Vol 10 Chapter 8 (1/2)
ACT 8 Ark’s Responsibility
One idea could change the world It was a commonplace phrase in CFs but it was certainly true When his heart changed, Ark was immediately determined to help the cockroachesTheir appearance didn’t ious wars, and even bullying were all social issues that occurred differently But that all occurred frousted by touching the Galgin’s hands and feet anyhts of a quest reward Ark examined the patients like hoped a doctor would Then he wondered about new questions that he never considered before
‘There’s soe’
There were approxiathered in the camp But they all had different symptoms
‘They should have the sain are showing over 10 different types of symptoms It isn’t just some simple symptoms but a mixture of them So it must not be a simple disease There must be some other reason’
Ark decided to interpret the events in a different direction In the world, there was no effect without a cause The Galgin beca the forest so they ht’ve evoked the disease Ark asked the patients what they did after entering the forest
“Forest…after co unusual…huk huk huk”
“Anything is good It is important so please describe in detail”
“Just…as always…gathered to celebrate…ate so after…one by one we started feeling sick…”
‘Ate some food?’
Ark eagerly asked again
“Did you use any different ingredients?”
No… The ingredients here are scarce…we used a few obtained here…but we mainly ate e normally do…”
‘I got it wrong?’
Ark thought they ain, they were professional travellers so the Galgin should be quite experienced with ingredients They wouldn’t blindly eat redients found in a forest
‘But therethat tricked them so I should check it out’
“Where is the place you obtained the ingredients?”
“We couldn’t get any proper ingredients near this area…so ent far away…fortunately…we found a few near the river…we redients… Just head in the direction of that large tree…”
“Lariette-nim, wait here for a while”
Ark left the patients with Lariette and Buksil and went to find the river
“Dedric, head towards that large tree and look for the river”
“I’ve found it”
After a while, Dedric ca and directed him towards the river It was a rainbow river comredients near the river The foxes had a keen sense of srew Ark was patient and finally found one
“Let’s have a look shall we? Ingredient Identification!”
Asatarod
An edible grass which grows naturally on the riverbank The roots and leaves can be eaten and it can be used as a spice
“Was it a useless thought?”
Ark sighed and shook his head Then there was a lively sound as an inforain
The advanced effects of ‘Ingredient Identification’ had obtained further information
The Asatarod you are currently holding has been deforrew beside a polluted river If a person with no resistance consumes it, the fatal symptoms of headache and fever will be displayedHowever, the Asatarod can also be used as aon the processing method you can extract a medicine to treat the symptoms caused
When Ingredient Identification became an advanced skill, there were no additional effects He never paid it that ht that it would help in this manner
“What the, polluted river?”
Ark obtained soain
Polluted River Water
Water froh the Forest of Life, which can be used to make foodAdvanced Additional Information: It looks like ordinary water but a closer look shows that it has been polluted with an unknowntoo inable, and the level of conta flora and fauna
“As expected, there was a problein ate”
Ark was convinced of his reasoning after investigating And he was able to guess the reason for the Galgins’ multiple symptoms The river had numerous cheood or bad for the body And the plants growing around the river would be deforins had learned advanced Ingredient Identification then they probably wouldn’t have eaten such dangerous ingredients But the ingredients looked like normal ones so they just used it casually in their food Therefore, the Galgin had aTherefore Lariette’s Cure Disease and Ark’s Nursing didn’t have an effect
‘Even so, the Galgin have food poisoning……’
The environment pollution was a more serious problem for them
‘Well, there’s a solution now that I’ve found the cause’
Ark recalled the inforredient Identification The river didn’t just have toxic cheoodand toxic ood medication Medicine could also becoood parts while neutralizing the toxins using the sa method Ark looked at the river with a serious expression He had figured out ait First, he had to investigate what ingredients the Galgin ate It was in order to determine the cause of the symptoms and how to treat it
‘Hopefully the Galgin will be conscious so I can question theure out how to make the medicine…’
The inforredient to obtain the medicine Soaked in water, dried, fried, steamed etc…there were nue aht methods one by one But that was a problem for the future
‘The urgent probleredient in order to research it’
Ark looked glooe But he couldn’t find any ingredients noHe barely gather one after 1020~30 would take
‘I also have to keep using Nursing on the Galgin so I can’t spend the whole tiredient Foraging skill is only at the beginner level so it would likely fail even if they find an ingredient’
Ark orried for a while before he thought of a method
‘That’s right It’s a little expensive, but it is possible with that skill’
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“Dedric, Razak Drive them out!”
“Understood, wooooo!”
Clack clack clack clack!
Dedric and Razak yelled wildly through the forest
“Lariette-nim, drive them out with Buksil!”
Lariette and Buksil were swinging sticks at the bushes on the other side Ark closed his eyes and concentrated everything on his hearing After a while, he heard the sound of so on leaves nearby Ark opened his eyes and raised his hand
“It’s near, Mind’s Eye!”
Then the eyeball ring on his finger rolled around and shot out sonic waves At the same time, there was a blurry picture where previously he couldn’t see anything There were Bandit Foxes disguised with Protective Colouration Even though it changed colour to cas, the foxes became surprised and ran away as soon as Ark headed towards it If someone approached it, the Bandit Fox would use its enormous speed to run away
That hy Ark was so worried about the Bandit Foxes
‘Huhuhu, it is still an animal despite its speed’
Ark grinned and laughed
Kaheong!
He heard the screams of the foxes after a few seconds When he turned his head, Ark saw that the Bandit Foxes was struggling with the vine wrapped around its body That’s right It was Nadingka’s fruit! Ark had spread Nadingka’s fruit around in advance in a similar method to land mines Then Dedric, Razak, Lariette and Buksil pushed the fox towards the ed to reduce its h it was still fast, he could now catch it
“That’s it, Sprint!”
Ark narrowed the distance
“De, Elemental Sword fire property, Flash!+”
He swung the sword covered with ghosts and fire at the foxes They were only level 100 And he increased his attack power using the skills But Nadingka’s fruit only lasted 1 hly likely that the foxes would escape This tie as much as possible
“Whew, it isn’t that difficult to catch them once I’ve made up my mind”
Fortunately, the foxes had low defense so he killed it with two shots
Ssak ssak, ssak ssak ssak ssak!
Radun jumped down and instantly ran to the fox’s corpse Just like Ark, Radun had also been stressed because of the foxes
“Radun, stop Move your body Noe have a few of them”
Ark returned to the ca the Bandit Fox’s bodies The camp already had the body of three foxes
“Altogether we have 6 This should be enough If there is too much then I’d be in trouble”
Ark gathered the bodies of the foxes together and looked at Razak Yes, that was the reason why Ark suddenly started catching them
“Razak, now it’s time to show the effect of your evolution Death’s Equations!”
Yes, it was the skill that Deimos learned after he evolved into Razak Ark had never used this skill so farThere was no reason to use it when it consumed some of Razak’s bones However, this tihed and demolished 6 ribs The ribs poas then sprinkled over the corpses of the foxes
Razak had offered his ribs to use Death’s Equations
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Due to ‘Death’s Equations’ the Chimera=Bandit Fox A, B, C, D, E, F has been resurrected The ‘Chimera=Bandit Fox’ will absolute obey every command while the spell is maintained But if Razak moves from his current location or loses concentration then the spell will be disabled
The bodies of the foxes trembled after the skill was activated It looked like so created But it didn’t matter as 50 of the health and stats were restored
“Okay, you will be nao around the riverside and search for ingredients But you can’t eat theathered food to me!”
Kung kung kung kung!
The zombie fox unit saluted and ran to the riverside It hy Ark hunted the Bandit Foxes Even with 50 of their stats, it was equivalent to Ark’s speed when he used Sprint They also had a keen sense of sredients In other words, the foxes could run around constantly at Ark’s fastest speed to gather ingredients That was the key point Well, he had to sacrifice 6 of Razak’s ribs but……It would only take a couple of days to restore again
Anyway, the six foxes ran around gathering ingredients They scoured the river for ingredients
“That’s it, now I just have to wait”
Clack clack…clack clack clack…
Razak had been deprived of his ribs and sat miserably in a corner of the camp
Kung kung kung kung!
A fox carasp it so the fox had to bring them back one by one Sometimes they would come back wounded They were branded as traitors by other foxes and occasionally attackedBut the foxes had absolute loyalty to Razak and diligently carried the food away
‘Hredients isn’t that efficient By the way, I’ them wounded’
Ssak ssak? Ssak ssak ssak ssak!
When Radun saw the foxes, it stared at the coldly before running up and squeezing the from Ark On the other hand, Buksil was terrified when he saw the scene
‘Scary, he really is the God of exploitation It isn’t enough to use our bodies to scrape ingredients…… Now he’s using the Bandit Foxes as well If they don’t listen to hiredients then he’ll probably just kill theet away from that person even when dead’
Thus, Ark planted a new for redients gathered
“Lariette-ni anything out Buksil, write down everything I tell you on a notepad”
“Huh? Yes!”
Faced with the thought of discipline, Buksil approached holding a notepad
“Now let’s begin”
Ark had been resting while the foxes gathered the ingredients and now he burst into action He started with identifying the ingredients
“Ingredient Identification!”
Karantatura
A rows in the riverIt can revive the body when added to soup
Advanced Additional Inforrown in the polluted water and has been contaminated with a lethal toxin If a person with no resistance eats it, strong sores will attack the body If purified in a special way, you can extract a soothing anti-inflammatory medicine
As he guessed, all the ingredients in the river had been contaminated The cockroaches who ate it with their food had no choice but to receive food poisoning Now Ark needed to figure out what food they mixed it with
‘If I coredients then I will figure out the answer The problem is how to extract the medicine’
Ark took several equipredients and tried a variety ofit in water etc and then checked with Ingredient Identification while Buksil wrote the results down There were hundreds of ingredients but he stayed patient while testing our everyit
‘If I give up then the 50 Galgin will die!’
He felt a co medicine would feel After 8 hours, Ark started to realise the best redients It wasn’t completely clear but he noticed a pattern
‘Well…if I put redients in pure water and soak for 30then the poison would be neutralized If stea would weaken the toxin If I baked it after boiling then wouldn’t the medicine be extracted?’
It was the first tiskill would auto redientsthe process It would be lucky if the processing of ingredients created a good dish With survival cooking, he would only know the results of the dish after eating it It ht also be stricken by poison Anyway, Ark just concentrated on researching the ingredients instead of eating it But he couldn’t lose himself in the work completely
“Ark-nim, it is time for your rounds”
Lariette said after checking the status of the patients While he was researching, the Galgins’ health was still falling thanks to their illness So Ark had to occasionally stop his research to go around and use Nursing
“My studies have progressed so please have courage Once I’ve treated you then you’ll becoain”
Fortunately they held up but the Galgin were getting thinner every hour But the Galgin noticed Ark’s sincerity and thanked him every time
“Yes, thank you”
“We will believe in Ark-nim”
“I’ll have no regrets even if I die”
Ark felt pained every time he heard such words No es would overlap with his ratitude every time a doctor showed her kindness
‘Yes, I can’t afford to be resting The patients will suffer while I’ure out the extraction methods faster’
Ark didn’t take a break and just headed straight back into work And he once again focused on researching the ingredients How much time had passed? In the meantime, Lariette had disconnected and then returned
A full day had passed Ark however stayed in the ga to even eat or drink so in reality Ark persisted even when he became dizzy Then Lariette spoke in a worried voice
“You’ll be in trouble at this rate Please take a break”
“No, I’m fine The work is almost over Please be patient…”
Ark didn’t even look around and just stared at his work Lariette looked at Ark with a complicated expression
‘I don’t understand That guy……what type of person is he?’
She couldn’t understand Ark even after travelling with hi him in the Netherworld Lariette was even more impressed after Ark ran to her rescue If a man’s dream was a beautiful woman, a woman’s fantasy was a man ould risk their life for her It didn’t e side to Ark At first, he treated her like every other e after entering a mentor and disciple relationshi+p In addition, he exploited Lariette and Buksil under the guise of teaching Of course, such an ier attention in her life However, she knew that their intentions weren’t ‘pure’ She was a woman, but she only received attention because of her looks Even after co his actions, she never saw those intentions in Ark Therefore Lariette felt that it was convenient to be with Ark No, she felt iht her coood ied today
‘How can someone do all this for an NPC? I didn’t want to help because I was disgusted by their appearance……Ark-niht it was due to a quest reward, but……it’s not’
After working for a long tirasp people’s sincerity Despite what people told her, she could tell through their eyes and voices And it was obvious that Ark really wanted to help the Galgin Otherwise, he would not invest Razak’s stats for a quest reward He was different from the person who exploited her and Buksil
‘I don’t understand What is Ark-niht me combat skills? When he exploited us? Or in?’
In Lariette’s head, Ark was increasingly beco a person who she couldn’t understand
‘Anyway, Ark is a much more affectionate person than he seems’
The answer she ca……was no answer But she just looked at Ark and laughed
‘Yes, I honestly like this ood in front of a wo the raduate froe? He treats the patients skillfully’
It was really different……once again she had misunderstood
Anyway, she couldn’t endure like Ark so she disconnected and went to sleep The next a while holding the ed in research She deliberately got up early but Lariette had nothing to do so she just sat on the side and watched It was a so around
“Well, it would be better with his original face…”
Lariette hed It was at that time
“Hahaha! That’s it, that’s it! I’ve finally found the inforredients
Ark suddenly jumped up and yelled excitedly Buksil was shocked and picked up the ic projector
“Huk, what, what the?” “Ark-nim, it’s over?”
“Yes, I’redients! All I have to do is adjust it for the patient and feed them I’ll start treatredients”
“…Ark-nis under your eyes”
Ark had stayed up 32 hours and his complexion was like the zombie foxes But Ark just shook his head
“I won’t be able to sleep if the Galgin is suffering after I’ve finished my research I’ll be able to sleep much better if I treat them first”
Ah, wasn’t it a wonderful sight? Ark had alanted to act like a doctor
“Okay, that was terrific!”
Buksil filave hi And soon the huan Ark approached a patient with a calm expression and said
“Now, please tellout”
“I have a splitting headache……and my whole body is itchy because of boils… I can’t s food and water without vo…”
“That’s right The ‘dried powder made of Rarona seed’ will treat the headache while the ‘steamed toxic Urana roots’ will treat the boils Your sto the food so you should eat the ‘Kalpana leaves’ which has been soaked in pure water for 24 hours”
Ark redients into his pot He used the pure water Buksil obtained fro Survival Cooking The smell of herbalwas that even though it 100 treated the Galgin’s injuries, it did not is from the soup and fed it to his patient
“Oh,to feel better”
“Some of your symptoms will disappear instantly If you take thesymptoms will clear up and you will recover immediately Nohat are your symptoms?”
Ark listened to every patient’s symptoms and administered theup When Ark heard the syin’s illness disappeared
“Wow, this, unbelievable……!”
“So one in a flash!+”
“Daddy!”
Reid’s wife and children beca froins’ eyes were focused on Ark
“It’s all thanks to Ark-nim!”
“Ark-nim is the most skilled doctor in the entire world!”
“I just coredients”
Ark in instantly shook their heads
“Don’t say that We are not blind Everyone sa hard Ark-niht and constantly studied the ingredients”
“We were able to endure because we could see Ark-nim If it wasn’t for Ark-nim…ould all…huk…thank you very much
The 50 Galgin bowed and expressed their gratitude The campsite suddenly became a place with a lot of activity
“Wow, it’s a very human documentary!”
Buksil was also shedding tears while filic projector
“Master is so du to all that effort to save some cockroaches…sniff”
Dedric e flashed in front of Ark with a cheerful sound
After studying the ingredients deeply, the rating of ‘Survival Cooking’ has risen
Survival Cooking (High Grade, Passive): After deeply studying the ingredients, you have reached a new level of cooking Now you can draw out the effects of ingredients by 100 and change the effect through various secret ingredients In addition, the redients then while the associated penalties will also increase