Warlock of Oceans: My Poseidon System

Chapter 72 Reward and Recovery

"Well, I'm sure you haven't. Nobody has ever lived to tell the tale of such a substance…."

The librarian's voice slowly trailed off, with the ringing of bells soon filling my ears, the power pulsating through my chest, adapting to my own body.

[You have completed the Side Quest: Live]

[Reward has been granted]

Suddenly, something seared into my mind and seared into the back of my hand, forming a jagged knife-like pattern that was painful but nowhere near as painful as being conscious while your entire body was torn apart.

"Huff… huff… huff… huff… huff… A rune?" I heaved and then gasped for air yet again, sucking in as much oxygen as my lungs could inhale. "Oh yeah… that was the reward-"

…

When I awoke, I felt a jolt of pain run through my spine, disabling me from standing up and forcing me to just lie there, my eyes wider than ever while staring up at the ceiling.

"Oh, you're awake," A man with heavy eye bags muttered before walking over to me.

He had buzzed, dark blue hair, a few piercings on his ears, nose, and lip, and finally, light-brown skin spread across his entire body.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that? You're paralyzed, what else?" He almost scoffed before pulling out a large needle that stuck straight into my tricep, but for some reason, I couldn't feel it all, even as he wormed it even deeper into my flesh. "You'll be fixed up in no time. For now, just stay there and rest up."

I felt myself go under once again, my consciousness completely slipping away and out of my grasp.

…

When I awoke again, I found myself still lying in the same medical bed as before, but this time I could move my body, but just barely.

My muscles, tendons, and even somehow my bones felt sore as I attempted to move around yet just as I was about to get out of bed, the same doctor from before walked over and pushed me back down onto the bed.

"What do you not understand about resting? Do you not speak English or something?"

"Petra… I have to go find Petra," I muttered, sweat dripping from the tip of my nose and soaking the tiled floor below.

"Oh, that's right. Reyna told me to tell you that they're searching for this… Petra. Anyways, it shouldn't be that hard to find them, especially since the mimic is stuck in this school. As long as it stays within our perimeters, it should be generally easy to capture it… although…" The man's eyes shifted in his sockets, eventually landing on me. "... I am worried as to how it managed to get in here in the first place. How did it slip past our various detection systems."

"Maybe you guys just suck…." I smirked as the man tucked me back in, and even though it looked like I ticked the man off, he still ended up doing nothing and just walked back over to his desk.

I turned over in my bed, allowing my right side to get some rest as my left side was feeling a bit better, but eventually couldn't help but whimper as a shock of electricity felt like it shot through my spine.

"Want more anesthetic? You got no medical record, so I can't really judge your tolerance unless you tell me…."

"Ugh…" I groaned before mumbling a few things, slowly talking over this situation with myself since I needed time to absorb everything that had happened.

Fuck the mimic and Petra… well, I do worry for her, but the shadow woman should be able to get the job done… it's just that side quest and what I had just experienced.

It felt like I was god for just a few moments… it was incredible yet frightening since I felt so much anxiety from tons of different sources.

"Speak up, kid. Do you want more because it seems you're already high as balls from the previous dose?"

"Oh, no more, no more," I muttered before grunting as I turned onto my back, staring up at the blank ceiling.

[Runic Skills: [Fingers: Water Strings] [Arm: Brand of the Controller]

I guess I should try it out once I'm out of here… but I also have to talk to Elora about something because the Trislee family may be connected to that temple of light.

It's very unlikely since there are multiple temples of light, and that one was completely destroyed, but it is possible that what I saw is connected to her legacy.

…

"How long has it been since I've stayed in here?" I asked as I slowly began to wake up and took a glance at the rising sun just outside the window.

"About a day now. You're not leaving any time soon don't even think about-"

"Do you allow visitors in here?" I swiftly asked since I would've been sad if my siblings didn't come to check up on me all while this was happening.

"Nope. You need to rest, and you will be resting. No need for visitors until they see you've fully recovered, alright?"

"Psh… Alright," I rolled my eyes since this dude had a fucking stick up his ass.

I get he's trying to do his job, but why not let me talk to others?

Only a few awkward minutes passed before the man walked over to me and handed me a fiber bar that was thick, gooey, and a bit disgusting.

"You'll need something that can slide down easily. Parts of your body are still paralyzed due to the mental and physical shock."

"You're not gonna ask me what happened?" I questioned while munching on the bar, taking a few hundred chews to even get this thing into a swallowable size.

I probably wasn't thirsty or didn't need water because of the IV in my arm, so I was a bit thankful for that as my throat hurt like a bitch, and just eating the fiber bar was horrendous.

"I do not ask why people come here. There are various reasons, and I don't even like to assume out of respect."

"Geez… you really have a stick up your ass."