Episode 89
89. Episode 89
By the time they found the man, he was already unconscious and collapsed.
His clothes were in rags, and his whole body was covered in wounds from wolf bites and scratches.
Seun tried to use recovery magic in a hurry, but… … .
‘The wound is worse than I thought.’
The man’s condition was worse than expected.
Se-Woon somehow managed to treat the wounds he had inflicted on himself by the wolf, but the wounds were so festering that they had been left untreated for so long.
If I had discovered it just a little later, it would have definitely become wolf food already.
Because of that, Seun ran to the Diablo clan stronghold with the man on his back.
I thought about using the power of greed, but it was all too ambiguous to use on the man right now.
Since the contract with Mamon ended with the return of Durandal, it was no longer possible to obtain potions or the like through the power of greed.
‘What would have happened if it had only been 4 circles?’
Seun’s current mana circle is three.
For a player on the first floor who just created a circle in the tutorial, this is an absurdly high number, but considering the overall level of the tower, it is just below average.
‘I need to raise the circle a bit before the next battle.’
Anyway, I have about a month of free time left on the first floor.
With the power of gluttony, the circle’s mana was almost completely filled, so it seemed that a month would be enough to create the next circle.
So, for now, the priority was to get the man to the base.
‘I think we need to speed things up a bit.’
The man’s breathing coming from behind me was getting quieter and quieter.
I didn’t realize it when I was running alone, but with someone on my back, it was difficult to use the walking technique and the rocky path was very uncomfortable, so I couldn’t gain speed.
Se-Woon, after thinking briefly, immediately summoned the power of greed.
-The Treasure Trove of Greed has been opened.
[ The hoof of the mountain goat of Geukcheonsan ]
– The strong hooves of the mountain goats that live in Geumcheonsan Mountain, which is known to be so high that its peak pierces the sky.
The power of the treasure was imbued into Seun’s legs.
The thick legs and pointed toes characteristic of mountain goats overlapped, and strength emanated from the legs.
Perhaps sensing the power of the mountain goat, the stigmata, which had nothing to do with the current situation, seemed to sparkle with joy.
bang!
The sound of the rocks being kicked was completely different from before.
It felt like I was kicking rocks with something hard, not my feet. I literally felt like a mountain goat, kicking rocks with my hard hooves.
‘With this, I’ll arrive on time.’
The legs of a mountain goat have evolved to be able to move easily on mountains, rocks, and cliffs. As such, Seun’s speed has become faster than before, even though he is carrying a person on his back.
“Brother! Let’s go together!”
Ignoring Park Jeong-pil’s complaints coming from behind.
Se-un, who had become accustomed to running on his hard hooves, started moving even faster.
* * *
“Brother, you’re here! Open the door quickly!”
As Park Jeong-pil shouted, the clan member standing on the watchtower recognized Se-un and opened the door.
Se-Woon ran without stopping and entered the ward he had seen when he was introduced to the base yesterday.
Then, Lee Ha-neul, who was making something on a large table, looked at Se-woon in surprise.
“Clan leader?”
“He’s a patient. Please treat him.”
“Can’t the clan leader use recovery magic too? There’s no need to come to me… .”
“It’s impossible for me.”
“yes?”
Se-Woon thought it would be better to let the man see for himself rather than explaining, so he laid the man down on the bed.
The man, stretched out like a corpse, was breathing so faintly that you had to put your ear close to him to feel it.
If it had been even a little later, he would have ended his life on Seun’s back.
Lee Ha-neul sensed the urgency in Se-woon’s voice and quickly checked the man’s condition, then his expression hardened.
“… … Now I understand why the clan leader said it was too much.”
When I lifted the clothes, I saw a wound that was not just festering, but rotting.
The sole of his left foot was bruised and bloodshot, and his right knee was deformed and swollen.
There were other injuries as well, but the most serious was to the abdomen.
Around the clear claw marks that appeared to belong to a beast, the surrounding area was rotting away in an unsightly manner.
“First, let’s start with treatment.”
Lee Ha-neul took out a tool he had never seen before.
A scalpel that looked sharper than any sword. She used it to cut the rotten man’s wounds without hesitation.
“Kwaaah!”
The screams of the dying man filled the ward.
It was a wound that had rotted to the point where it was hard to believe that any sense was still alive, but it seemed as if the sense of pain was still alive.
Then, Lee Ha-neul placed the other hand, which was not holding the scalpel, on the man’s forehead.
“Please bear with me for a moment.”
“Ugh… … Ugh… … .”
The man’s screams gradually diminish.
It seemed as if some kind of anesthesia had been administered through the power of the constellation.
-The constellation, ‘Bloody Lion’, advises you to move a little more boldly, saying that time is running out.
“all right.”
Crunch, rustling.
There was no hesitation in Lee Ha-neul’s actions as he moved the scalpel.
Having treated numerous patients while completing her tutorial, she had already become an excellent therapist both physically and mentally.
They cut off the rotten skin and even cut off some of the festering organs inside without hesitation.
A wound so serious that one wonders if it can be saved even with modern medicine on Earth.
However, there existed a power here that surpassed modern medicine.
Woof!
A red aura rippled from her hands.
The power of Marbas, the 5th ranked demon lord.
The power was quickly healing the wounds of the man who had been cut off.
At the same time, the condition of the man who had been groaning with his face turned pale also quickly improved.
The breathing becomes more even and the moans disappear.
She wrapped the treated area with a cotton cloth and wiped the sweat from her forehead, letting out a sigh of relief.
“The fire has been put out. The other injuries are serious, but they are not life-threatening, so they can be treated gradually.”
“You’ve worked hard. Your treatment skills have improved a lot, right?”
“I wasn’t just sitting there playing around either.”
It was difficult to see her healing as simply magical.
At first, her hands were cutting out the rotten parts.
It was a treatment method that was not easily seen among the tower healers who did not like to get blood on their hands.
‘Perhaps it’s a mixture of modern medicine and the power of the constellations.’
Even though it is the power of the constellations, it is not omnipotent.
If you leave the rotten part alone and only use healing magic, there is a risk that the wound will become worse or spread further.
Such shortcomings have been made up for with the knowledge of modern medicine.
“Mess, that looks pretty familiar?”
“I was originally a nurse outside. Since I went into the operating room often, I knew how to use a scalpel.”
I’m a nurse.
Even if you’ve been in an operating room, you’ve probably never actually held a scalpel.
Based on past memories, it must have been possible to provide this treatment thanks to a lot of practice.
Indeed, he was a person Marbas would like.
“When do you think you will recover?”
“I can say that I will recover physically within two days, but I can’t guarantee when I will wake up.”
Lee Ha-neul answered while spreading the thick liquid over the man’s wound.
It didn’t seem to be a potion, but rather some kind of ointment made from ground herbs.
That must be what was being made at the table.
“Well, I guess it was a big shock.”
“Since there is no fighting or patients right now anyway, I will take care of you until you wake up.”
“thank you.”
“No. I just suddenly felt a sense of relief because there were no patients.”
The man is the key figure who knows what will happen in a month.
As important as it was, it was not something Seun could just keep watching over.
But the fact that she was the first to look at the man was a welcome development for Se-woon.
“Do you need anything? I think they were making some medicine.”
“Oh, I don’t have any patients so I felt like just sitting around and playing, so I looked for some herbs nearby. If you don’t mind… … .”
“Please bring me some herbs. Is this it?”
“Yes. Since I can’t keep up with everyone, I thought it would be a good idea to make some emergency medicine.”
He wanted to borrow Mamon’s real treasure through the Treasure House of Greed, but the contract ended with him receiving Durandal back.
Because that was the contract from the beginning.
Of course, you can buy potions through the public shop, but potions from the public shop are more expensive than you might think.
Because this wasn’t a game.
Potions were so precious and expensive that they were called second lives.
If it is a first aid medicine using herbs, it may be a little less effective than a potion, but it will be sufficient as an emergency measure when there is no healer nearby.
‘Come to think of it, there must be quite a lot of medicinal herbs on that hill.’
An area of the fields on the first floor appeared in Se-woon’s mind.
As he had stayed on the first floor until the last moment before returning, he wandered around the various areas of the first floor using the travel guide.
The place I just remembered was also one of those areas.
‘It would be much better to gather mana there.’
To create the fourth circle, not only excellent training methods but also a suitable place for training were needed.
1 Circle didn’t require that much mana, so it would have been fine to proceed roughly from the base, but what Seun was trying to challenge now was a whopping 4 Circles.
If there is a place rich in mana, such as the training ground of a forgotten hero, the results of your training will increase exponentially.
In that sense, the place Se-un was thinking of could also be said to be the best training ground on the first floor.
“Okay, I’ll go dig up the herbs.”
“Really? Oh, just in case, why don’t you go with some people… … .”
“No. I’m more comfortable alone.”
“Well, that’s true. I know the power of the clan leader. Even if we follow him, it would be a hindrance.”
“Not to that extent, I have work to do.”
“What do you want to do?”
“I don’t know about that. It’ll probably take a few days at the earliest. Two weeks at the latest.”
“Does it take that long?”
“It’s not that the distance is too far, it’s because of the work I mentioned earlier.”
“ah…….”
Although Se-Woon thought it was light, the 4th Circle was by no means light.
If you are not talented in magic, you will not be able to achieve it even if you train your whole life, and even if you are talented in magic, it may take several decades depending on the level.
Sometimes, those who are called geniuses create circles in just a few years, but that is the case of geniuses in the true sense of the word.
There were only three things that Seun believed in now.
Mamon’s treasure, an excellent training ground, and the control of mana that he had been handling his entire life to survive before the return.
Because of that, I was able to say that it was at least two weeks later.
“If anything happens, tell Yusuh. You can use the communication seat here too.”
“Okay, I’ll take responsibility for the patient.”
“Then, please take care of it.”
Although he was a little out of breath from running in a hurry while carrying a man on his back, Se-woon’s breathing was surprisingly stable while he was talking to Lee Ha-neul.
She stopped him and told him to rest for a bit, but Se-woon didn’t do so.
‘One month. In one month, not only will you increase your fighting power, but you will also find all the hidden pieces on the first floor.’
A month was not a very long period of time for Se-un.
fantasy,
