Vol 10 Chapter 7 (2/2)

He had tried to catch theot close they would use ‘Protective Colouration’ which was similar to Stealth And the proble one or two Who kne many thousands of Bandit Foxes there were?

‘It is impossible I just have to collect it first before he foxes discover it’

“Okay, let’s go It is ti”

Ark ordered while Buksil and Lariette stood up with a sigh

“Now, Lariette-nim will search around here while Buksil will search to the north”

“But what if the thieves have already collected everything and we find nothing I would rather use that time to search for the laboratory The Forest of Life is quite wide so wouldn’t it take a long ti?”

“You never know”

Ark replied in a stern voice to Buksil’s complaint

“There redients hard to collect because they’re foxes”

“Hah…I think we have enough ingredients…”

“Food is plentiful now but there is no guarantee ill happen in the future Think about it I’ve already faced a situation when I’ve been exhausted froive up? I can’t let the!”

“We’re not like Ark-nim…”

Buksilthe forest when Ark glared at him

“We have to scrape as much as possible!”

Ark used those reasons and forced the two of theot for their efforts was back pain How much time had passed?

“Kyaaa, what, what the? Huk, go away!”

Lariette screa his sword in Lariette’s direction Then she ca wrapped around her head

“Hik, s-stop! Don’t hit me!”

‘Eh? That guy is…?’

The person hanging onto Lariette was an acquaintance (?) It was an NPC resein peddler he rescued from the Predator the other day Lariette had mistaken him for an insect type monster

“Lariette-nim, wait a minute!”

Ark stood in front of Lariette and blocked her Reid moved his head away and saw Ark

“Y-you are?”

“It is Ark We met once before”

“Oh, running into so me Help me!”

His eyes were bri with tears as he spoke

“Don’t worry I’ to attack anymore”

Ark looked at Lariette and smiled bitterly The one who had turned pale with fear was Lariette Of course someone like her would be scared of an insect like creature In fact, it was the first tie to kill But Reid just shook his antennae and said

“No, no It’s not that My entire family is clan is about to die”

“Huh? Clan?”

Reid explained the situation while crying

“You know that we are peddlers When an adult starts peddling, they don’t get to nate a place to travel to and meet once a month The reason I was in the vicinity before was because this forest had been designated as theplace Then…then…yesterday I’ve arrived at the ”

“Suffering?”

“Yes, all of the I hastily made several medicines but it had no effect It’s obviously a h they are sick, they’re still holding on to their lives…… So I started searching for people who could help Do you have ways to treat such diseases? Middle earth should have advanced techniques to cure diseases You’re from middle earth”

“……”

Ark turned and looked at Lariette It should be a technique sied to an Innocence Knight, she happened to learn ‘Disease Recovery’ But Lariette had an uneasy expression and said in a worried voice

“Ah, Ark-ni to help this insect?”

Of course he would help Why? In order to get a reward

‘Isn’t Reid’s faht not have that et some items for my summons from Reid’

It was difficult to obtain ite shops in the valley village There were items like the ‘Umma’s Sap’ but the nu of peddlers The opportunity to take advantage of such a department store couldn’t be missed Ark replied with a serious expression

“Lariette-nih he looks like an insect Reid is still a resident of the NetherworldThe heart which regards their fanore a patient just because of their looks then isn’t it discrimination?”

Lariette gasped at Ark’s speech

“Thank you, I never expected that you would regard the Galgin clan like that!”

‘This bastard insect, why is he holding my hands? I’ll have to use some hand disinfectant’

It was i touched by an insect Anyway, he just had to pretend for the moment

“B-but……”

“I believe that Lariette-nim is not one of those people”

Ark looked at Lariette with a trusting expression After looking at Reid’s eyes, she couldn’t bear to refuse even if she felt disgusted

“Phew, I understand”

‘Huhuhuhu, another free quest!’

Ark inwardly grinned wickedly An Innocence Knight had various kinds of recovery ic so it should be settled without any difficulty When they accepted, a eappeared in front of Ark and Lariette

Galgin Clan’s Disaster

After a month, Reid and the other peddlers in his clan met in the Forest of Life But when Reid arrived, his clan was suffering from an unknown disease Help identify the cause of the disease

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‘They are still cockroaches’

After a while, Reid guided Ark towards theplace When they arrived there, he noticed that they were plenty of cockroaches gathered Just like the naested, the Forest of Life was a forest full of vitality When walking around, there was plenty of lush greenery and warathered had a so trees everywhere with the Galgin scattered around Just like Reid said, the situation seemed quite serious

“Ooooh, c-cold…somebody…”

“Mama, Mama…stomach hurts…sob……”

“Huk…uts are twisted…”

There was the sound ofeverywhere So fro The terribly sick appearance of the Galgin clan made Lariette pale and she hid behind Ark in terror When he arrived at the cain was in tears

“Great-grandfather, great-grandrandfather, aunt, uncle, cousins…!”

All of the cockroaches were Reid’s fanore the proliferative capacity of the cockroaches

“Darling, my sons!”

Reid went crazy and ran towards his family

“D-Daddy…It hurts”

“Ooh, really? Don’t worry though Believe in your father I found someone to help you Those people will surely make you feel better”

Ark looked at Reid with a stupid expression

……He had a wife and children? Anyway, Reid’s wife…the cockroach struggled to raise her body

“P-please…no matter what happens to me, my children…”

“What are you saying? You should never give up!”

Reid ran to her and embraced her

“You have to live no ive up!”

“Darling…”

Uhh, it was truly ascene If only they weren’t cockroaches

‘In reality, I’ve killed plenty of cockroaches every day and they keep on … Well, that would solve the problem but…’

Ark could even be kind to cockroaches for a quest

“Don’t worry, you will soon regain your health”

“Ohh, Ark, Ark! Please”

Reid clung to Ark and begged

“Yes, it is my mission”

Ark looked at Lariette quickly while talking In fact, there was nothing that Ark could do Ark’s only healing skill was Nursing But Nursing was only an auxiliary skill It was possible to extend the life but it couldn’t treat illness On the other hand, the Innocence Knight’s ‘Cure Disease’ wastowards the cockroaches She seemed a little bit afraid but spread her hands and chanted

“Holy God, please get rid of the illnesses that dwell in this bodyCure disease!”

The body of the cockroach was engulfed in a white light

‘Huhuhu, it’s over Nohat reill I get?’

Ark was celebrating Then Reid unexpectedly shook his antenna and said

“…What is this? There’s no change”

“Yes, the disease is…huh? What is this?”

“Look at the eyes I don’t knohat you did but there was no effect”

The symptoms of the female cockroach didn’t improve at allThe body ren that the health recovered at all Lariette had a puzzled expression

“I-it should have worked…have you perhaps been cursed? Remove Curse!”

But the result was the sameShe tried all sorts of cure diseases, release curse and even buffs but the state did not change Meanwhile, the sy for breaths Ark was distressed and used Nursing

“Find your energy Will the Galgin clan of the Netherworld be taken out this easily? You shouldn’t collapse in a place like this because of some disease”

The ‘Nursing’ had an effect The cohtly When Lariette used recovery ic in this state, the health that had dropped to the botto that happened The coic could only slon the disease but nothing more

‘What the hell? They’re ill but why does the treatment to cure diseases not work?’

For the moment, Ark and Lariette went around the ca and recovery ic However, the fact that the cockroaches were still hurting was troubling There were too many and it took one hour to recover to help all the cockroaches The crisis had been averted for theappropriately then they shouldn’t die But it was just a temporary solution

“What now?”

Lariette looked around restlessly She shook her head and sighed

“Maybe it’s because inner level I don’t use ‘Cure Disease’ or ‘Remove curse’ that often But I have no more skill points…”

She transferred her gaze to Ark Ark couldn’t think of a good idea If he used Nursing then he could prevent the illness fro But he couldn’t just stay here to extend the lives of the cockroaches forever Even if he stayed until Lariette’s ‘Cure Disease’ skill reached intermediate, he would’ve invested too much time into this quest

‘I have to give up this quest’

Ark sighed and shook his head

“I’m really sorry We can’t do any more”

“Ah, ah, Ark! Ah, don’t It’s a request A bit more, a bit more! There must be some way Do you understand? I don’t have the tiive up then ood I’ll do whatever you want but please don’t give up!”

Reid cried and hung onto hi He also wanted to complete the quest for the rewardWasn’t that why he had spent an hour using Nursing? But as he supposed to do now? Ark started to become annoyed at the insistent cries

“Stop it Can’t you see that there is no way to solve this?”

…It was at that time

He suddenly felt goose-bumps all over his body and sat down

‘What the? This feeling is…?’

Ark felt perplexed at these incos Why had he suddenly felt so uneasy? While Ark was looking at Reid, he suddenly recalled a surprisingly memory He suddenly realised why he felt so unpleasant as he thought back to the past!

-We did our best

-There is nothing more we can do

-You should prepare your heart for the worst

The voices rang inside his head like thunder Yes, those were all words that Ark had heard from other peoples’ mouths The doctors had said those words when his mother was in the ICU It was like that They said so Their faces had no sign of apology or pity as they straight up told Ark As long as they received money, it was not their responsibility……they seemed like they had no interest in the subject as they spoke about death so easily

Did the doctors have any idea of the despair they made Ark feel then? The despair of that still was still like a cold knifes stuck in his heart He would sohtmares of that event When his otten about that incident but noas ignited again in his heart

‘But now……’

Noas talking with the same voice and expression as those doctors His eyes showed no concern about the Galgin’s lives The only eret that the quest couldn’t be completed He had talked so easily about his family’s death in front of Reid

Ark becaame or reality wasn’t important

‘The i…I know the pain too well…yet I dared to say such words so casually It was me, not other people……’

Then Lariette spoke to Reid in a tearful voice

“You know, Ark-ni we can do”

Ark interrupted in a low voice

“…I haven’t finished”

“Huh? Ark-nim?”

“I……still haven’t tried my best”

“What are you saying…?”

Ark kneeled beside Reid and took his hand

“That’s right You are correctReidI haven’t tried ive you a definite answer on whether I can cure the disease I don’t know if I can cure it But I proether”

Yes, these words! They were the words Ark wanted to hear when he was in the ICU Dangerous He ht have to prepare his heart…… Ark didn’t want to hear those words

He stood in front of the ICU doors all night waiting to hear the right ones…he just wanted to hear a sincere word Anyone was fine Even if it wasn’t the surgeon, a resident as there for training would’ve been fine He just wanted someone to have more interest in his mother If that happen…Ark wouldn’t think that the hospital was a place that devoured money

“Ah, but Ark-nim…”

Ark replied in a decisive voice

“I’m really sorry I know that Lariette-ni to abandon them I will hold their hands even if they become corpses”

Lariette was puzzled by Ark’s firely after a brief moment and nodded

“I……what should be done?”

“It is ineffective but please continue to use Cure Disease If it really is because Cure Disease is too low then you have no choice but to raise the proficiency I will continue to use Nursing while investigating a different direction”

“Yes, I understand”

So began a fierce fight against a disease

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