Seiya - Infect Lover

But right as she is about to unleash Holy Breath from her hand…

“Gwah!” she groans before immediately covering her mouth.

“Th-this is…! Gfff!”

The Great Mother vomits violet blood as well before dropping to the ground just like Rosalie!

“You’ve gotta be kidding me! Now they’re both down!”

“Wh-what’s going on?!”

Cerceus and I are utterly clueless. All I know is that the Great Mother is trembling while glaring at Seiya.

“Don’t tell me…this is…your doing…!”

“Seiya?! Did you do this?!” I shout. But when I look back at him, I shudder. His distant eyes are as cold as ice as he watches over the battle.

“No attacks work against Ultimate Wall. It is an impregnable defense that even has a resistance to dark-type weapons. Therefore, I have to dispose of her with a completely different kind of attack.”

“L-like what?!”

“The move is already in effect. Infect Lover—a dark spell that infects the enemy through contact with a disease-causing agent.”

I can’t process the words coming out of Seiya’s mouth. In fact, it sounds as if the Great Mother understands what’s going on better than I do.

“You sacrificed…this woman…to…!”

H-he infected Rosalie?! There’s no way! Seiya would never do such a thing! When would he even have a chance to—

I suddenly have a flashback to when Rosalie and Seiya kissed!

“Wait! Was that kiss…?!”

“Yes. Infect Lover only activates when the caster’s lips make contact with the target,” calmly explains Seiya as if he doesn’t even feel guilty.

“Of course, being a powerful dark spell, stringent conditions are necessary to cast it. The target must physically attack the enemy sixty-six times in a row to infect them. Therefore, I allowed Rosalie to continue attacking with the Dragon Killer even if she wasn’t doing any damage. All I needed was her to make contact.”

As I stand in a daze at a loss for words, the Great Mother moans in pain:

“I—I cannot believe…my Ultimate Wall was defeated…by such a…!”

Her body goes into convulsions as blood foams from her mouth. The magic-derived disease appears to be rapidly eating away her body. Rosalie is no different. She continues to vomit blood on the ground as her body trembles and twitches.

B-but this isn’t a real disease! It’s probably more closely related to a curse!

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Volume 7, Chapter 33