The snake venom took effect rapidly. Under its influence, the tall man in the trench coat became transparent, completely dispersing into the fog in less than ten seconds.
"Is this snake venom that dissolves memories?"
Though Lady Thorn could not see, she sensed the power of the curse. Shade, restored to human form, nodded and touched his mouth. If the enemy had been a Corpse Ghoul, he would probably have hesitated before opening it.
Lady White, the great white snake on Snow Mountain, had shared this curse with him. He had not expected this memory-dissolving curse to be useful in battle as well. Special locations truly required special powers.
"This curse should let me deal with most of the enemies here. Let's go. We still have a long way back."
Black shadows occasionally appeared in the fog, but most dispersed before approaching the two of them. Of the few enemies that truly revealed themselves, some could be easily dealt with by ordinary attacks alone, without Shade needing to release more snake venom.
Shade had remained wary of that Demon, but the greatest danger they encountered on the way back was merely a Labyrinth formed from someone's unknown memories.
The Labyrinth greatly slowed their return, because it originated from memories and did not follow ordinary spatial laws. Even spatial abilities could not directly allow Shade to escape it.
In the end, Lady Thorn used Witch Secret Art, employing that nearly broken Compass to trace the Old Witches' main bodies in reverse. Only then did they find the road back to the Temple.
Though they had been delayed somewhat, they had gained much from this trip. Thus, when Shade and Lady Thorn returned to the Temple Entrance, both were in quite good spirits.
They were even discussing how they would tell the