“Pfft!”
All of a sudden, Robed Slayer’s mouth frothed and he started convulsing. He collapsed onto the ground and rolled around in utter agony.
More terrifyingly, streaks of blood appeared on his body, as if it was about to be torn into pieces.
Levi was stunned by what he saw.
What’s going on?
Although it was true that he injured Robed Slayer, most of his strength had been channeled to destroy the Divine Sword.
Hence, Robed Slayer was only mildly injured.
Why did he end up like this?
“Could it be…”
Levi’s expression changed drastically as a thought surfaced in his mind.
Poison! Robed Slayer has been poisoned! There’s poison on the sword.
He immediately discovered the reason.
Just when he was about to announce it, someone responded first.
“Master’s been poisoned!”
“Levi poisoned Master! Burn in hell, Levi!” yelled Robed Slayer’s students.
“Levi’s so despicable! How can he use such an underhanded method like poisoning?”
“Although you’ve won, it’s not a glorious victory, Levi.”
“No, Levi has actually lost. He only won through such extreme methods!”
“I knew that the Divine Sword can never be broken. Levi must have resorted to some dirty tricks!”
Before Levi could say anything, the judgment against him was sealed—he was the one who poisoned Robed Slayer!
Everyone accused him of doing that.
Hearing the indignant exclamations from the crowd, Delano smirked gloatingly.
He was the one who administered the poison!
The Raysonia’s forces had given him a mission to poison Robed Slayer.
When Robed Slayer unsheathed the Divine Sword yesterday, Delano had asked to admire it.
It was then that he poisoned the sword.
The poison was untraceable, so no one could sense it.
Upon contact with the poison, the effects would not show immediately.
Instead, the poison would only be activated after one exerts force.
The more powerful one was, the more lethal the poison would be.
Hence, when Robed Slayer touched the Divine Sword, he was still completely fine.
Yet, he was now suffering from the effects of the poison.
As long as he did not exert any force, he would be fine.
For example, the student who had been holding the Divine Sword for Robed Slayer was unaffected.
As he did not exert any force, the lethal poison would not be activated.
Hence, he still looked normal.
The Seven Fiends stepped forward and protested, “That’s impossible! Master is so powerful that he won’t have to resort to poison! Someone must have poisoned Robed Slayer beforehand.”
As expected, what they were worried about had come true.
Their expectation was right—the other forces had a backup plan.
Delano quickly rebuked, “Poisoned him beforehand? How ridiculous! He is so powerful that no one can possibly manage to poison him.”
The Sword Fiend scoffed coldly, “Someone must have done something to the sword. I’m sure that the sword has been poisoned!”
“Yeah! Someone must have done something to the sword beforehand!” agreed the others.
“That’s impossible. Only Master and Hudson had touched the sword, and Hudson has been guarding it all along. He is Master’s best apprentice, so he will never poison Master! Furthermore, if someone has poisoned the sword, why is Hudson still fine and why is only Master poisoned? Levi must be the culprit who poisoned him!” asserted Delano firmly.
By leveraging how the poison would only be activated after exerting one’s force, Delano constructed such a strong argument that everyone was silent.
Even the Seven Fiends did not know how to rebuke him.
Earlier, Robed Slayer was completely fine.
However, after battling with Levi, he got poisoned.
This meant that Levi was the one who poisoned him.
“From what I know, Venom Fiend from the Seven Fiends is a master in poison. He must have provided a poison so lethal to poison Master!”
Delano continued throwing out more evidence.
“Yeah! Although the average poison can’t harm Robed Slayer, Venom Fiend’s poison can!”
