It seemed that Kornac's Keep was destined to lose a promising future talent today.
Yosil felt deep regret in his heart.
Frank's peculiar techniques and his keen eye for identifying medicinal ingredients were things Yosil truly cherished.
"Cough!" As Frank swallowed the black pill, his face instantly turned pale yellow. After holding it in for half a second, he started coughing violently. Then, he abruptly vomited thick, black, sticky blood.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSeeing Frank in such a miserable state, Kairo burst into laughter. "Haha! I told you not to be stubborn. Just be good and admit defeat. In case you didn't realize, letremind you!" Kairo grinned maliciously. "Mudroots are inherently earthy, and they contain a lot of impurities! You stubbornly took a pill made from mudroots, which not only failed to cleanse the poison in your body but also acted as a trigger. Itpletely detonated the poison inside you! "You're going to die from the poison, and there's no help for you! Hahaha... What a fool!" Apanied by Kairo's grating laughter, Frank vomited three large mouthfuls of black blood. His face turned incredibly pale. "Alas... young man..." Yosil shook his head helplessly.
Frank's stubbornness was quite a spectacle.
"Well, do you admit defeat or not?!" Kairo stepped forward and shouted at Frank.
"Cough, cough..." It looked like Frank was going to cough his lungs out as he crawled on the ground.
Under everyone's gaze, Frank did not admit defeat to Kairo. Instead, he slowly raised his head after catching his breath. And there was a mocking smile on his lips.
"What?!" Everyone thought Frank was on the brink of death. Unexpectedly, Frank'splexion gradually returned to a healthy color after spitting out several mouthfuls of black blood. en.kikistories SUMS This tic contrast left Kairo bewildered.
He could not believe it.
He could not believe that Frank could cleanse the poison with just mudroots.
"Admit defeat? The one who should admit defeat is you." Frank slowly got up from the ground, his smile still mocking, and extended his hand directly to Yosil.
"Chief, please bear witness and check whether the pill I just took had any effect," Frank said.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAt this moment, despite the lingering pallor on his face, Frank seemed moreposed than before. Even a person who did not know what was happening could see the difference before and after he took the pill. en.kikistories swn Earlier, his face looked haggard as if he had been plagued by illness for years. He had looked frail and sickly.
Now, he appeared to be healthy, albeit still a bit pale. Regardless, he was standing straight with vigorparable to a healthy person.
"Impossible!" Kairo blurted out, losing hisposure.
He turned to Yosil and said, "Chief, this person must be deceiving us! He must have used sother medicine to fake his condition! He has been pretending all along!" Hearing Kairo's desperate attempt to discredit him, Frank did not argue. Instead, he maintained a cold smile and looked at Yosil beside him.
"What do you say, Chief? Did my pill work? How many points would you give me?" et Yosil tightly held Frank's arm, his fingers gently rubbing Frank's wrist. After a moment, Yosil mechanically lifted his head in shock, looking at Frank with disbelief. en.kikistories Or rather... panic.
"H-how is this possible?"