The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 117

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Chapter 117: A Great Being? How Dare You, In Front of Whom

Let’s say that bastard is a dark mage.

He uses magic and his mana is mixed with dark energy.

If I compare that dark mage’s level to the Gangho Murim?

‘He’d definitely be among the top 100 masters.’

A level that can’t be ignored, meaning he’s among the 100 strongest people in a particular world.

Moreover, magic that’s completely different from martial arts.

“Blink!”

Pop pop!

Suddenly disappearing, then appearing from behind.

‘Shape-shifting? Really fascinating.’

I allowed one hit, but he didn’t fall.

It seems the poison needs a bit more time to spread.

“Curse Corruption.”

Strange magical techniques too.

An ominous feeling seeping into my body, reeking of rot and fishy smells.

At least I could see the first attack magic he launched…

‘Decay poison?’

Or something similar.

But there’s nothing to worry about.

Whirrrrr!

The Poison Registry vibrated.

The energy disappeared cleanly.

“Curse Disease!”

Flinch.

Tae-ju’s body suddenly weakened.

But it healed automatically.

It’s definitely troublesome.

Even a master would collapse on the spot after taking a few of these spells.

Yet to Tae-ju, it’s nothing.

It didn’t work on him from the start.

‘It must be because of the Poison Registry or divine energy.’

Perhaps to mages, Tae-ju might be their most terrifying natural enemy.

‘His mana hasn’t dried up yet?’

Let’s make it dry up quickly.

Swish!

The Divine Spirit Flying Blade flew.

For someone who constantly changes positions like that, the Divine Spirit Flying Blade is perfect.

Once it sets a target, it chases to the end.

Swish-pa-pa-pat!

“Gasp! Blink, blink, blink…”

Pop pop pop!

The dark mage disappearing and appearing like a ghost.

‘This is entertaining to watch.’

It’s also funny how he shouts out loud every time he uses magic.

Apparently, he must speak with his mouth for magic to manifest.

The Divine Spirit Flying Blade was persistent.

It absolutely refused to let go of its target once set.

When it chases, he runs away, when he runs away, it chases, and when it chases again… wherever he flees, changing direction each time.

Finally, slash!

“Kyaaahhh!”

It cut off the dark mage’s ear and returned to Tae-ju’s hand.

“How’s that? Stings, doesn’t it?”

“You, you bastard!”

Still not there yet?

It should be about time for the poison to circulate…

Suddenly, gasp!

His expression changed.

“…Poison?”

“Oh, right. You must have heard rumors about me.”

“This measly poison, Poison Detox!”

Swoosh!

Dark energy flowing from the dark mage’s hand enveloped his entire body.

However.

“Huh?”

The dark mage’s confused expression.

The detoxification doesn’t seem to work.

“Po, Poison Detox, Poison Detox! Poison Detox…”

“It won’t work, will it?”

How could it work?

It’s not ordinary poison.

Poison extracted from the Poison Registry.

‘His mana will disappear soon.’

Elder Edward didn’t know what to do.

All his attempts were blocked in vain.

Neither decay nor disease worked.

He didn’t even use poison.

This is a curse.

A curse containing the resentment of demonic spirits from the demon realm.

It should definitely work normally.

But it felt like curses didn’t work on him at all.

At this rate, he’ll be caught by him.

Even now, his dark magic power was disappearing in chunks due to the poison.

‘I didn’t want to use this method…’

He had to decide.

If he hesitated, he’d miss the timing.

Edward bit his lips tightly.

And then.

“Demonic Sacrifice.”

A spell that offers half of one’s lifespan to the contractor of the demon realm to increase magic power.

“Urgh!”

His heart felt like it would burst from pain.

But that pain soon returned as tremendous magic power.

“I’ll burn you to ashes!”

“There’s nothing to burn though?”

Edward chanting in an unknown language with his mouth.

Let’s watch what he’s doing.

After a moment.

“Hellfire.”

The moment he cast the spell, the air became hot.

Then.

Zzzzzzzzt!

An ominous pentagram spread across the rooftop floor.

‘Huh?’

Whoooooosh!

Black flames erupted from the rooftop.

From all sides, with absolutely nowhere to escape.

Edward sneered.

“Muhahahaha! These are the flames of hell that never go out. Let’s see if you can keep babbling even while your body burns to a crisp!”

When the Hellfire spell is completed, flames rise from all directions to burn everything alive.

“This is the price of carelessness.”

Kim Tae-ju, that bastard should have charged before the spell finished.

Of course, it would have been completed even then.

Poison?

Isn’t fire the natural enemy of poison?

Crackle crackle.

The concrete floor melted from the intense heat.

Everything except where he stood was a sea of flames.

‘…That was difficult.’

He almost got caught himself.

Anyway, he had killed him.

That’s when it happened.

Step, step.

“Gasp!”

One person walking out from within the blazing flames.

“You…?”

Kim Tae-ju?

Coming out alive?

How?

He was even unharmed.

Not even a trace of being scorched by fire.

“Yeah, I’ll admit it. I was careless. Thanks to that, I wasted a precious talisman too.”

“T-talisman?”

“Now that I’ve seen everything I needed to see…”

Swoosh!

Following the Phantom Mirage Steps.

“Let’s end this.”

Blood Mark Poison Palm.

Thwack!

“Urk!”

Crack crack!

“D-Dark Barrier.”

Bzzzzt!

A protective shield rose up, but.

Thwack! Thwack thwack thwack thwack!

Tae-ju’s blood-red palm struck the black mage’s entire body, including the barrier.

Crack!

The barrier began to fracture.

“Aaaahhh! S-stop! Stop it…”

Tae-ju paid no heed and continued striking relentlessly.

Thwack thwack thwack thwack!

A careful poison massage.

To make sure the poison spread evenly.

He injected an extremely effective truth serum.

A type of hallucinogenic poison that breaks down mental defense mechanisms.

It was far superior to what he had used on the True Demon Handler who was Cheonma’s slave in the Chinatown Sewers.

It contained hallucinogenic poison from the Human-faced Spider of the Yoma Realm, located next to the Immortal Realm in another world entirely.

Perhaps because of this, the effects appeared quickly.

Retch!

Even while spitting blood from his mouth, his eyes gradually became hazy.

The hot flames also subsided.

Edward collapsed helplessly.

He would never be able to resist.

He would tell everything until the moment his life force faded away.

“Tell me, who are you?”

“…Edward, an elder of the B-Black Mafia, a 7th class black mage.”

“Ah, right, black mage Edward. Then what is the Black Mafia?”

“The Black Mafia is…”

Right then!

Rummmmmble!

Edward’s body began to swell like a balloon.

“I knew this would happen.”

This bastard wasn’t a party to the soul connection.

Just a subordinate after all.

There was someone else behind this.

A method of placing a prohibition in advance to seal their mouth from revealing secrets.

There are more than just one or two bastards like Cheonma in this world.

“You think I’ll just let you die?”

He had already experienced this.

“Fool me once, but not twice.”

Tae-ju grabbed the swelling Edward’s pressure points.

Hissssss!

He pushed poison in.

He couldn’t let him die like this.

He needed to secure information about the Black Mafia.

Back then, the True Demon Handler had also died from the prohibition while confessing.

He had only learned that The Association was in the Gobi Steppe Region, with no other significant gains.

The reason he was able to catch Cheonma then.

It was all thanks to Danggumak.

Because he had entered the Underworld Purgatory and met Cheonma.

And thanks to that pathetic Cheonma who, out of mutual contempt, babbled everything asking to be killed.

This one was different.

If he died here, there would be no way to find out who was behind this.

Hissss.

Tae-ju continued injecting poison.

Mana removal compound poison.

The poison devoured the magic energy.

Hissss, air began escaping from the balloon-like swollen body.

‘Has it stabilized?’

While steadily injecting truth serum and mana removal poison again.

“What’s the Black Mafia?”

“Organization created 20 years ago, rules Europe’s nights, many subcontractor organizations.”

It flowed out smoothly.

“…Council of Elders, the number of elders is 5.”

“Are the elders the heads of the Black Mafia?”

“We’re working-level staff, that person decides everything.”

“That person? Who is it?”

“That person is…”

That’s when it happened.

“Kheuk!”

Edward suddenly let out a groan.

Then.

He grabbed Tae-ju’s hand tightly.

Woooo…

The flow of mana rose again.

[Aah!]

At the same time, Edward’s eyes changed.

Black pupils with no whites visible.

As if he had become a different person.

And slowly turned his head to meet Tae-ju’s eyes.

[Not bad. So it wasn’t just alchemy.]

What?

This isn’t Edward.

This must be the bastard he called ‘that person’.

The dark mage Edward was just a kind of medium for conversation.

“Are you the boss of the Black Mafia?”

[Boss? It’s just an organization I created because moving directly was bothersome.]

Tae-ju immediately probed.

“Then you must be a soul connector.”

[…You know about that? Hehehe, no wonder Edward was defeated. Who are you connected to?]

“You tell me first, the soul you’re connected to.”

[Hehehe, how arrogant. Just a human soul, yet souls have hierarchy too. You think you can know my soul? Do you think you’re the first or second of your kind I’ve encountered?]

Not just one or two?

Meaning there are more soul connectors.

[…And you’ve already fallen into the trap.]

“What?”

Suddenly!

Thick demonic energy flowing into Tae-ju through Edward’s pulse point.

It was rushing in and moving through his blood vessels toward his head.

[Bow your head. I’ll give you a chance to stand beside me.]

‘What is this bastard trying to do?’

[Don’t resist. Submit. And obey. Power and glory will be with you.]

‘Seems like a type of brainwashing magic.’

Seeing the demonic energy trying to invade his head.

[A mere human soul cannot defy a great being. Accept it gladly, you are worthy to stand beside me.]

“I don’t want to.”

[…What?]

“Where do you get off pulling this crap? How arrogant!”

Great being my ass.

How dare you in front of an Immortal.

[H-how are you unaffected?]

This guy is nothing special either.

His demonic energy gets devoured by even the small amount of immortal energy Tae-ju possesses.

* * *

Fierce combat was also taking place on the middle floors of the building.

Tssriririt!

Sword energy continuously flowing from Jeong Yeon-hee’s Daera Divine Sword.

Chaechaechangchang!

The mage’s aura and sword clashed.

“Ugh!”

Jeong Yeon-hee kept retreating.

Her insides felt completely shaken.

Mage Mo Yeong-gang’s claws flew toward her throat, but.

Taeng.

She barely deflected it with her sword.

‘I-I lack strength.’

Her mana amount was no match.

She had been able to hold out this long thanks to the mysterious techniques of the Demon-Subduing Sword Art and the Daera Divine Sword that didn’t break even against the mage’s aura.

This wasn’t an ordinary mage.

He was toying with her.

But he was her father’s enemy, she would definitely kill him.

“Stupid bitch! You should have clung to Kim Tae-ju. Begged him not to leave.”

“Stop spouting nonsense!”

Swish!

Jeong Yeon-hee approached at high speed.

Papap!

Claws came flying.

After slightly ducking her head to deflect them.

One Line Demon Slash.

A sword that reaches in the shortest distance, in a straight line.

However.

Chang!

It was blocked again.

This time it was a barrier.

A barrier of demonic energy that only mages who had reached master level could use.

If it had been sword force rather than sword energy, she could have pierced through it, but…

“Kilkilkil, you dare attack me when you haven’t even mastered mana blade?”

“Shut up!”

Mage Mo Yeong-gang sneered.

Of course, he acknowledged that her skills weren’t ordinary.

There had been more than a few times when he almost got cut by that woman’s sword.

Nevertheless, the difference in power was stark.

‘Pathetic woman.’

Time to finish this.

Mo Yeong-gang decided to overwhelm her with force.

He simply raised his arm.

“Try blocking this too!”

Swish!

He struck down from above.

Chaeng!

Jeong Yeon-hee struggled to raise her sword and block.

Swish!

Clang!

“…Ah!”

Swish!

Clang!

Blood vessels burst in Jeong Yeon-hee’s eyes.

Swish!

Clang!

Her knees buckled involuntarily.

“Urgh!”

Swish!

Clang!

The strength left her grip on the sword.

“This isn’t even fun anymore.”

“F-fuck…”

Mo Yeong-gang prepared for the final strike.

He would kill this bitch and go up to the rooftop to join Elder Edward.

If he helped kill Kim Tae-ju, maybe he’d teach him that mysterious dark magic.

“Die!”

At that very moment!

Freeze!

A chilling killing intent stabbed fiercely from behind his head.

“Grrrrrrrr…”

Mage Mo Yeong-gang’s body stiffened completely.

The terrifying aura of a magical beast.

‘What is this?’

What magical beast?

There was only himself, that woman, and the cat here…

“Huh!”

Mo Yeong-gang was shocked.

The small, frail-looking cat was nowhere to be seen.

Instead, a massive white tiger with gleaming white fur and sharp fangs bared was prowling around them.

‘…Elite?’

No.

It was far beyond elite level.

The white tiger’s eyes were fixed on him.

Those chilling eyes that made his skin crawl just looking at them.

“Grrrr.”

A low roar that pierced his lungs.

Gulp.

Mo Yeong-gang swallowed his dry saliva.

That young bitch was no longer his concern.

Whoosh!

He channeled all his qi into his claws.

Zzzing!

He prepared for the super-elite magical beast’s attack.

The white tiger also lowered its stance, ready to pounce.

Suddenly!

“Ilbaek! Stop!”

Jeong Yeon-hee stepped between the demon and the white tiger.

“…Grung?”

“I’m sorry, but please give me one more chance.”

“Grroong.”

“If I show a pathetic display again, I’ll yield to you. So please.”

The Three-Headed White Tiger pondered for a moment.

She was a weak female.

But since she was the master’s friend, he couldn’t let her die.

He had to save her.

That foul-smelling human was no pushover, but if he transformed to his true form, he could crush him with one paw.

But she was asking for a chance?

What should he do?

Looking closely, fierce fighting spirit flowed from the female’s eyes.

Well, giving her one more chance seemed fine.

The Three-Headed White Tiger’s second-stage transformation, Ilbaek the White Tiger, slowly walked over and sat down in a corner.

Seeing this, Jeong Yeon-hee took a deep breath.

She had gotten her chance.

She had been too hasty.

Also, blinded by revenge, she had only pushed forward recklessly.

But now things would be different.

Meanwhile, Mo Yeong-gang was conflicted.

If it were just this woman alone, maybe, but behind her stood something far stronger than an elite magical beast.

‘Should I run away?’

The building was still under construction.

Both sides were blocked by walls, with only the front and back open.

‘Where to?’

The white tiger behind, the woman in front.

The decision was easy.

Swoosh!

Mo Yeong-gang straightened his claws and charged at the young bitch.

Jeong Yeon-hee gently gripped her sword handle.

‘Here he comes.’

The Demon-Subduing Sword Technique was never about overpowering with force.

The swordsmanship demonstration by that person in the smartphone video.

He had said that Daoist swords must be gentle.

After reflecting on the incantation that person had taught her, she went to meet the demon’s qi-infused claws.

Swish!

She deflected the qi claws with the flat of her blade, changing their direction.

Thwoom!

Then rotated her sword downward.

“Hm?”

She gently placed her sword in the path of his charge.

“Wh-what!”

Don’t strike first.

Don’t cut first.

Don’t clash force against force.

Simply place the sword in the path of his rushing advance.

Swish!

When pushed with force, don’t resist but retreat.

Swoosh!

Taking just one step to change direction.

And again, thwack! Kicking it away.

Sword energy blooms like a net.

The circulation of mana flows like a great river.

‘So this is how it’s done.’

Her understanding of the sword techniques had also improved.

Her rough breathing became calm and steady.

The connection between techniques flowing like water.

And then!

Ding!

[Congratulations. Your rank has increased.]

[A trait has now been added at Master rank.]

[The added trait is Mana Blade.]

[Skill: Exorcism Sword proficiency has reached its peak. (100%)]

At the same time!

Whirrrrr!

Thick sword energy rippling around the Daera Divine Sword.

Mage Mo Yeong-gang’s eyes widened in shock.

“Th-this damn…!”

Jeong Yeon-hee answered with a cold smile.

“Shall we start round two?”

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