Mixed Blessing System

'How is he doing this? That amount of poisons could even intoxicate me!' Elisabeth exclaimed in her mind, noticing for the first time that her pupil already had a higher resistance to poisons than she did.

Lothur had no idea what was on his master's mind. As he finished absorbing all the mist in the surroundings, he stopped to look at Rebecca before deciding how to proceed.

'I have absorbed the poisonous mist in the surroundings, but she will continue to expel this thing for longer...

As much as this is very helpful to me, I don't think this will be quickly resolved if I wait for the poisonous 'explosion' to come to an end.' He pondered, seeing that Rebecca's skin was still purple.

With that, he looked at his mistress and said. "Now that I have proven my skill, I will proceed with what I intended earlier, all right?"

"Hmmm." Elisabeth nodded, curious to see what Lothur would try and if he would show any reaction to trying to touch Rebecca's body.

With that done, Lothur did not hesitate and placed one of his hands on Rebecca's right arm, immediately being contaminated by it in a way that even he was surprised.

"Uh?" Lothur saw the hand that touched Rebecca's arm turn purple almost instantly after his touch, making him feel numbness in that part of his body.

'Unbelievable!

What a powerful poison!' He exclaimed in his mind before seeing the progress bar of his Bronze-grade poison resistance rise.

[Progress: 99%]

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[Progress: 100%]

When he saw this message, Lothur immediately felt something moving in the depths of his being, making him feel like vomiting.

He immediately got up from Rebecca's side and went to the bathroom of his mistress's estate to vomit up a few mouthfuls of almost black blood.

Elisabeth saw this and was not too concerned, for as she ran, Lothur's hand had quickly returned to its natural color, and that was not the sign of ordinary poisoning but the sign of qualitative improvement!

As such, instead of being worried, this woman smiled hopefully.

'Is his resistance rising to Silver grade? If so, he might have a chance of touching Rebecca without taking serious risks!' She waited for that young man to finish going through his qualitative advancement.

Then, she said. "Lothur, I'm going out to let the local leaders know that the situation is under control. But, in the meantime, do whatever is necessary. I believe you can solve Rebecca's problem now that you have gone through this breakthrough."

After those words, Elisabeth left that estate, satisfied, figuring that the problem was solved.

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Meanwhile, Lothur finished cleaning himself up and saw his advancement through the system message boxes.

[Silver-grade poison resistance.]

[Progress: 2%]

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[Name: Lothur Ritter]

[Physique: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger]

[Bloodline: Life Devourer]

[Cultivation: level 15]

[STR: 165.7]

[CON: 363 -> 375.9]

[DEX: 161.5]

[AGI: 167.5]

[INT: 113]

[PER: 187.3 -> 199.9]

[WIL: 134.5 -> 136]

[EVF: 0]

Seeing his improvements, Lothur clenched his fists and felt more powerful, twice as confident in facing that powerful poison that was first able to scare him.

'Let's see what happens now...' He rushed to Rebecca's side and didn't take long to try to touch her body.

This time, as one of his hands, brushed against Rebecca's skin, Lothur's hand did not turn completely purple. Instead, only the points of contact between his body and hers suffered such a thing.

Meanwhile, the progress of Lothur's resistance to poisons continued.

[Silver-grade poison resistance.]

[Progress: 5%]

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[Progress: 7%]

'I'm much more compatible with it, but far from being able to touch her to the point that I am left unaffected...' He thought before placing his second hand on one of Rebecca's arms and watching the progress of his resistance double in speed.

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Meanwhile, outside Elisabeth's estate...

This poison master had just shown himself outside her home, drawing the attention of all the local leaders in the surrounding area.

"Elisabeth, what's going on? Where is Lothur?" Gomeric asked, worried about his son-in-law and partner.

The others were also curious, especially after realizing that the poisonous mist from Rebecca's body was no longer leaving that house.

Elisabeth then said, while having an expression of relief on her face. "Lothur is taking care of Rebecca. He can neutralize her poison and should be able to prevent this catastrophe."

"What?"

"What has he done? How is it possible that he can do that when one of the most talented local poison masters could do nothing?"

"Is that true? Is Lothur managing to solve the problem?" The Duke of the Province asked, while his mouth hung open in surprise.

He thought having Lothur around was just a complication for everyone who wanted to avoid a calamity in this city. But who knew? This young man was actually saving everyone by getting involved in the sacrifice of a talented young woman.

Lothur's mistress then said. "He could use his own abilities to absorb the poisonous mist inside the house. After that, he could withstand touching my disciple's body without suffering much."

The people there looked at each other, incredulous at Lothur's ability to resist poisons.

"Can he do that?" Luis wondered aloud, realizing this associate hid his strength from his allies.

By that time, Viktoria was around to hear all that and sighed in relief, knowing that her man would not have to take any chances on that poison master's account.

'He must be taking advantage of the situation to make himself stronger.' Lothur's wife thought to herself, deciding not to wait for him there since everything would probably be fine. 'I'll go back and tell Annaliese and Elke about the situation.'

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Inside Elisabeth's house...

Lothur saw the progress bar of his poison resistance reach the 35% plateau as his progress began to slow down at increasing speed.

By now, he could touch Rebecca's body without purple spots appearing in the contact zones between them.

However, as he did so, Rebecca's purple skin was beginning to become less and less purple, with the normal color of her skin slowly returning to its usual shade.

In the midst of this, she began to move as if awakening from a deep sleep, moving some parts of her body while her eyes went from side to side.

While all this was going on, something normal for the poisonous after-blast of Rebecca's Physique began to happen!

Her body began to get hotter while sweat began to trickle down her pores. At the same time, specific muscles relaxed, while her nervous system seemed to have entered a somewhat special state.

When Rebecca woke up and looked at Lothur, she could not even remember what had happened. She just looked at him as if she was seeing the last man in the world who should cool the heat in her body.

Gulp!

"Lothur, you shouldn't be here..." A part of her consciousness screamed while she still had some control over herself.

But that would not last long!

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