Chapter 81: The knight strives for growth (4)
“You managed to endure that pain, truly impressive.”
Derek, who had handled the potion himself, knew firsthand just how potent and deadly the essence of the Demon King’s Heart was. It wasn’t just “poisonous.”
“If we’re talking poison, it’s more toxic than the venom of a zimcho.”
The legendary zimcho bird was said to carry an extreme, incurable poison, so strong and terrible that antidotes were nonexistent. In Ihan’s original world, it was merely a myth recorded in ancient history. Here, however, such a bird actually existed—and Derek even knew its habitat.
Still, knowing the habitat didn’t mean he’d dare to retrieve it.
Acquisition difficulty: Unknown.
Attempting to acquire it would likely end in death, so he never considered it a viable option.
And yet, the Demon King’s Heart was equally—if not more—dangerous than the zimcho’s poison. Consuming it directly was out of the question. Derek had planned to reduce the toxicity as much as possible before Ihan ingested it, but Ihan had consumed it immediately upon fainting, disregarding any caution Derek had advised.
Even though Derek had left explicit instructions to wait.
...But then again.
“Still, enduring it... that alone is significant....”
Derek understood. Simply surviving the undiluted essence of a potion with an “Unknown” level of toxicity could easily lead to the emergence of new traits.