Chapter 203 (1/2)

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at 30th of July 2019 12:50:07 PM

Chapter 203

Joseph grabbed a book with a cry of delight . He had found what he was looking for! This book contained the runic language of the gnomes, with commentary on comparisons with the elvish runes . Grinning, he turned to tell Stella .

'Joseph! I need you over here now!' cried Joe .

(THERE IS AN INCOMING MESSAGE FROM YOUR FATHER: GET HOME NOW!)

Joseph didn't hesitate, noting Stella's look of concern . She must have sensed Joe's distress before he did .

PLANEs.h.i.+FT .

The city was in ruins . Joe had obviously been working on fixing the damage from the attack, but Joseph had to replay the last twenty minutes to see what exactly had happened .

NURKONG had sent his lesser G.o.d Destruction, to try and destroy the kingdom . The clouds had rained acid, hail, blood, flaming boulders, and pestilence . Hordes of bugs had descended and eaten the crops, the animals that could seek shelter had, though many lay dead in the fields . Houses were destroyed, people were in a panic, and the castle was heavily damaged . Joe was using the power of the generator to fix most everything, casting ma.s.s level spells . He had already brought the people back from the dead and healed them, and was just finis.h.i.+ng restoring buildings, when he arrived .

The problem wasn't the animals or crops, the poisoning of the land and water, or the ma.s.sive numbers of dead everywhere . The problem was his mom . She had been in the garden when the attack occurred, and the healers were having difficulty stabilizing her . The ma.s.s heal didn't affect her .

Joseph teleported to her side, pus.h.i.+ng one of the doctors away to see her better . Her eyes were dilated differently, telling him she had a brain injury . She wasn't conscious, so she couldn't say where she hurt, though a quick glance told him that many of the bones in her body were broken . She must have been hit in the head, fallen, and been pummeled by the hail and boulders . Her clothes were streaked with blood and scorch marks .

A few quick spells had her clothes removed and the area clean, but they did nothing to her . Gritting his teeth as he gathered all of the memories he had of medical practice without magic, Joseph did everything he could for her . Sterile needles delivered an IV drip, and bandages splinted her broken bones and immobilized her . Joseph sat heavily next to her bed, gently touching her broken hand . His father had watched from the background as he worked, not getting in his way .

The medical teams that had responded to the emergency had watched as well, taking notes on what to do when magic wouldn't work . They didn't know that an opportunity like this would ever occur again, and were taking full advantage of it .

Joseph glanced up as his dad sat down on her other side, gently touching her swollen cheek . She was having trouble breathing, with all of the swelling that was going on, and Joseph feared there may be something he had missed . His a.n.a.lyze spell wouldn't work on her, so he couldn't swear there wasn't something else he needed to do .

'Joseph, the animals are getting sick, laying down and dying . There seems to be some disease making its way through everything,' said Joe, in his head .