Alpha Physics! Book 3 - Disquiet: A Post Apocalypse Progression Fantasy by Alex Kozlowski

Author:Alex Kozlowski [Kozlowski, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 43

Most of the pathway entailed ingesting small quantities of poison, sometimes through a touch on the lips, sometimes through bare skin, and occasionally through swallowing. In all cases, the intention was to build up resistances to the different poison mechanisms. For some stronger poisons, antidotes had to be on hand. He could almost kill himself before the antidote could bring him back to health. In other cases, he needed the resistance potions active. Then rinse and repeat, holding off longer each time before taking the cure. Eventually his body would learn to fight it and then he would gain poison resistance.

Luckily, the pathway was not an all-or-nothing progression. In fact, any steps at all would be beneficial. He could gain partial resistance, full protection against the slowest acting all the way up to even the instant poisons. Each of the eight mechanisms could be addressed separately or collectively. It was possible to end up with complete resistance against heart-stopping poisons but nothing against muscle-wasting and only partial protection against slow neurotoxic poisons.

Twenty minutes later, his tongue was swelling up, while his foot screamed in pain and his hand was blackening as a third poison ate it away. The antidote touched his lips, and the swelling tongue shrank back down. The decaying hand and pain in the leg he studiously ignored while taking more of the poison. This time the reaction was more extreme. Tongue heavy and flopping, throat muscles constricting. Unable to breathe, he tipped almost a third of the antidote into his mouth. The pressure reduced immediately.

The pain in his foot almost rivalled that of the swamp guardian’s tentacle. The substance causing it was waxy material, the size of a grape that he had wrapped in bandages and fixed against the leg. Ever so slowly, the creation would leak through the fabric to his skin, increasing pain.

The decay on his right arm was healing rapidly, and another Lay of Hands fixed the last bit of damage. The cause of that infliction was an innocent blue bottle. Being careful not to touch it with his fingers, he poured it down his other leg, starting at his mid-calf. The substance hissed and burned, blackening the skin upon contact. Inherent healing went to work, fighting but losing.

More pain, so much of it. Both legs screamed at him. He kept the legs still and ignoring it. The blue liquid was spreading as it was supposed to. Flesh-eating poisons were amongst the worst out there and important to build a resistance to. Adrian used Lay of Hands continuously to support the inherent healing. It felt like neither skill was doing much at all. The black, broken growth had spread to his knees, making both legs equally miserable. He grimaced to hold in the screams. The decay was eating his leg while leaving all the nerve endings working.

There was blood in his mouth.

As advised, he shoved a strip of leather between his teeth and just lay there sweating profusely as pain continued to build.

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