Soulbound Curse
Leroy was delighted to hear that. “Really? Wow, those are some magical mice, Mr. Sanchez.”
At the same time, the first mouse was already inches away from Matthew. However, Matthew didn’t
retreat, as if he had given up. But just before the mouse could touch him, Matthew suddenly tossed a
black pill onto the ground. Attracted by the pill, the mouse went toward it instead of attacking Matthew. It
went round the pill a few times and sniffed it before munching it down. Oddly enough, as it started to
munch the pill, it started deflating, turning smaller and smaller. Eventually, it returned to its original size.
Sanchez stared at it in disbelief. “Wh-What happened?”
“What happened?” Matthew waved dismissively. “Cast your soulbound curse, Sanchez. Everything
else is just child’s play.”
Sanchez wouldn’t look away from Matthew. “So this is Central Cathay. Impressive, Matthew. But anyone
who tries to get in my way will die! You want to see what my soulbound curse is like, huh? Fine, consider
this your lucky day.”
Sanchez suddenly made a backflip and muttered something incomprehensible under his breath, as if he
was a madman. At the same time, he whipped out a lot of poisonous insects and animals and swallowed
them. Then, a lump appeared on his chest, and it slowly moved upward, as if it was a living being trying
to make its way to freedom.
About ten minutes later, the bump was at Sanchez’s throat. At the same time, his face became red,
seemingly dying from a lack of air. Quite a while later, he suddenly opened his mouth and coughed up a
toad the size of a fist. The toad was crimson, and it had protruding eyes. Just by looking at it, everyone
could see how terrifying it was.
The first thing it did was look at its surroundings, but then it suddenly opened its mouth and swatted its
tongue at one of the remaining mice. The mouse—which was as big as a basketball—turned back to its
original size the moment the toad’s tongue swatted it. More surprisingly, the mouse fell down and
spasmed, as if it was hit by a powerful poison. A moment later, the toad wrapped the mouse up with its
tongue and swallowed it whole.
Everyone was shocked to see that. Mr. Sanchez said the mouse would kill anyone who comes in contact
with it, but the toad just swallowed it whole. Isn’t it scared of the mouse’s poison?
Sanchez looked weak, but he still managed a sneer. “It’s your lucky day, kid. You wanted to see my
soulbound curse, and now you got your wish. But everyone who ever laid eyes on it is dead, and you are
no exception! You brought this on yourself!”
Sanchez gasped, and the toad slowly turned around to look at Matthew as per its master’s instructions.
Suddenly, it croaked and pounced at Matthew.
Matthew threw out three needles to pin it down, but to his surprise, they were deflected. The toad had a
thick enough skin to defend against even Matthew’s needles.
Sanchez laughed. “That toad is my soulbound curse, kid! I’ve trained it for fifty-three years, and it’s
invincible! Not to mention it’s more poisonous than all the curses you’ve ever known!”
Wilson and the others looked terrified. Is that toad really that poisonous?
Just before the toad could reach Matthew, he tore a piece of cloth off his shirt and flicked it at the toad,
sending it flying away.
After it was flicked away, the toad flew toward one of the Lachs, who didn’t expect this at all. He hastily
tried to defend himself, but the toad was stronger than he thought, so he staggered backward from the
impact.
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