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Chapter 2 Bone Broth Tonic

gurgling~
The thick soup keeps rising with a thin layer of mist.

Arno lowered his eyes, looking at his body with those empty eyes.

The jade-like bones are looming under the crimson soup, giving people a strange sense of beauty.

"Just out of the wolf's mouth, and into the tiger's den?"

"It seems that my luck is not very good."

He tried to raise his arms, but sure enough, nothing happened.

It was as if Arnold had lost the connection with his body, no matter how concentrated he was, he couldn't move.

"What a vicious woman."

Thinking of this in his heart, Yano's mind was running at high speed, thinking about the currently feasible escape method.

It is not so easy to accept that people have been boiled and stewed without knowing the details of this world.

"So that's the case, is there no one guarding it?"

Looking around the room, Arno thought.

However, even if there is no guard, it does not mean that it is easy to escape here.

In a dark room like a witch's laboratory, there is not even a window for ventilation around.

There are only crimson walls and an unusual aroma.

"Probably, this is the main reason why I can't act."

For your own toxins, or what kind of poisons.

If you want to regain your freedom, it should be the easiest to solve this aroma.

However, for Yano at this moment, it is also impossible.

"Is there anything, something that can solve the current situation?"

"At least, don't let me be so passive."

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Yano's mind.

[Call out the system menu. 】

The words, which were so simple that it made people feel a little shameful, immediately appeared in front of Yano's eyes.

"really……"

Think back to the time before the fight with the big dog.

Since it is a task, there must always be a reward.

Looking at the only two items in the empty backpack, Yano subconsciously wanted to raise the corners of his lips.

"Forget, I'm a skeleton now."

Putting away his emotions in disappointment, Yano muttered in his heart.

pat,

As if the space was broken, one or two small bottles suddenly appeared in the void.

One is a medicine used to enhance a certain aspect of ability;
The other is colorless, odorless and highly toxic.

"Bone soup is delicious."

Using his thoughts to control the potion and pour it into his mouth, Yano chose to enhance his poison resistance.

An electric current flowed into the limbs and bones along with the liquid, clearing Yano's slightly chaotic brain, as if some restraint had been lifted at this moment.

He tried to move his fingers, and immediately, he felt the bones stirring the water.

The range is not large, although I still can't get up, but I can barely move.

Maybe after a while, the medicine will exert its power, and he will be able to regain his freedom.

"Next, you need to wait."

Yano emptied his mind and let his thoughts fall into the dark chaos again.

Increasing poison resistance is not for detoxification, but to prevent oneself from being poisoned.

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Time passes slowly,
The crows outside the room were cawing, loud and unsettling, but unable to penetrate the windowless walls.

Yano didn't know what time it was outside, he just let his body float up and down with the bubbling soup, waiting for that moment to come.

clatter,
clatter,
clatter……

There was the sound of slow and steady footsteps.

Yano knew that the person he was waiting for had come.

He immediately restrained all his aura, and disguised himself as an ordinary skeleton without life.

Probably because it was originally a dead person's bone, this implementation went smoothly.

But also because of this, Arno couldn't spy on the scene in front of him.

He just felt that the footsteps stopped in front of him, and then a refreshing fragrance did not pass through the body, but passed through the neurons of the system to his empty nasal cavity.

Arno guessed that the person in front of him must have a beautiful appearance.

A beautiful skin will not change because of the viciousness in the heart.

"It looks like it's done."

Suddenly, she spoke.

The voice seemed to come from the fog, with a faint hazy feeling.

"Maybe it's because the raw materials are very good this time. It has never been so smooth before."

"Even if it is a bone, a brave warrior is stronger than a weak Confucian scholar"

Arno felt her slender fingers slide across Arno's skull with a soft warmth.

It may be because Yano's disguise was too successful, she didn't have the slightest suspicion.

"After drinking your soup, I can go one step further."

"When the time comes, everyone in the kingdom will bow their heads to me."

"I will be the next king after the founding queen."

Her voice changed, excited and sweet, like a jar of honey with water, making people reluctant to approach her easily.

Arno felt that she was very sad, both sad and pitiful.

Because judging by the voice that appeared in my ears, this world is just a game.

And what she did and what she wanted was nothing more than the weak whispers of the NPCs in the game.

"I'm going."

Without even using a spoon, she picked up a handful of water and poured it down her throat.

No pain, sweet as a feeling of clarity.

However, this doesn't feel right.

Not only was there no power coming, she even felt that her original power was rapidly fading away.

"what happened?"

"Something went wrong?!"

Puzzled murmurs.

Arno knew that the time had come.

So he regained his sight.

A charming, charming face appeared in Yano's eyes.

But at this time, this face was full of panic and bewilderment.

Yano thought this was beautiful, and this panicked expression was more suitable for her than the crazy whispers she heard just now.

"It looks like you're not feeling well."

The skull floated up and down with the soup, showing the mouth for a while, and only one eye for a while.

Fortunately, Jarno does not produce his voice through his vocal cords.

"You, how come!?"

She looked at Yano, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she couldn't help being surprised.

But before the words fell, she already understood what happened.

"I see, have I been tricked..."

Her expression was gloomy, and her voice was also full of powerlessness.

The disillusionment seemed to have taken away all her energy.

"You're not going to die."

"However, your strength will not recover in a short time."

Arno thought about the detailed instructions for the vial of poison.

[Colorless and odorless, it kills the weak and makes the strong powerless. 】

There is no doubt that Yano is the weak one, and this woman is the so-called strong one.

This is also the reason why Yano points to poison resistance.

"Just do it yourself."

Glancing at the woman who was still in a daze, Yano shook his head and was about to leave.

He felt that he could move freely.

However, before Yano even left the cauldron full of soup, a voice rang in his ears.

[The hidden unique task has been turned on. 】

(End of this chapter)