ALL NOVEL
Chapter 98.5 - The Second Year at the Academy - Consequences of a Chain (5)
I emerged from the forest, and a patrolling Varner noticed me.
"Call Amber!"
He shouted and ran towards me, his expression changing.
"Are you okay, Tenko?"
"It's over. My injuries have been treated."
I raised my hand and smiled at Varner.
Meanwhile, the management office was in turmoil, and Yabushou and Serade flew over.
They repeated the same words.
But everyone's expressions remained unchanged.
That's because a large hole got torn in the leather armor on my left arm, and the thigh area got roughly cut open.
To make matters worse, I got covered in blood.
I used a healing potion to wash away the bloodstains and wrap bandages.
But I couldn't deal with the splattered blood.
Amber took my left hand.
"Show me."
"I said it's already treated. The wounds are healed."
Ignoring my words, Ambel removed the bandages.
At that moment, gasps came from Ted and the others.
The trace of the stone stake pierced through exposed dark red flesh.
It didn't look good, but it was already closed.
By the way, only one forearm bone was broken.
I'm currently using a makeshift splint with a suitable branch.
"It's a severe wound. You've used quite a bit of potion."
"Well, yeah."
"I'll use healing magic."
Saying that, Amber activated [Light Healing].
Even though it's intermediate [Healing], it's inferior to my potion at the basic level.
I couldn't casually reject her goodwill, but for some reason, the pain in my arm receded, surprising me.
Did the bones—reconnect?
"Potion is less effective on bones. The effect gets dispersed."
"I didn't know that. What about organs?"
"That's different. It requires knowledge, so it's better to leave it to a physician."
I see. Even healing has various aspects.
Two years ago, Valerie suffered significant damage to her organs from the Tremble Cube.
Without much thought, I left it to doctor Pavel, but the Markant probably knew.
Amber took a splint from her luggage, discarded the branch, and rewrapped the bandages.
"Don't use your left arm for a while. It's not completely connected yet."
"Got it. Thanks."
When I bowed my head, Sekies opened his mouth eagerly.
"So, what happened? Not a Dekrarma?"
"I was attacked in the forest. At first— it would be faster to show you the real thing. Someone, asks the director to gather the shepherds. I can't carry it alone."
I led everyone to the scene.
As soon as they saw Kudurga, the director and the shepherds were stunned.
Yabushou was also speechless, and Serade—especially Ted and Jema—were cheering.
"Amazing!"
"Could it be that giant snake from before!?"
As the first discoverer of the traces, Jema hit the mark.
"Probably correct. If there were many of these, it would have caused more commotion."
"I see, you finally got it!"
While Jema admired, she looked at Kudorga with interest.
I cut the head off to hide the penetration trace of [Penetrate Gale]. Shamshir was damaged, but it was roughly cut off for the sake of "completely killing".
Scales that seemed useful in battle were also damaged.
Also, [Fireball] was released in the air, and there was no ignition, so there were no traces.
Nails and Elliot joined in poking the long body, and Ted and Jema tried to lift it by pulling its tail.
Ignoring the children, Yabushou looked at each other.
"The scales and the shape of the head— isn't that Kudurga?"
"It's recommended for C-rank, right?"
"But, the wounds from earlier…"
Barnar denied Sekies's question, and Amber raised another question.
Only Vero, with an expression of amazement, observed the corpse with Ted and the others.
"Hey, Tenko. Did this guy use earth magic on this?"
"I used it. Amber healed me with [Earth Bolt]."
"Is it settled with Kudurga? I thought it was strong for a child, but this much…"
"Indeed, a formidable enemy."
"It's not a recommended opponent for D-rank, let alone solo. How far did you use magic? When it becomes a powerful individual, it can manipulate up to intermediate. Still, that's unlikely."
Ah, that's right. It's probably that.
"I used intermediate, but only [Earth Wall]."
I pointed to the location where I activated it.
Since it was catalyst-free, it had disappeared, but the ground was exposed in a rectangular shape.
"You were lucky. If you use intermediate attack magic, even C-rank becomes top recommended."
"Top? It's really fortunate in misfortune. By the way, what is that?"
"It's spirit magic. Kudurga seems to have a high affinity with the earth's spirit. Meeting it increases the probability of becoming a spirit user. Depending on the spirit, it can get recommended for B-rank."