Chapter 308: The Lantern (4)
About fifteen minutes had passed.
From the edge of the clearing where I sat, the savory aroma of grilled pork belly and the subtle scent of charring meat drifted toward me.
It came from the burning pig—set aflame by Hyang’s venom.
Looking up at the lantern, I noticed it was giving off a steady glow. Maybe because there wasn’t any wind tonight.
‘It should burn until morning, right? It’d be a problem if it went out halfway. It needs to keep burning at least until that thing wears itself out.’
Hyang’s venom burned through blood. When injected into a living creature, it spread quickly and ignited in a flash, but with a dead animal, it maintained a slow and steady flame.
Judging by the mouse I’d experimented on yesterday, the fire shouldn’t die before dawn.
Even the mouse had burned for three or four sijin, so with a pig, it’d surely last till morning.
Actually, it had to.
I hadn’t had time to test it on larger animals, but if the flame died early, there’d be no chance for a proper “conversation.”
Flap flap.
The sound of the Blood-Blossom Dream Illusion Butterfly’s fluttering wings still echoed softly in my ears.