Bab 88: The Vicious Queen and The Deceptive Snake

I had a bad feeling about it and tried to instruct the dumb lizard to snap out of it, but it didn't even react. Its eyes were out of focus, its tongue sticking out of its open mouth. 

That stupid idiot! I wanted to yell. 

I looked up at the queen and her inky black cavernous eyes stared back. Hovering indifferently above the numerous gored corpses of her children, the light shining through her wings bathed the sinister scene in an ominous red glow.

Her intentions were obvious.

"Coercion? Is that some sort of skill?" I asked Sensei.

«It's a mental attack that projects its wielders will to suppress the consciousness of weaker beings. It's similar to [Mind Chain] but without the need for contact. At its least effective, It reduces the victim's momentum and at its best, it overrides their awareness.»

«That you can resist it is purely your goodluck for obtaining [Obsidian Horn].»