BXBX NOVEL Chapter 158 157: What Do You Desire?
"So… for the last time… You're saying it's because of your class... Poison Warlock that you have such a high level of poison resistance?"
"How many times do you want me to repeat what I said. You're old, not deaf."
In a room that looked like a slightly messy laboratory, Corey and old man poison sat on wooden chairs, both with their own expressions and emotions.
Corey currently had his hands covering his eyes as he held his forehead which was throbbing painfully. A frustrated and pained expression appeared on his face as he gave a snarky reply towards his master's repeated question.
"Do not speak to me like that ever again. I'm your master, so you should treat me with respect.
Just because I'm interested in your class and poison resistance, doesn't mean you can disrespect me."
With a tone that contained no jokes and only utmost seriousness, old man poison spoke causing Corey to glance at him for a few seconds.
Corey released a sigh and with his hands still covering his eyes, he apologized.
"I apologize for what I said."
Old man poison nodded while observing Corey who seemed like he had an injury to his eyes.
"What happened to you?"
Unable to hold in his curiosity, old man poison asked and Corey's pupils moved, the image of old man poison reflecting in his now black pupils as memories of the events that happened some minutes ago replayed in his mind.
As those memories replayed once again in his mind, starting from the moment he went unconscious, Corey could not help but feel lucky for having Nina, the NanoMachine created by the wife of the Paragon Ancestor.
After his… current master, slammed his head forcefully into the ground, Corey truly went unconscious and at that moment, if somebody or old man poison wanted to kill Corey, they could have killed him.
But luckily, he had Nina.
From what Corey understood, Nina would not awaken or respond to him unless there was a reason… which she considered important.
And the words, old man poison said after Corey went unconscious was something she considered important.
When Corey asked Nina why she actually woke up, she told him that it was because his master, wanted to study his physiology, which would eventually lead to his master knowing that he was not a human at all.
When Corey heard Nina's reply, he felt relieved that his master did not have intentions to kill him or he would probably be a corpse by now since he guessed that there was a 95% chance that Nina would not help him.
At all.
Moving away from Nina.
After Corey woke up, he already knew the dangerous and terrible situation he was in, so he knew he had to come up with a plan that had a 50-50 chance of working.
He brought out the swords which belonged to Jian since he knew he needed a longer reach. Jian was the last person he fought in the Amphitheatre.
He also decided to use Focus which used his health as the power source. His reason for doing that was so that no matter what, he would not be distracted.
The last skill he decided to use was Eyes of Omniscience, and it was this skill that was currently the source of Corey's current problem.
The Eyes of Omniscience was a skill that granted Corey the ability to see through things, but the thing was that, normally, he should not be able to see through the body of beings that were above the astral realm.
Assuming Corey did not use his health as the energy source of Focus, Corey would not have been able to see certain parts of the internal structure of old man poison who was definitely above the astral realm.
Now due to Corey's actions of seeing certain parts of the internal structure of old man poison, Corey's eyes ached him and his head throbbed intensely, almost like the information was over flooding his brain or… his brain was overworking itself so to absorb the information which he had just gotten.
Corey was not exactly sure why he was feeling this way, but he felt that the main reason was more like… he saw something which he should not have seen for his power level.
"My eyes are just aching me… it would get better eventually."
Corey eventually replied his master, then he looked around.
"We've been talking about a lot of unimportant things. When do you start teaching me how to use poisons to fight?"
Corey asked as he looked at his master who was stroking his beard as he was looking at Corey.
"Before I teach you anything… I need to ask you a question…"
Corey raised his brows slightly and with a slight shift in his posture, he removed his hand from his head which was now getting a lot better.
"What question?"
Corey asked and for a few seconds, a reminiscent light appeared in his master's eyes then he released a soft sigh.
"Why do you want to study poison? What do you want to do with the knowledge of poisons I shall give you?"
"Do you want to use it assassinate people? for revenge? to commit mass murder?... Why do you want to learn the way of poisons?... Why do you want to walk the path of poison?"
The atmosphere in the room became tense as the aura released by old man poison became much different, much darker, more mysterious and a lot more oppressive giving Corey the chills.
Corey exhaled then inhaled, calming himself down fully and with a calm expression, he looked at his master and replied in an extremely calm tone.
"I don't know why you're asking me such a question, but the reason why I chose to learn poison, to walk the path of poison was because I felt that it was the best path for me to become stronger… and I also want to use it as revenge."
Old man poison looked into Corey's eyes who did not back down from the stare of a being much, much stronger than him.
Around three seconds later, old man poison closed his eyes and his aura receded, letting the atmosphere regain it's normalcy.
"You've told me why you're taking the path of poison and I can see that you're not lying… which is good, unlike the previous ones."
"Previous ones?"
With a confused tone and expression, Corey asked and the old man pointed at a particular spot in the room they were in.
Corey turned his head towards the direction and when he saw what was there, his pupils shook slightly.
At a particular corner of the room, were rows of cages where dead humans and beasts resided in.
Corey turned towards his master, who just had an indifferent expression, not bothering to speak and Corey seeing that, also decided not to speak.
Old man poison nodded his head seeing Corey's reaction, then with his hands placed together, he spoke once again.
"You've told me why you're walking down the path of poison, which is good… now, I want to know what your desire is? What do you want in life?"
"My desire?"
Corey's brows furrowed in confusion and contemplation.
"What's the point in asking all of this?"
Some seconds passed and Corey asked, since he found all these questions pointless.
What did his master want to do with his answers to the questions?
The first question was attributes to poison, so Corey did not have a problem with the question... But his master's second question?
The reason behind it was something which Corey could not figure out.
"Just answer my questions."
Without answering Corey's question, Corey's master urged Corey to answer.
Corey's brows furrowed slightly and a pondering light appeared in Corey's eyes. Some seconds passed, and Corey leaned towards the backrest of the chair he was sitting on, then a calm shrug emerged from his shoulders.
"My goal is to have my revenge on a certain group, and my desire is to save my sister... If she's alive that is."
With a calm expression and tone, Corey spoke and his master looked him in the eye once again for some seconds, making to feel slightly uncomfortable and confused.
"Alright... From your answers, I already have an idea of the type of person you are and I have a rough idea on what to teach you."
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[A/N: CHECK THE AUXILIARY CHAPTERS. IMPORTANT INFO ON BONUS CHAPTER REQUIREMENTS IS THERE.
Also, I'm sorry to some of you that would be disappointed about this chapter. I rushed while typing the chapters, and I mean I seriously rushed.
Due to exams, I have only slept for 30 minutes in 24 hours and I'm not actually joking, so I was feeling extremely sleepy when I decided to write and my sleep was longer than I wanted. I woke up around 40 something minutes till the end of the Win-Win Mission so I had to quickly write it down.
Once again, I'm sorry to all of you that were disappointed with the chapter. Apologies.]