In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

Babel is a very strong woman.

This problem means that she will be at a disadvantage in the competition with Thea, who has a relatively gentler personality.

Strong.

This means it's difficult to control.

This also means that if one successfully marries Babel, it is more likely that one will be controlled by her and become her puppet.

For this reason.

Despite Babel's current apparent success, her power is actually waning. Of the seven elders besides herself and Thea, only two are willing to support her as the matriarch, while the other five support Thea.

Three against six is ​​an absolute disadvantage.

If this situation continues, then Babel will basically have no chance of becoming the matriarch.

The above information was collected by Nasita after she used mind-reading techniques on the people around her.

"The situation has deteriorated to this extent; no wonder she would resort to poisoning."

At first, Rhodes thought that Babel couldn't wait to take over and was planning to kill the dying mistress ahead of time.

This can be done after Nasita has collected all the intelligence.

Rod understood.

If we were to ask who would least like this mistress to die suddenly, without a doubt, it would be Babel.

Given her current situation in the Tanit tribe.

Once the mistress dies, she will absolutely be no match for Thea, who has won the support of the five elders.

When the time comes, she will surely face a merciless reckoning.

So she got anxious.

They wanted to use Rhodes, an outsider, to get a poison that had never appeared in the tribe before, assassinate the elders, and then seize the position of the matriarch.

These are the messages that Naxida gleaned from Babel's mind.

Her plan was very thorough.

In her plan, she would secretly poison Thea with food or water.

There's no need to kill too many people.

As long as Thea dies.

No one would compete with her for the position of mistress.

Then, pin the blame for killing the elder on Rhodes, who was returning to the Church after completing the contract, and then simply destroy the evidence.

As for the other elders, she will settle accounts with them one by one after Thea's death, and then she can take all the power in their hands into her own hands.

Even if the plan fails, and Thea doesn't die, or the investigation traces back to her, she still has other scapegoats to take the blame.

In short.

She would absolutely not allow the charge of attempting to poison and murder the elder to fall on her own shoulders.

"What a clever scheme."

"I knew it. In her eyes, everyone is a tool that can be used and then discarded."

Lying on his new bed, Rod clicked his tongue in amazement.

This is the new tent that Babel arranged for him, a brand new tent, second only in size to the tents where the matriarch and elders live.

Tonight's dinner was also much more elaborate thanks to her arrangements.

Not only were there flavorful jerky and stews, but they also gave him an extra glass of milk. If Rod hadn't said he didn't drink alcohol, Babel would have also wanted to send him some rainforest wine.

In the Tanit tribe, where most people struggle to get enough to eat, such a meal is definitely a rare treat.

Rhodes is now lying on his bed, resting.

Although it's still made of hardwood planks, the addition of a soft mattress, pillow, and a brand new blanket makes it much more comfortable to sleep in than before.

Are you planning to help her?

Nasita, who knew all of Babel's plans, asked.

"Why wouldn't you help?"

Rod chuckled and said, "Not only will I help her, I will also use the best things to help her, so that she can make the Tanit tribe as chaotic as possible."

Say it.

He sat up, found a pen and paper, and wrote down the names of some materials he would need.

The knowledge of the biophysical school is extremely broad.

One of the most important disciplines is pharmacy.

It differs from the pharmacology of the Su Lun school.

The pharmacology of the Sheng Lun school mostly uses natural medicinal materials to make medicines through various methods such as decoction, steaming and preparation.

The downside is that it cannot easily achieve mass production like the alchemical pharmacology of the Sulun school.

Its advantage lies in its versatile formulas; even a slight change in dosage can drastically alter the efficacy of the prepared medicine, giving it a unique advantage in targeted treatment.

"Experienced pharmacists have long since moved beyond the fixed mindset of prescribing medications and can now tailor appropriate medications to each patient's specific condition."

"The rigid and inflexible Su Lun School is different. The medicines they concoct are indeed more versatile, but they are all produced according to a uniform formula and dosage. Although they can treat the symptoms, because they use alchemy to make medicines, they will forcibly add many drugs that are not suitable for the symptoms or have adverse effects. This leads to their medicines sometimes causing great side effects. So now they basically concoct some general functional medicines, such as heat-resistant medicines and cold-resistant medicines."

"Therefore, when it comes to real medical medicine, the pharmacology of our school of life theory is more reliable."

This is what Nafis said when he was teaching Rhodes Pharmacology.

Listen to what he has to say.

These words were passed down to him by his teacher, who in turn heard them from his teacher's teacher.

This has already become a characteristic of his lineage.

One school of thought excels at using pharmacology to treat symptoms, while the other school excels at creating highly functional adjuvant drugs.

It's hard to say which one is better.

However, Nafis and Güleche would often argue about this, eventually leading to a heated debate.

Despite their bickering, their teaching of Rhodes was not delayed in the slightest.

Furthermore, pharmacy was a subject that Rhodes was very interested in, and after a month or two, he had learned it quite well.

"Mixed drugs".

This is the poison formula that Rod prepared for Babel.

Calling it poison is not quite accurate.

This is actually a bunch of highly nutritious ingredients, supplemented with several medicinal herbs whose properties clash.

On the surface, you can't tell anything.

However, if all of these things are added to food and eaten together, the person will die within a day.

Moreover, the effects of this prescription are very long-lasting, so there is no need to take it all at once.

If these ingredients are consumed sequentially over several days according to the duration of the drug's effects, it can still trigger severe poisoning symptoms.

Furthermore, none of these substances are poisonous, so even if one knows the symptoms, it's difficult to know how to detoxify them, and it's also difficult to track down the culprit.

However, this formula is not a particularly rare poison formula.

After all, Rhodes had only been studying for a short time, and he hadn't yet learned many more advanced and complex formulas.

Actually.

Anyone who has studied pharmacy in depth will know how easy it is to identify poisons made by using foods with incompatible medicinal properties.

Rhodes is taking advantage of the fact that the Tanit tribe people are poorly educated and have no chance of recognizing the poison formula.

In order to buy a little time.

He also specifically added several kinds of very precious medicinal herbs, the kind that are not hard to buy but are very expensive.

Even if Babel wanted to take action, it would take her a while just to collect these medicinal herbs, giving Rhodes enough time to continue with his plans.

"Next."

"Time to get back to my own business."

After writing down the poison formula, Rhodes stretched his limbs, placed his Void Terminal on the table, and then swaggered out.

The Tanit warriors that Babel had specifically sent to monitor him didn't even glance at him, as if no one had ever appeared in front of them.

The power of dreams is not just about pulling people into dreams; illusions are also a very basic application.

"My power is limited; you'll have to come back within an hour at most."

This was something Nasita had specifically reminded Rhodes of before he left, to prevent him from losing his senses and forgetting the time.

"One hour."

"More than enough."

With the help of Narcida, Rhodes easily evaded the guards' surveillance and chuckled as he disappeared into the darkness.

I don't know if it's because a big sandstorm is coming, but I haven't seen the moon for several days in a row. At night, it gets so dark that you can't see your hand in front of your face.

The busy time in the tribe is long gone.

Some of the tribespeople, who had finally found some free time, had already drifted off to sleep, while others were still expending their boundless energy.

In the darkness filled with a cacophony of snoring, crying, shouting, laughter, and other sounds, Rod easily found his target.

It was those two robbers who had kidnapped him before.

They were already fast asleep, their snoring louder than even the most bobby tiger in the rainforest.

"You are the first."

In the darkness, Rod chuckled and pointed at the two of them.

(End of this chapter)