Chapter 20. Dekan Want to Persuade with Virtue

Actually, the reason for Baron Bach's poisoning was very simple.

When I first entered the cooking classroom, I had secretly placed three 【Toxic Ground Spikes】 in the demon student's pocket.

Moreover, it was the latest version that I had continuously improved.

【Toxic Ground Spikes 2.4】

【Category: Spell Card】

【Grade: Blue Precious】

【Tier: 2】

【Effect: Inflicts continuous potent poison and bleeding status. This spell can be triggered from a distance.】

【Remark: Current version is 2.4, fixed the bug where the poison could be removed by Tier 2 purification magic—Developer's Diary】

When I heard Baron Bach's opening remark, "I sincerely invite you to my dinner party."

I had guessed that in this game, the losers would very likely become Baron Bach's dinner.

After all, it was Baron Bach's dinner party.

What did Baron Bach want to eat?

It was obvious: the three little demons he saw in his eyes, which were filled with the desire to kill.

In that case, as long as Baron Bach ate that demon student, there was a high chance that the Toxic Ground Spikes would successfully enter his stomach.

Using 【Toxic Ground Spikes】 to hunt large magical beasts was a fishing-style law enforcement tactic that I had consistently used back in the Kuran Border Territory.

First, I'd capture a small beast that the magical beast liked to eat.

Then, place 【Toxic Ground Spikes】 inside the small beast's body.

After that, drive it to the vicinity of the large magical beast's habitat.

After confirming that the large magical beast had captured and eaten the small beast, I would summon the Ruined Poet in a hidden spot and then trigger the Toxic Ground Spikes.

As long as I continuously supplied mana, the Toxic Ground Spikes would not disappear.

The most crucial point was that I had softened and enhanced the flexibility of the Toxic Ground Spikes card, and had also coated it with a special anti-acid corrosion paint.

As long as the prey swallowed this card, I could continuously trigger the Toxic Ground Spikes in its stomach.

The prey could be killed without spilling a drop of blood.

The only drawback was that retrieving the card was a bit troublesome; the three cards in Baron Bach's stomach were probably unrecoverable.

But it wasn't a big problem; it was time to develop a new version.

"Cornelia, help me tie him up." I commanded.

Cornelia nodded, put away her hammer, and took out another card I had given her.

【Steel Wire Rope】

【Category: Equipment Card】

【Grade: White Common】

【Tier: 1】

【Effect: None】

【Remark: Can also be used as a weapon.】

This was made by me, pushing the limits of mechanics and geometric structure. It was made of steel wires twisted together in a spiral according to rules, plus a rope core and lubricant.

Although it was a Tier 1 blank card, once tightly bound by the steel wire rope, even a Tier 4 warrior could not break it with brute force.

Cornelia quickly and tightly bound the painfully convulsing Baron Bach, then stepped on his back again to keep him from moving.

"Done."

"Good work."

I slowly raised my right hand, and the Ruined Poet turned into a stream of light, gathered between my fingers, and transformed back into a card.

Baron Bach instantly felt as if he had been reborn.

The pain that was eroding him was greatly reduced in an instant, as if a curse had been lifted.

After a good while, his consciousness fully returned to his mind.

Although he was still tormented by pain, compared to just now, the air he was breathing at this moment seemed to have become sweet.

"Are you in the mood to talk to me now?"

I leaned forward slightly, looking down at Baron Bach and asked.

"Die!"

There was only one thought in Baron Bach's mind.

And that was: get rid of this guy quickly.

He was the source of all evil!

Baron Bach's eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty light. He used all his strength to try and break free from this rope, which didn't look too thick, but found it to be exceptionally sturdy.

He clearly didn't feel any magic attached to the rope! How could he not break free?!

After trying to break free from the rope and finding it ineffective, Baron Bach once again stretched his neck violently, wanting to devour me.

However, before he could revert to his original form, Cornelia ruthlessly smashed his head into the ground with her hammer, even creating a small pit in the ground.

"Ah!!!"

Baron Bach howled.

Getting hit by this hammer was also exceptionally painful!

The damage was clearly not that fatal, but the pain was excruciating!

The current Baron Bach was already very weak and couldn't resist Cornelia's brute force attacks at all.

"Sigh, it seems I need to give you a more profound memory."

I sighed and threw out a card, summoning the Ruined Poet.

"In this darkness, there is no hope, no redemption, for this darkness is myself..."

Along with this verse that made Baron Bach's scalp tingle, the brief period of peace ended in an instant.

He was once again plunged into that state of extreme pain. The pain from within his body surged again, and his body and mind were constantly being ravaged...

"Urgh-guh-lu-lu-lu..."

Baron Bach's face turned ghastly white, and he let out uncontrollable, garbled sounds with his mouth open.

He finally understood that this summoned creature surrounded by black mist was the source of his pain.

"Cornelia, don't use too much force. Just tap him on the shoulder blade."

Cornelia once again raised the sledgehammer in her hand.

【Warhammer of Terror】

【Category: Equipment Card】

【Grade: Blue Precious】

【Tier: 2】

【Attack Bonus: 200】

【Effect: When hit by this weapon, inflicts double the pain.】

【Remark: "Here's Cornelia!"】

This was a special warhammer I made for Cornelia, perfectly complementing my system.

I was currently unable to forge a longsword that could withstand Cornelia's strength.

So for the time being, I forged a blunt weapon for Cornelia.

Compared to a sword, a blunt weapon was less likely to be broken.

The size of this sledgehammer was much larger than a regular tool hammer, and the handle was about as long as the blade of the sword Cornelia had previously used. So Cornelia felt surprisingly comfortable wielding it.

When Baron Bach was hit by the Warhammer of Terror before, the Ruined Poet was not present, so there was only double the pain.

Now, with the Ruined Poet present, taking a hit from Cornelia's hammer would be twenty times the pain that Baron Bach had never experienced before.

Cornelia seemed to be trying hard to control her strength.

Then, she tapped Baron Bach on the shoulder like cracking a walnut.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

An incomparably shrill scream echoed in the cooking classroom.

"How is it?" I asked.

Baron Bach seemed unable to speak, twitching frantically on the ground.

I said: "Baron Bach, do you know what it feels like to pass out from pain and then be woken up by pain again?"

Baron Bach: "Ah-woo-lu-lu-lu-lu..."

I continued: "Cornelia, wait for him to sober up a bit, then start tapping from his right hand, then his left hand, and then his left foot."

Cornelia: "What about his right foot?"

Me: "Leave it. I just want to make the obsessive-compulsive ones suffer."

Cornelia nodded.

She didn't have OCD, but this Baron Bach, who valued elegance, very likely had severe OCD. After all, he kept everything in the cooking classroom neat and tidy, and was very particular about the position of his tie.

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