shaped heads, there were also quite a few demons whose appearances were similar to humans, only their skin color was different.
At the gates of Earl's City, a guard dressed in black robes, but with a white head devoid of facial features and hair, randomly checks passing demons.
Carts being dragged by different demons can drive in directly, but demons walking on the ground will be questioned.
[Unlocked Character: White Demon (★15)]
Strength: 50 Agility: 60 Stamina: 40
Resilience: 40 Magic: 210 Intelligence: 10
Tip: 50
"A level 15 demon right off the bat..." Lana muttered to herself in human language.
The four members of the Saintess Squad and the four members of the Dragon Warrior Squad walked to the city gate and unlocked each other's entries in their encyclopedias from afar.
Because there were eight of them, they attracted the attention of the guards.
One of the white demon guards approached; no legs could be seen moving beneath its black robe, as if it were floating over.
"Hello, do you have any documents to prove your identity?" The other party had no mouth, but could still make sounds.
It sounded like the sound coming from an old-fashioned radio, with a sense of distant radio waves.
“Yes.” Annie stepped forward and handed over a document from the Peterson Earl’s Domain.
It bears the seal of a Nightmare Viscount, but the identities and races of the eight people depicted are all fake.
The seal is genuine, because it was made of a special material that allows demons to sense its authenticity.
This seal wasn't stamped by An Yi on the spot, but rather after he became a viscount that day, when he received a series of viscount-level items.
Among them is the seal used by a viscount.
An Yi brought this seal back after discovering it was "left behind" in the Viscount's mansion during her "investigation" in Viscount City.
The requirement for identification to enter Earl's City was something we already knew when we were "investigating" Earl's City of Peterson.
This "found" seal came in handy!
The seal was engraved with symbols, not the demonic script, and the heroes couldn't understand what it said.
In short, it was printed, and then shown to the guards.
"So you're friends from Earl Peterson's domain. Welcome to Earl Elwin's City. I hope you have a good time," the guard said in a friendly manner.
The White Demon Guardian could sense the presence of a level 13 demon in this group.
In other words, these "demons" who came from afar hold a significant position in Viscount City.
The powerful families in the Viscount's City are wealthier than the common people in the Earl's City. Since they are guests, they are naturally welcomed with smiles.
Although you can't tell from his face whether he's smiling or not.
As for why the common people of the Earl's City don't go down to the Viscount's City to dominate, the reason is still the same.
Staying in Earl's City, they still have the opportunity to improve their strength and become level fourteen or fifteen demons.
But if he returned to Viscount City, he would only be able to remain a level thirteen demon for the rest of his life.
In areas where magic is scarce, there is no possibility of further evolution.
After retrieving the proof, the group entered the Earl's City.
Looking around at the white buildings, white streets, white vegetation, and the passersby demons who were mostly wearing black cloaks, he saw a white-themed landscape.
I always felt like I had entered a colorless world.
The only color is probably in the heads of the different demon races.
"I feel like the atmosphere here is quite different from that of Viscount City and Baron City." Layton looked around, feeling something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.
“Yes.” The hero of thought, Paric, keenly noticed the change. “The demons here generally don’t walk with their faces covered.”
Moreover, the buildings here are much neater than the messy buildings in the Viscount's City and the Baron's City.
It's also much smaller.
Buildings are buildings; they're all about the same height, and the doors are all the same size.
The streets weren't exaggeratedly wide, unlike those low-level demon cities where the roads were frighteningly wide.
"The demons here don't vary much in size either," said Michael, the Thunder Hero.
It's said that the high-magic-power demons are in charge, but it's as if the entire city is just serving the high-magic-power demons.
In fact, this trend had already begun to emerge in different viscount cities.
It's just not as extreme as this place.
It seems that this place really doesn't welcome those enormous demons.