Chapter 237: Gaze and Infection

【Unknown Rat-Man's Gaze: Acquired the 'Focus Decay' negative effect】

【'Focus Decay' has been negated】

The words appeared above in the prompt of 【Will of the Firmament】.

"A negative effect, but it was negated immediately."

Rod's eyes darkened slightly.

He looked at the corpse of the gray-robed Lord Lady Ruike on the ground.

He remembered Kali mentioning the 【Name Echo】 spell on the way.

"Since there is a spell that reveals information when a keyword is spoken, it is not impossible that he would know when one of his important subordinates was killed."

Rod picked up the prophecy bracelet.

Although the negative effect was negated, this 'Unknown Rat-Man's Gaze' remained on his status bar.

It meant that this high-level Rat-Man had left a mark on him.

Just like the 【Lust Ke Yin】 on Vivian in the otherworldly space, only not so advanced.

Rod shook his head and thought no more of it.

I'll ask Kali later.

If that doesn't work, I'll ask the Bone Dragon Megan.

He turned his gaze back to the giant follicle before him.

"Something seems to be incubating inside."

Tally transformed into a mature older sister wearing glasses.

She wore a loose white lab coat on the outside, and a one-piece black bodysuit underneath, perfectly highlighting her explosive figure.

She stood before the follicle, observing and thinking.

Rod came to her side:

"They said these are new Rat-Men. You didn't get any blood on you, did you?"

Facing his concern, Tally unexpectedly pulled away from him with a look of disgust.

"Director, I should have told you many times: in the laboratory, we are just colleagues, nothing more."

"??"

The succubus crossed her arms over her chest, her vast bosom squeezed into an exaggerated distortion by her slender arms.

A stubborn, disgusted, yet ashamed face of a bespectacled married woman.

"Can you not get so close to me? My weak and impotent husband is outside; we haven't had a conjugal life in five years! And now you ask if I got blood on me? Do you intend to examine my body under the guise of that?"

Fine.

She's acting again.

And she even added a setting about having a weak husband.

Rod found it slightly amusing and decided to play along with the role-playing succubus.

"Miss Intern, as you can see, I am the director of this research facility. Recently, due to your husband's work error, an important experiment failed, causing heavy losses to the laboratory."

As he approached, he sized up Tally's overly lewd body.

Tally stepped back step by step, ashamed and angry, trying to cover her body with the white lab coat.

But all of this was within her own calculations; the white lab coat she transformed was not large enough to completely conceal her massive bosom, instead further highlighting the curve of her chest and the fleeting glimpse of her charms.

True to a succubus who plays with temptation, Rod's anger was indeed stirred by these moves.

He pinned her against the wall with a sharp slap, slamming her into a wall-dong.

"Aaaah~~"

She let out a panicked yet seductive cry.

Rod leaned in close to her face, feigning the most evil expression he could muster:

"Miss Intern, you wouldn't want your husband to pay a huge sum of money, let alone lose his job, would you?"

"Th-then what do you want..."

"What do you think?"

Tally bit her lip with her pearl-white teeth: "As long as you are willing to spare my husband..."

She pretended to squat down.

Seeing she was serious, Rod hurriedly pulled her back.

Just kidding, Kali and Little Orange are outside!

This large iron door has no ability to block magical perception!

Our Forest Warden still needs to save some face, though if everyone present were enslaved targets, he might be a bit more unrestrained.

"What are you doing!"

Interrupted, Tally was very displeased, pouting.

Rod had already prepared his lines.

He grabbed her and hugged her, as if trying to merge her soft body tightly into his own.

"Just thinking that you are someone else's wife is a bit unbearable for me; even in fantasy, it won't do."

The body in his arms stiffened for a moment.

Then it quickly relaxed, hugging Rod tightly in return.

"Hate it~ This is just for fun~~ Master's possessiveness is so strong, even I, a succubus, can't take it~~"

"Because I like Tally the most."

"Tally likes Master the most too, oh."

【Tally's obedience toward you +7, current obedience: 88】

Having said that, she pulled free of Rod's arm.

She rose on tiptoe, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him deeply.

Rod could feel Tally's arousal.

The sweet scent emanating from her at this moment was stronger than ever before.

High-intensity 【Charm Body Fluid】 was secreted.

The two parted.

Tally's expression was already somewhat dazed: "Is now okay, Master?"

Rod struggled for a moment, then still said: "Later, I'll give it to you when we get back."

"Then keep kissing~"

"Fine, ten seconds."

It was just as well they didn't do it on the spot.

Five seconds after they kissed again, bang— the laboratory's great iron door was smashed open.

"Ahh! Kisses! Aimy wants some too!"

The female orc, once again drenched in rat-people blood and hung with severed limbs, and the cat-sprite Little Orange, elegantly grooming her fur, appeared outside the door.

Seeing the two inside kissing, Little Orange's face went blank with astonishment.

Aimy, meanwhile, ran over wanting to join in.

Then she was dodged by Tally using a shadow spell.

Rod gripped 【Tremor Soul Blade】 and cast a cleansing spell on Aimy.

The severed limbs and blood were all cleaned away, and she became once again a tall green-skinned woman who was somewhat sturdy yet not lacking in feminine grace.

Aimy was disappointed, but seeing that her master looked a little angry, she didn't say it out loud.

"Aimy, didn't I notify you through 【Far-Speech Chain】 earlier? The rat-people blood here might carry the beast-plague virus—didn't you hear?"

Rod was a little helpless.

The moment he saw Lady Lady Ruike the rat-person suffer a beast-plague episode, he had used 【Far-Speech Chain】 to notify everyone present.

"Aimy heard it, but she was already like this before she heard it."

The orc said guiltily.

"Stand aside first, hand over your weapon."

"Huh?"

Rod didn't waste words with her, snatching that crystal-stone cleaver.

He looked at the cat-sprite Little Orange: "Lady Orange has no problem, I hope?"

"I've never liked blood to begin with, and my body surface is wrapped in a layer of spiritual membrane, so it's not a big issue."

"That's good then."

Rod immediately notified Lady Kali to come over.

The cat-sprite Little Orange, meanwhile, looked at that enormous green egg-sac.

"Whoa-ow, a creation spell, huh? What are they making?"

"I heard it's a new rat-person? I don't really get it."

It seemed Lady Kali was in the middle of a battle over there.

Boom after boom, crack after crack—looked like she couldn't break free right away.

Little Orange cast a few spells on it and pondered for a moment.

"It's already a fairly complete new creation. My spells are limited and I can't detect anything special about this thing, but the power of nature tells me it's missing just one thing before it can be born."

"What is it?"

"A treasure that can activate its potential, spirit, and body. A tree-spirit's spirit-seed would be best; the next best would be a fairly high-grade magical potion."

(End of this chapter)