Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 85

Chapter 89

By the time I found the man, he had already lost consciousness and collapsed.

His clothes were in tatters, and his entire body was covered in wounds from wolf bites and scratches.

Se-un urgently tried to use recovery magic, but…

‘The injuries are more severe than I thought.’

The man’s condition was worse than expected.

Se-un managed to treat the wounds inflicted by the wolves, but there were many festering wounds that had been neglected for too long.

If I had found him any later, he would have surely become wolf food.

Because of that, Se-un carried the man on his back and ran towards the Diablo Clan’s base.

I thought about using the Authority of Greed, but there was nothing suitable to use on the man right now.

The contract with Mammon ended with the return of Durandal, so I couldn’t use the Authority of Greed to get potions or anything like that.

‘If only I were at the 4th Circle, I could have done something.’

Currently, Se-un’s mana circle is three.

It’s an absurdly high number for a 1st-floor player who just created a circle in the tutorial, but it’s slightly below average when considering the overall level of the Tower.

‘I need to raise my circle before the next battle.’

Anyway, I have about a month of free time on the 1st floor.

I’ve almost filled the circle’s mana through the Authority of Gluttony, so I think I can create the next circle in a month.

So, right now, the priority was to get the man to the base.

‘I need to pick up the pace.’

The man’s breathing, which I could hear from behind, was getting weaker.

I didn’t realize it when I was running alone, but with a person on my back, it was difficult to use footwork, and the rocky path was very uncomfortable, so I couldn’t gain speed.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Se-un immediately activated the Authority of Greed.

-The Treasure Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Hooves of the Geukcheonsan Mountain Goat ]

– The sturdy hooves of a mountain goat that inhabits Geukcheonsan Mountain, known for its summit that pierces the sky.

The power of the treasure was imbued in Se-un’s legs.

The goat’s thick legs and sharp hooves overlapped, and power surged from his legs.

As if sensing the goat’s power, the stigma, which was completely irrelevant in this situation, seemed to be shining with joy.

Thump!

The sound of kicking off the rock was completely different from before.

A feeling of kicking off the rock with something hard, not a foot. It felt like becoming a mountain goat and kicking off the rock with hard hooves.

‘I’ll be able to arrive without being late with this.’

The mountain goat’s legs have evolved to move well on mountains, rocks, and cliffs. As such, even with a person on his back, Se-un’s speed was even faster than before.

“Hyungnim [term of endearment for an older brother or male friend]! Let’s go together!”

Ignoring Park Jung-pil’s grumbling from behind.

Se-un, who had already become accustomed to running with hard hooves, further accelerated his movements.

* * *

“Hyungnim is here! Open the door quickly!”

With Park Jung-pil’s shout, a clan member standing in the watchtower recognized Se-un and opened the door.

Se-un ran without stopping and entered the ward he had seen when he was introduced to the base yesterday.

Then, Lee Ha-neul, who was manufacturing something on a large table, looked at Se-un in surprise.

“Clan Leader?”

“A patient. Please treat him.”

“Can’t the Clan Leader use recovery magic? There’s no need to come all the way to me…”

“It’s beyond my capabilities.”

“Yes?”

Thinking it would be better to show her directly rather than explain, Se-un laid the man on the bed.

The man, who was slumped over like a corpse, was breathing so faintly that you had to put your ear close to hear it.

If it had been any later, he would have died on Se-un’s back.

Lee Ha-neul, feeling the urgency in Se-un’s voice, quickly checked the man’s condition, and her expression hardened.

“…I see why the Clan Leader said it was beyond his capabilities.”

When she lifted his clothes, she saw wounds that were rotting beyond the level of festering.

The sole of his left foot was bruised purple, and his right knee was swollen in a deformed way.

There were various other wounds, but the most serious was in his abdomen.

Around the clear claw marks, which appeared to be from a beast, the surrounding area was rotting grotesquely.

“I’ll start with the treatment first.”

Lee Ha-neul took out a tool she hadn’t shown before.

A scalpel that looked sharper than any ordinary sword. She used it to cut away the man’s rotting wounds without hesitation.

“Kuaaaak!”

The dying man’s scream filled the ward.

The wound was so rotten that it was hard to believe he had any sensation, but it seemed that the sense of pain was still alive.

Then, Lee Ha-neul placed the hand that wasn’t holding the scalpel on the man’s forehead.

“Please bear with it for a moment.”

“Kueuk… Kueueue…”

The man’s screams gradually subsided.

It seemed that she had used the Authority of the Constellation to administer a kind of anesthesia.

-The Constellation, ‘Bloody Lion,’ advises you to move more boldly, saying there is no time.

“I understand.”

Surgical, surgical.

There was no hesitation in Lee Ha-neul’s actions as she moved the scalpel.

Having treated countless patients during the tutorial, she had already become an excellent healer, both in skill and mentally.

She cut away the rotten skin and even amputated some of the festering organs inside without hesitation.

Wounds so severe that it was questionable whether they could be saved with modern medicine on Earth.

However, there was a power here that surpassed modern medicine.

Woo-oong!

A red aura flickered from her hand.

The power of the 5th-ranked Demon King, Marbas.

That power was rapidly healing the man’s severed wounds.

At the same time, the man’s condition, who had been groaning with a pale face, was also rapidly improving.

His breathing became even, and his groans disappeared.

Soon, she wrapped the treated area with cotton cloth, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and let out a sigh of relief.

“I’ve put out the immediate fire. The other wounds are also serious, but they’re not life-threatening, so we can treat them gradually.”

“You’ve worked hard. Your healing skills have improved a lot?”

“I haven’t been just playing around either.”

Her treatment was difficult to see as simply a magical power.

Her touch when she first cut away the rotten area.

It was a treatment method that was not easily seen among the Tower’s healers, who didn’t want to get blood on their hands.

‘Maybe it’s a mix of modern medicine and the power of the Constellation.’

Even the power of the Constellation is not omnipotent.

If you just used healing magic while leaving the rotten area alone, there was a risk of the wound festering or worsening.

She made up for those shortcomings with her knowledge of modern medicine.

“You seem quite used to using the scalpel?”

“I used to be a nurse outside. Thanks to entering the operating room often, I knew how to use the scalpel.”

A nurse.

Even if she was in the operating room, she would never have held the scalpel directly.

It was thanks to a lot of practice based on past memories that she was able to perform the treatment as she does now.

Indeed, she was a talent that Marbas would have liked.

“When do you think he’ll recover?”

“I can finish the physical recovery within two days, but I can’t guarantee when he’ll wake up.”

Lee Ha-neul spread a thick liquid widely on the man’s wound as she answered.

It didn’t seem to be a potion, but rather a kind of ointment made by grinding herbs.

That must be what she was making at the table.

“Well, I guess the shock must have been great.”

“Anyway, there are no battles or patients right now, so I’ll take care of him until he wakes up.”

“Thank you.”

“It’s nothing. I suddenly felt like I was floating because there were no patients.”

The man is a key figure who knows what will happen in a month.

He is that important, but that doesn’t mean Se-un can keep watching him.

But she said she would take care of the man first, which was welcome news for Se-un.

“Is there anything you need? I think you were making medicine.”

“Ah, I was just looking for some local herbs because I felt like I was playing around without any patients. If it’s okay with you…”

“You want me to get some herbs. Is that it?”

“Yes. I can’t follow everyone around, so I thought it would be good to make some emergency medicine.”

I wanted to borrow Mammon’s real treasures through the Treasure Vault of Greed, but that contract ended with the return of Durandal.

That was the nature of the contract from the beginning.

Of course, you can buy potions through the Contribution Store, but the potions in the Contribution Store are more expensive than you think.

This wasn’t a game.

Potions were precious and expensive items, called the second life.

First aid using herbs may be less effective than potions, but it would be enough for emergency measures when there is no healer nearby.

‘Come to think of it, there seem to be quite a few herbs on that hill.’

One area of the 1st floor’s field came to Se-un’s mind.

As he was the one who stayed on the 1st floor until the last moment before the regression, he wandered around various areas of the 1st floor through the guide of the journey.

The place he was thinking of now was also one of those areas.

‘It would be much better to gather mana there.’

To create the fourth circle, you need not only excellent training methods but also a place suitable for training.

The number of mana required for the 1st circle was not very high, so it was okay to proceed roughly at the base, but what Se-un was trying to challenge now was a whopping 4th circle.

Like the Forgotten Hero’s Training Ground, if there is a place with abundant mana, the results of training will increase exponentially.

In that sense, the place Se-un is thinking of could be said to be the best training ground on the 1st floor.

“Okay, I’ll go get the herbs.”

“Really? Ah, just in case, it’s better to go with people…”

“No. I’m more comfortable alone.”

“Well, yeah. I know the Clan Leader’s power. It would be a hindrance even if we followed.”

“It’s not to that extent, but I have something to do there.”

“Something to do?”

“You don’t have to know that. Maybe a few days if it’s fast. It’ll take about half a month if it’s late.”

“It takes that long?”

“It’s not that the distance is far, but because of what I said I had to do.”

“Ah…”

Se-un was thinking lightly, but the 4th circle was by no means a light level.

If you don’t have a talent for magic, you won’t be able to reach it even if you train for the rest of your life, and even if you have a talent for magic, it may take decades depending on the degree.

Occasionally, there are those who are called geniuses who create circles in a few years, but that’s literally the case for geniuses.

What Se-un believes in now are only three things.

Mammon’s treasure, an excellent training ground, and the control of mana that he had dealt with all his life to survive before the regression.

That’s why he was able to say that it would be no later than half a month.

“If anything happens, tell Yoo Seo-ah. You can use the communication stone here too.”

“Okay. I’ll take responsibility for the patient and watch over him.”

“Then, I’m counting on you.”

He was a little out of breath from carrying a man on his back and running urgently, but Se-un’s breathing was surprisingly stable while talking to Lee Ha-neul.

She grabbed him, telling him to rest for a while, but Se-un didn’t.

‘One month. Within a month, I will not only increase my combat power but also find all the hidden pieces on the 1st floor.’

A month was not a very long time for Se-un.