Uncomfortable—because this body was slowly rotting, declining, decaying, aging. Dole felt as though he had lived through ten years in a single second.
But in the next moment, Dole opened his eyes. The aura of the Heavenly Frost Worm erupted instantly, the freezing laws bursting forth at full force to drive away that aura. At the same time, with a thought from him, the entire hall suddenly sealed itself completely, cutting off the inside from the outside.
Once the interior and exterior were completely isolated, the rat seemed to lose control. It could not move at all, merely sitting there.
As Dole suppressed that green glow, he sensed just how powerful the curse was. The laws on this avatar of his could not fully suppress it, only delay the curse's eruption. Even so, some of the Heavenly Frost Worms were affected by the cursed aura, their bodies rapidly rotting and declining, as if they had completed the course of an entire lifetime in mere seconds. The laws of this curse were exceedingly powerful.
Dole's expression shifted slightly, and he let out a faint sigh. He had still underestimated the heroes of the world.
The understanding behind this curse ran very deep.
He pulled a bottle from his robes and downed it in one gulp. A powerful vitality immediately seeped through him, filling one Heavenly Frost Worm after another with life force. The robust aura of life blocked the curse's infiltration.
Dole exerted himself as well, using the freezing laws to suppress the green light. Yet he discovered that the curse still had not been eradicated.
His brows furrowed. Damn it.
Just then, he sensed the Heavenly Frost Worms' instincts seeming to awaken. A bone-piercing chill was born from the Heavenly Frost Worms' own wills, joining Dole in suppressing this evil