113. Pain without scars 2
It’s not easy to search the forest for materials at such a late hour. Especially if it’s raining heavily.
Of course, it is a confirmed high school student.
“Bring me 10 Simhyang Fruit and 10 Kamatari Roots.”
However, Kang Seung-hyeon did not care at all and entrusted the mission to the Red Road gang as if he had become a quest giving NPC.
“The more materials there are, the more high-performance medicines can be crafted. This will speed up the recovery of patients.”
This is because he was a person who had no qualms about making others suffer for efficient treatment.
“okay. There’s nothing I can’t do for the fallen children. do anything! Because I said I would do anything!”
Rosent nodded and pledged his resolve.
He said he would jump into the heavy rain for sick colleagues.
“Of course, searching through the red forest in the heavy rain would be extremely hard…. Soon, violent monsters will appear.”
Rosent remembered the future being chased by monsters in the heavy rain. I made up my mind, but I couldn’t help the tears coming out of my eyes.
“Do I need to worry about monsters?”
“huh?”
“I don’t know where I got it, but I have the [Chain of Magical Pollution] scroll.”
[Chain of Magical Pollution] is a powerful skill that is very effective against monsters as well as humans.
And the Red Road gang had a scroll containing that powerful skill.
“Looking at the fact that he also had an amulet gem… there must be other valuable items or scrolls besides that?”
The Red Road gang wasn’t strong individually, but the items they had were quite powerful.
The monsters around here should be easy to deal with.
“That…”
After hearing the story about the scroll and the item, Rosent averted her gaze with a bewildered face.
‘As expected, there must be something.’
It’s natural since it’s a band of bandits, but the items they got don’t seem to have been obtained through normal routes.
‘I want to dig it up, but right now I’m in a hurry to treat a patient.’
Kang Seung-hyun threw a stamina potion at Rosent and said,
“Walking around in the rain will consume a lot of stamina, so be careful. I don’t want to fall down while trying to save a fallen colleague.”
“…okay. Then I’ll take care of the kids.”
Rosent nodded and left the infirmary.
– “No one left and they all went away.”
The only thing left in the infirmary is 12 patients and Kang Seung-hyun and his party.
Kim Ho-jung glanced outside and said.
“We came here to stay because we didn’t want to get caught in the rain, but the landlords ran out to get caught in the rain.
“Even if we go, it won’t help.”
Kang Seung-hyun gathered the remaining ingredients and prepared to make a potion. I’m thinking of making a temporary potion so that patients can last until Rosent and the 16 thieves return.
“Isn’t that helpful?”
“There is a curse on outsiders wandering around the Red Forest that causes them to get lost and wander.”
Kang Seung-hyeon and his party get lost due to the curse of the forest without a guide, but the people of Tracotti Village or the Red Road gang, who have their hideouts in the Red Forest, are not affected by the curse.
“Even if we go, we will only get in the way.”
“I heard and saw it.”
Kim Ho-jeong nodded in agreement.
“Anyway, locals are better at finding ingredients than outsiders, so we only sent them.”
“I thought Mr. Kang sent it because he didn’t want to get caught in the rain again.”
“Of course that is true.”
“Is it real?”
Kim Ho-jeong, who laughed as if it was absurd, suddenly jumped up from her seat.
“All the Red Road guys have gone out. Isn’t this the perfect opportunity to investigate the hideout?”
The Red Road and its hideout are full of suspicious things. Originally, Kang Seung-hyun and his party planned to meet Rosent and investigate it.
“No, I will focus on treatment for now.”
However, Seunghyun Kang shook his head and said.
“Because I made a promise to Mr. Rosent.”
He was a man who loved to make fun of others, but was sure to do his own thing.
“Oh, the posture of a true healer! Awesome!”
“Since we drove Rosent and the 16 thieves out into the heavy rain, we need to make the medicine finer.”
“It would have been really cool if I hadn’t said that.”
Kim Ho-jung laughed and muttered.
Not a real healer, but a really bad healer.
-“First of all, we start with first aid with the remaining ingredients.”
Kang Seung-hyun looked at the potion ingredients spread out on the desk.
The potion Kang Seung-hyun is trying to make this time is not in the liquid form he usually makes, but in the form of round pills.
“Why are you making pills this time?”
“The solid potion is slow, but the effect lasts for a long time.”
Liquid-type potions have a quick effect but a short duration.
So, adventurers who need to get medicine quickly prefer liquid potions.
“These people’s mental strength is so low that it’s hard to recover in a short period of time.”
“If you’re going to eat it for a long time, you’re saying that a solid potion is better than a liquid potion.”
“That’s it.”
Kang Seung-hyun decided to trim the dried kamatari root first. The kamatari root tastes bitter and smells bad, but drying in the sun will reduce the bitterness.
‘Thanks to the druggist drying it well, it saved me a lot of trouble.’
So when you use it as an ingredient for an edible item like a potion, it is basic to dry it before using it.
Kang Seung-hyeon painstakingly ground dried kamatari roots into powder.
“Then while you are making medicine… what am I doing? I have nothing to do.”
Kim Ho-jung, who had been watching Kang Seung-hyeon care for the kamatari roots, stood up as if he had a good idea.
“yes! Shall I go investigate the hideout alone? I just don’t have anything to do!”
“…Kim Ho-jung alone?”
Kang Seung-hyun looked at him with a subtle face.
“Why? no?”
“I think Kim Ho-jung feels that way.”
“How does it feel?”
“A person like a victim who is not even a detective in a mystery novel but finds a crucial hint about the criminal and gets murdered.”
Kang Seung-hyun said, ‘If I go to investigate alone, I’m afraid I’ll get caught.’
“The evaluation is really relentless.”
“Above all, now is not the time to investigate.”
It seems that Kim Ho-jung has forgotten, but now there are a few Red Road members left in the hideout.
‘Seeing that 1/3 of the members are down and still don’t show up, it must mean they’re doing something important.’
If you’re going to investigate the hideout, it’s not too late to extract information from Rosent.
“If you have free time, please fix this.”
Kang Seung-hyeon pointed to the fruit of the Simhyang tree on the desk. The skin of the simhyang tree is so hard that it must be trimmed to use it as a material.
“how?”
“Crush the skin of the fruit to make powder, separate the seeds and flesh, and collect them separately.”
You can do this kind of work alone. If someone assists you, you can finish faster.
“Okay, that’s easy!”
Kim Ho-jeong smiled and started breaking the shell. At first, he tried to break it with his hands, but soon gave up and took out a shovel.
-After a while.
“I did everything you asked for.”
Kim Ho-jeong held out the crushed simhyang tree fruit. It looks like he took out a shovel and hit it.
“thank you.”
Kang Seung-hyun put the ingredients in a bowl and kneaded them by adding water and a mixed potion.
Take this dough little by little, round it in the form of a small ball, and harden it to complete the medicine.
[Miniature mental power pill.]
[Recovers mental power when taken, while weakening ‘phantom pain’.]
[The size of one pill is approximately 8mm.]
‘I made it roughly, but the quality is low. Originally, it should be hardened, but… I don’t have time for that right now.’
Seunghyun Kang activated [Eye of Observation].
[Observation eyes]
Looking at the patients with blue eyes,
[Mental power is at its lowest.]
[Mental breakdown is about to happen.]
I could see that some patients were in very serious condition.
‘Because it’s on the verge of mental collapse.’
Once mental breakdown begins, most potions do not work. It is practically the same as dying because it cannot be effective unless it is a top-notch potion.
‘Let’s stop it with this for now!’
So, I had to stop the mental breakdown somehow.
Kang Seung-hyun swept the unfinished pills into his inventory.
[Summons Freea’s crossbow.]
And then summoned the crossbow
[Freea’s bond pouch]
[Generates micro-spirit pill arrows.]
He aimed at the patients and pulled the trigger.
Papababak!
Arrows poured from the crossbow and flew towards the victim’s body.
[Spirit recovers slowly for 30 seconds.]
[+01]
[+01]
[+01]
..[+01]
I made it in a hurry, so my recovery wasn’t good, but
[I’m barely able to maintain my sanity.]
But thanks to slightly recovered mental power , It could prevent the mental breakdown of patients.
“Whew…it was close.”
I think I can rest easy with this for a while.
Kang Seung-hyeon drank the stamina potion and waited for Rosent’s group to return.
– And how much time has passed?
jump!
“Go Kang Seung-hyun Healer! I brought you the kamatari root and psyllium fruit you asked for!”
With the sound of the door opening, Rosent and his party returned. My whole body was wet, probably because I was wandering around in the rain.
“I am glad you came back safely. Are there any injuries anywhere?”
“Nobody was hurt.”
“Oh yeah.”
Kang Seung-hyeon felt sorry for him and looked at the simhyang tree fruit and kamatari that the Red Road gang had saved. These are precious materials that were barely found in the pouring downpour.
“It’s really fresh. The quality is good.”
“Everyone worked hard to find it.”
Perhaps because of the unique natural environment, the red mutant creatures growing in the red forest were stronger and had better effects than the original species.
“I’ll make it right away, just wait a moment.”
Kang Seung-hyeon started making potions with the newly obtained ingredients.
“It is done.”
After a while, Kang Seung-hyun held out the finished potion.
I made it with plenty of good ingredients, and a great potion was born that was incomparable to the first one.
“If you feed this, the pain will be greatly reduced.”
Of course, as serious as the condition is, it doesn’t get better as soon as you take the medicine. To be cured, you must take the medicine for at least a few days without skipping.
“The duration of taking the medicine is at least 4 days, and if you feel a little unwell, about 1-2 weeks. When treating mental abnormalities, it is important to take medicine consistently, so please be careful.”
“Thank you so much.”
Rosent took the medicine while wiping away tears.
As he is the only adult in his 40s between his teens and 20s, he must have suffered a lot.
“We’ll take care of the medicine!”
“Rosent-sama, rest!”
“Let’s take responsibility and feed them until everyone is cured!”
The Red Road members voluntarily took care of their colleagues in place of the tired Rosent.
“Even thieves without conscience who extort money from others seem to value their comrades very much.”
“Ahaha… Because we are like family.”
Rosent smiled shyly and scratched his cheek.
“But it is.”
“huh?”
At that time, Seunghyun Kang crossed his arms and said.
“Phantomania is not a common condition.”
The highest rank among the spiritual classes.
Phantom pain is a status ailment that occurs when you are hit by a really powerful mental attack or when you lose a large amount of mental power.
“That’s why even in the Azul Continent, it’s a very dangerous area, such as a high-difficulty dungeon or contaminated area.”
“…”
“But not one person, but more than 10 people suffer from phantom pain? That doesn’t make sense.”
If this was a really ordinary thieves’ hideout, this would never happen.
Kang Seung-hyeon glared at Rosent and said.
“Unless you are hiding something in this hideout.”
It’s been confirmed with this one.
Red Lord is plotting something grand.
“I will listen and judge.”
