"What is this?"
The Goblin King quickly raised a hand to stop the dancers, then sent a guard over to investigate.
But while Elder A was making his report, water was still dripping down from above. A few drops accidentally splashed into his mouth.
"It smells like urine... uh..."
As soon as Elder A finished speaking, his eyes bulged.
Then his whole body tilted to one side and collapsed.
Foam came out of his mouth.
He twitched several times and died.
"Uremia!"
The Goblin King was so startled that he kicked over the table in front of him.
His face changed as he shouted, "This is definitely urine poison! Where are the Royal Guards? Protect me and retreat! Hurry!"
In an instant, the entire palace hall fell into chaos.
———
"Hah!"
Meanwhile, Ethan naturally had no idea about the mess happening in the Goblin Palace.
He had finally relieved himself.
'They say... Holding it in too long can cause uremia.'
'So when it's time to pee, just pee.'
'Don't wait until uremia comes and then cry about it.'
[One Kiss, One Poison: EXP +115]
[One Kiss, One Poison: EXP +110]
[One Kiss, One Poison...]
"Hm?"
Ethan suddenly received several One Kiss, One Poison EXP notifications and immediately became puzzled.
He wasn't drinking poisoned soup right now.
'So why is my EXP still climbing?'
'And each increase is over a hundred points.'
'What is going on?'
Ethan scratched his head as he watched the rapidly disappearing Spatial Gate.
Even if you beat him to death, he would never guess... that a single drop of pee had taken out two Goblin Elders.
———
After Ethan left, Harriet and Charlie began whispering again.
"Charlie, are you okay?"
Charlie opened his swollen sausage-like lips and said, "Sister Harriet, didn't I eat the antidote herb you gave me? What could happen to me?"
"Uh..."
Looking at Charlie's mouth, swollen like a duck's beak, Harriet couldn't bring herself to tell him.
She simply shook her head and said, "Something's strange. Since the Death Fragrance is effective, why is Ethan completely fine?"
"Could it be that he also has antidote medicine?", Charlie offered a possibility.
Hearing that, Harriet felt it made sense and nodded, "That's possible. I was worried the poison had expired. But after seeing your condition, I'm pretty sure it hasn't expired."
"Seeing my condition? Sister Harriet, what do I look like right now?"
Charlie didn't have a mirror, so he could only feel his face with his hands.
Not finding anything unusual, he continued, "Sister Harriet, since I already took the antidote herb, I can't tell whether the poison is effective or not. And since you didn't take the antidote, you can't risk your life testing it. So I think we should find something else to test it on..."
"What can we use?"
Harriet frowned and looked up at the sky.
The Blade Sparrows in the sky had all been wiped out by Ethan, and even their corpses had been collected.
In this huge desert, there really wasn't anything suitable for testing poison.
Then Harriet's eyes landed on Daji.
However, Daji didn't even look at her.
She probably wouldn't eat anything Harriet gave her.
"A Sand Scorpion."
Charlie pinned down a Sand Scorpion with a branch and pointed at the creature waving its claws.
"Sister Harriet, you can test the poison on this."
"Good idea!"
Harriet nodded, then scooped out a tiny bit of soup from the pot.
Afraid that the soup might be too hot and accidentally scald the Sand Scorpion to death, she even blew on it for a long time before carefully pouring it onto the scorpion.
Then...
"Hiss!"
The moment the soup touched it, the Sand Scorpion didn't die from Poison Release at all.
Instead, its internal organs were directly dissolved by the poison.
A hole even opened in its abdomen, and green, foul-smelling pus flowed out.
"Uh..."
Harriet and Charlie looked at each other.
'How is this poison?'
'It is practically comparable to sulfuric acid.'
'But why is Ethan completely unaffected?'
"Sister Harriet, maybe... we should forget it," Charlie tried to persuade her, "I feel like Lord Ethan is someone capable. Let's stop opposing him. Once we leave the temple, let's just go back. Don't worry. I'll help plead your case with the Lord. After all, none of this was your fault."
"No!"
Harriet gritted her teeth.
"To get the three platinum treasure chests in the temple, I've already paid a lot!"
"And this time, four of us came out together, but I can only bring one person back. What do you think the Lord will think of me? What will Archmage Gonnegal think of me?"
"How will they dare entrust important missions to me in the future?"
"I worked hard to earn my current position. Since I came here, I must bring enough rewards back."
"Now..."
"Only if Ethan dies can I bring back enough benefits. Only then can I earn the Lord's trust again."
"He's taking antidotes, right?"
"That's fine. I still have a stalk of Netherworld Incense. When everyone goes to sleep tonight, I'll light it."
"I refuse to believe he can keep taking antidotes every moment of every day."
By the time Harriet finished speaking, her features were twisted together.
Seeing that she was almost obsessed, Charlie knew there was no point in persuading her any further.
He could only let out a helpless sigh.
"Sigh!"
"What are you talking about?"
Just then, while the two of them were plotting how to kill Ethan again,
Ethan's voice suddenly came from behind them.
The two were so startled they nearly jumped into the air.