"Would you mind if I adjusted what you are wearing so that I can make a few alterations to your physical appearance?" Kisho inquired.

"Try that, and you're dead," Aurianna thought, shooting him a hateful glare.

"Ah, giving me such a scary glare, I suppose I can't do that. I merely wanted direct contact with your skin to restructure your pores. But I suppose this is fine too," Kisho said with a reluctant sigh, placing ten of his nails on Aurianna's face, injecting poisons into her.

The chaotic, poisonous blood in Aurianna's body underwent a sudden change. At first it resembled a lake with different colored liquids clashing, trying to devour the weaker one who lost the battle. However, as Kisho's poison entered the lake, it began to calm all the poisons down. Slowly, they began to blend together, forming a crystal white poison, surprising Kisho.

"Now that the poisons flow normally in your body, I can inject stronger poisons. This is where the real torment begins," Kisho added with an evil grin before a sudden wave of poisons entered Aurianna's bloodstream, causing various colored veins to appear all over her body.

Her eyes trembled, her mouth agape, and her body trembled, unable to scream or move enough to hug herself. The sensation felt like she was burning, but more excruciating. It reminded her of the experience of being slowly burnt alive before Eva came to save her.

Aurianna bit her lips, furrowed her brows, and thought, ‘I want to scream so bad. But I have to endure. I can't beat all those Arc Humans. So I have to weaken them with poison and use King!’ She steeled herself, stopping her body from trembling out of fear.

She still trembled a bit because of the unbearable pain. She breathed in and out, trying to calm her nerves because the pain continued to grow, reaching the level similar to when she lost her arm to Nia.

Aurianna slowly calmed her mind to think straight. 'Oh yeah, I'm supposed to ask Leila for King,' she suddenly realized.

‘Once I'm done with Kisho, I'll ask Leila,’ she promised herself, turning to face Kisho, who nervously worked on her body. His former dull expression turned into one of nervous concentration as he used his sharp nails on Aurianna's forehead, shoulders, and slightly recovered legs.

‘I still wish his head was at least a cute slime blob. He looks like those horror monsters from novels that gave me nightmares in the past!’ Aurianna inwardly cried, as she continued looking at him and it just got worse as she noticed more and more details. ‘I guess I just have to get used to him. Just that this is the face I'm going to stare at for the next three years. Hah….’

_______

After enduring those gruesome three years, Aurianna had endured hell. She suffered from her body being rotten by poisons and she had to heal herself with her passive healing skills keeping her alive even though body should have decomposed to dust because of Kisho's poisons.

Despite looking the same outwardly, she noticed the changes within her body, and as soon as she could move, she took a much-needed bath.

“Finally done!” Aurianna stretched her body, then rubbed her stomach and licked her lips, signaling her hunger.

“Bastard, you didn't let me get something to eat,” Aurianna gritted her teeth, shooting a slight glare at Kisho, who was casually eating the guts of a bloody monster.

“Well, my poisons were able to sustain you,” Kisho responded flatly.

“I guess so,” she begrudgingly agreed.

“That's right. So, are you going to see my master now?” Kisho asked, raising an eyebrow.

“I suppose I should, since I'm kind of immune to some of your poisons now,” Aurianna stated, her finger resting on her chin.

“True, and we can test that with a fight and some training,” Kisho suggested, and Aurianna grinned.

“That's interesting. I wanted to see how I would fare if I fought with you,” she said as she cracked her neck.

“But first, what is your level?” Aurianna inquired as she appeared before him, materialized a crystal chair and sat down.

“10,678,” Kisho casually replied.

“Eh??” Aurianna gasped, surprised by his level.

“Yep,” Kisho nodded with a slight smile.

“How is that possible?” Aurianna wondered, raising an eyebrow.

“Because I'm always fighting here,” Kisho explained, and Aurianna nodded in understanding.

“What about you?” Kisho asked.

“Well, there's no need for you to know my level,” Aurianna nervously deflected, avoiding Kisho's gaze.

“I'll assume that you're around level one thousand, given the structure of your body,” Kisho revealed her level, causing her to squint at him.

‘Well, he got it right,’ Aurianna thought.

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

“My poison magic has reached 556. In just three years, that's crazy. Were all those 30 years a waste?” Aurianna lamented.

“They we're not a waste but rather helpful. You eating all those monsters and absorbing their poison made it easier for me to increase the poison concentration in your body, so now your own poison won't kill you. Now, I have a question. Do you know how to use poison magic?”

“Just a little, with my skill poison touch. I have no other poison skills,” Aurianna admitted, and Kisho nodded.

“Having one skill is good. Better than having numerous that you'd barely use,” Kisho remarked, but Aurianna didn't entirely agree.

“It's better to still have more. Some poisons can't be used in certain situations while others can,” she argued, and Kisho acknowledged her words with a nod.

“Also, I want more discrete poisons that the person I use it on won't realize, and I want to choose if they slowly or quickly die,” Aurianna said. “In cases where I can't use my strength to destroy objects or magic, I want to use a passive skill caustic or acidic poison to melt them. I want to explore all the possibilities of poison!”

“I don't mind teaching you everything I know,” Kisho offered, capturing Aurianna's interest.

“But Gumura said he'll teach me,” she hesitated, feeling conflicted.

“Well, you need to know the basics first,” Kisho pointed out.

“Well, I have 17 years left before I won't appear again for a while,” she blurted out.

“17 years, a time limit for what?” Kisho curiously inquired.

“Just for how much time I have left to stay here. But don't worry, I'll come back,” Aurianna assured with a thumbs up.

"If you say so," Kisho shrugged.

"Well, would you like to explore the possibilities of poison magic with me for these 17 years?" Kisho asked once again.

"I guess I can make my time more useful. So, do teach me, Kisho!" Aurianna declared.

"Then let's go outside," Kisho said with a smile, rising from his seat.

"Hmm, so what are we going to do?" Aurianna asked, following behind him.

"Well, I have to make a list of skills that would fit you," he said.

"Do you by chance have any sort of claws?" he asked.

"Yes, I do," Aurianna nodded, her nails growing long with a white glow as she activated her skill, Scythe Nails.

"Well, I guess learning a skill called Venomous Claws would be fitting for you," Kisho said thoughtfully. "The damage over time increases the longer the effect lasts."

"Can you teach me that Toxic Bullet you used to kill that Necrosolon?" Aurianna asked with excitement.

"Can you explain to me your class first?" Kisho requested.

"I'm a mage, a gunner mage, and a blade dancer," Aurianna quickly answered.

"What is a gunner mage?" Kisho asked, intrigued.

"Well, instead of arrows, I use guns," Aurianna explained, summoning two revolvers into her hands and demonstrating how they work by shooting down a nearby tree.

"I see, such strange objects," Kisho said, fascinated.

"Also, they use magic bullets!" Aurianna added.

"Well, I guess I'll teach you the Toxic Bullet then. I'll also teach you a skill called Sting."

"What's Sting?" Aurianna asked, confused.

"A skill called Sting. I found traces of Necrosolon poison in your body, so you can develop a skill called Sting," Kisho elaborated.

"I hope I won't grow an ugly tail like them because that would be so not cute!"

"Don't worry, for this skill, you can use your nails as a stinger, like how I used mine," Kisho explained, putting Aurianna at ease.

"But there's a limit to how much poison magic you can use since your primary magic is light magic, so other magic would be weaker," Kisho said.

"I see. Well, my light magic is now level 1580. It seems to be getting harder to increase," Aurianna sighed.

"Well, what do you expect? The stronger you get, the harder it is to level up," Kisho said blankly.

"Yeah, yeah, I know."

"Hmm, you can learn Paralyzing Venom and Plague. Skills I'd highly recommend."

"I can guess what the Paralyzing Venom does, but what is Plague?" Aurianna inquired.

"You can create a poison that forms a disease to infect a large group of people," Kisho explained.

"I like the sound of that skill," Aurianna thought with an evil grin.

"Hmm, now that I think about it, my Crystalline Rose and Crystalline Tears seem to act like poison," Aurianna blurted out, catching Kisho's attention.

"Can you demonstrate the skill?" Kisho politely asked.

"Sure! But be careful, I don't know if it can kill you," Aurianna nodded, materializing a crystal rose into her hand and handing it to Kisho with a smile.

Kisho looked at the rose suspiciously at first before slowly reaching to touch it. Once his hand came into contact with the rose, his entire arm was covered by a clear white crystal that tried to devour him. But Kisho easily overpowered it, causing the crystals to dissipate.

Seeing this, Aurianna had a disappointed look on her face.

"An interesting skill indeed. I have some skills similar to yours, but they focus on breaking down the victim mentally before their bodies. Most of my poisons consume my victims like this skill. And yours seem to be extremely effective," Kisho praised.

"I'm interested, what skill is that?" Aurianna curiously asked.

"It depends on what you name it when you develop yours, but I call it Black Lotus. It can drive people berserk and cause them to have hallucinations. Yours focuses on body destruction, while mine focuses on torturing the victim before they die."

‘Black Lotus reminds me of Iris, a mysterious Black Lotus. Dead eyes that make it seem like someone can drown in them but has beauty that makes her irresistible. What's more, she seems extremely dangerous to approach with that dark, gloomy look she has. Well, she better smile more if not she'll look scary,’ Aurianna thought before she sighed. ‘Now I'm really interested in meeting her.’

“Hmm, since my Poison magic is high, it means my poison touch would have a much higher effect,” Aurianna pondered.

“Yes, it will,” Kisho affirmed.

Before Aurianna could speak once again, she suddenly saw memories of Leila's training in her mind, and she couldn't help but pout a bit. “Leila has been working hard, huh? I'm so jealous of Leila!” Aurianna yelled.

“Huh, Leila who's that?” Kisho asked.

“My sister, and she's training with Dokgil,” she blurted out, and Kisho's brows creased.

“He, that cocky bastard, is training her. Well, I guess she does have a good teacher, but there's no way I'd lose to him!” Kisho declared with fiery eyes.

“Hmm, he seems to have some sort of rivalry with Dokgil,” Aurianna mumbled as she watched Kisho. ‘But if he does teach me better, I don't mind.’

“Ahem. Back on track. Lastly, you can learn Poison Mist,” Kisho suggested, and Aurianna's eyes brightened up.

“Yes, that's what I wanted to learn, especially the colorless one!” Aurianna stated with an excited expression.

“Well, it would require the skill to be above level 400 to pull that off. And it's extremely hard to master,” Kisho said.

“Well, is it explosive?” Aurianna asked as she got closer to him, her eyes sparkling.

“Yes, it is,” Kisho nervously replied, looking down at her.

“Even better!” Aurianna cheered. “Do teach me that skill,” she requested.

“Well, that's what I was going to do,” Kisho said.

[I can recommend some skills too.]

“Oh, the system, look who finally shows up,” Aurianna snickered, placing her hand on her hips, and Kisho looked at her, perplexed because she was facing and talking to the air.

‘Is it a being I can't see?’ he wondered.

[I can recommend some skills too. How about Radiant Corruption? It infuses enemies with corrupted light, which spreads like poison, weakening and damaging them over time. Then, they become your dead puppet.]