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Chapter 43
Chapter 43
Chapter 43
So, there’s no saving for him?
‘Nay? It honestly is quite simple. Thou needest not to overthink the situation. It is but a matter of time and money.’
Right, then, what’s the plan?
Honestly, I’m not too sure about the whole sewer thing, but tell me your thoughts.
‘Thou canst work thy poison but call it a medicine. Remember the seemingly ineffective poison thy possesses?’
Hmm...?
‘Hast thou forgotten of the poison thou hadst been using to create culinary delights?’
You mean the Mollifying Poison? It worked on steak, but would it cure Wayne?
‘A wart is only the manifestation of bacteria. Kill the bacteria and thou curest the man. The problem currently faced is how the wart is removed from one part of his body. However, the bacteria reclaim it soon after, bringing the him to square one. Thus, have him soak his whole body. Thou shalt produce the most condensed Mollifying Poison possible.’
... let’s try that then.
“Could you please get me a snorkel... something to breathe through while underwater? And if you could prepare me a bathtub please.”
“A-Alright!”
Rurika obliges and leaves the room.
“If it’s curable, then we shall try.”
“Then, for the next few days, please soak in the medicine I’ll prepare for you. If it doesn’t work, then I won’t ask for anything, so don’t worry.”
“I am no miser. I simply will not forgive anyone who cheats me.”
‘As well, he shall receive no healing or restorative magic. The warts and the bacteria would recover too.’
“It’s fine. If everything goes well, all I’ll ask from you is your thanks. Oh, and don’t use any healing magic on yourself either.”
I’m only using the strengths I’ve received from leveling up.
It’s not like I worked hard to earn anything.
I’m only doing what I can, so I don’t feel like I’m working for free.
I really hope it’ll work though.
Then, the attendant and Rurika shows me the bathtub and I fill it with concentrated Mollifying Poison.
“I do say, it really ain’t no trouble if all I have to do is to soak in the bath. Gah... it stings! Augh...”
“Sorry about that but hang in there.”
After a few hours of soaking, we stuck poultices drenched with Mollifying Poison all over his body.
I got him to repeat that routine four times per day while we stayed in their home.
While we watch over Wayne’s condition, we also began with some guild work.
But still... I can shake off my anxiety.
Everything I do goes well... too well.
Even then, I’d like to refuse this job. But since Veno says it’ll net me a whole lot of experience, I’ve got no choice but to see it through.
“So, this is the entrance to the sewers.”
I mutter in front of the stonework entrance to the underground located a distance away from the city.
Just in case anything unexpected happens, I have a hotline to the guildhall.
And because the poison would be a little too tough for them, I had Arleaf and Rurika be on standby and wait for me in town.
It seems like Wayne is quite famous in Lif’el and Rurika holds considerable sway over people.
“Muu!”
Of course, we could’ve hopped on down from the town, but the easiest way to navigate is from here.
They say before the town was founded, there used to be a cave. This sewer system was dug out of that cave and it seems to snake around like a labyrinth inside.
And because of magnetic fields, there was a time when it was a dungeon. Not so anymore though.
I can’t believe they would live above something like this, but that’s how it is.
“Alright then, shall we?”
“Mu!”
I light up Arleaf’s special monster-repelling incense and enter the sewers.
“Hey, this incense really works... the monsters aren’t getting close to me at all.”
Right after going in, I see a pair of eyes light up ahead of me and Veno investigates.
Poison Black Leather Rat
No surprise to find rats living in a dark place like this. There were rat monsters back in Nisua too... but seems like they’re different species.
I hear a quiet little squeak, squeak.
“Gotta light up a torch to get any farther down here, eh?”
It goes without saying that it’d be dark in the sewer. No choice but to guide my way through with a torch.
“Muu! Muu, muu!”
Muu suddenly jumps out in front of me, thumping its puffed-out chest.
“Mu!”
Then somehow... a soft light radiates from his cap.
It’s pretty bright. I’d say it’s just as bright as a torch.
“Muu?”
It tilts its cap looking at me, almost as if saying “How’s that?”
“Hey, good going. Thanks. I didn’t know you could do that.”
I check Muu’s status to make sure.
Muu
Mutated Myconid
Warrior
Level 27
Acquired Skills: Spore Scatter, Self-Regeneration, Stamina Recovery Rate Increase (Medium), Toughness, Mushroom Analysis, Mushroom Light, Subordinate of Poison-Wielder, Class change available, Warrior Sense, War Cry, Axe Mastery VI, Hatchet Crash V, Tornado Strike III, Bash III
I haven’t reviewed his status in a while, but it seems like he’s been quietly growing without me knowing.
‘Muu might have gained it by analyzing the grow in the dark mushrooms with its Mushroom Analysis’
I see... how convenient. Does it consume any mana or anything?
‘The wild mushrooms were simply bioluminescent. I doubt it expends much energy doing so.’
That really is convenient.
By the way, it seems like Muu is pinching its nose as hard as it can while shutting his cap-mouth tight.
It seems like Arleaf’s monster repellent works well on Muu too.
Not to mention that it shrieks when Arleaf cooks.
“Then, since I don’t need to wave a torch around... I’ll wear the pack on my back.”
I bought a backpack to store all the gear needed for today’s fight.
It’s not so much hard to lug around, but since it swings around quite a bit, it’s quite the hassle.
“I hope we don’t need to fight too much.”
“Muu!”
With that and a map in my hand, we began heading deeper and deeper into the depths of the sewers.