Two Schemers

"How come these insects are no longer attacking us?" Rhizen expressed his doubt, spitting out a couple of mashed insect remains that he had casually tested the taste of.

In preparation for his plans, he had been training in a variety of ways. And, developing resistance to poison and consuming everything edible was one such thing. Thankfully for him, his grandmother was a practitioner of the orthodox medical way, having him ingest countless medical herbs and other substances since young.

His body gained resistance to a variety of things. Due to that, he seldom fell sick.

So, even though he found himself in a dangerous cave, he wasn't flustered. He was surprised, cautious, but fear wasn't what he felt. After all, his life wasn't truly in danger…yet.

So, he still maintained his calm, asking after observing the actions of the insects once Compass Carburettor flashed the light from his mobile phone.