Chapter 234: Never Waking Up (1/2)

Ed undid the bindings surrounding the door to the son of Alexander. But, before he opened the door, he created a small barrier using his Telekinesis. He guessed how the poison affecting the man inside may have turned into fumes, being the reason why the room was so tightly shut.

Helena kept looking back towards Ed as he opened the door. Doubt, confusion, hope, and finally, longing. She longed to her family, and the happy life she led, just two years ago. She turned her face and started to lead Merry to her ailing mother.

As Ed guessed, some poisonous fumes did indeed fill the room. Suika, being a poison slime by origin, had no issue with the fumes. But, Ed had no way to defend against it, so he relied on his Telekinesis and Wind magic to trap the fumes in a sphere. He approached Alexander's son and got a good look at him.

Unlike Helena, who had amber colored hair, close to red, and golden eyes. The man had thin golden hair and seemed to be well built. Ed couldn't confirm it, only guess, as the man seemed to be quite malnourished. Be it the fact that he was in a coma, or the poison's doing, he was in a bad shape.

The man was lying in a bathtub-like object, with medicinal herbs floating around. His complexion reflected his perilous state, as the poison seemed to be filling every vein he had in his body. He was dying.

”Seems like we don't have much time left, we need to act immediately. Suika, you have any ideas?” Ed didn't really know how to treat the man. He didn't have many Healing cards left, and he wanted to keep them unless it was imperative. Thus, he turned around to ask the opinion for the medical expert in his party.

”Uhm, I can try to suck the poison out while healing him, Suu. But, I don't know if I can do it without injuring him, Suu!” Suika answered him while jumping lightly. She spoke in a low voice as if she was afraid of waking up the poisoned man.

”How would you injure him?”

”I'll need to look around his body for poison, so I might end up tearing a vein, Suu! However, if the poison is in an obvious position, I can do it without a problem, Suu!!” Suika jumped a little stronger this while raising her hands in the air. She seemed rather excited about saving someone's life.

”I see. Then, if I guide the poison upwards, you'll be able to do it without any problems?” Ed asked one last question to confirm their next course of actions. He didn't forget to monitor the poison fumes exhaled by the man.

”Yes, Suu!”

Ed and Suika jumped to action. Ed deactivated his Berserk skill, freeing one of his extra brains from its effect. Although he couldn't use that brain for 24 hours, he didn't need it. With two brains, it was enough. He didn't need power this time, but precision and accuracy.

Ed injected the man with a wave of his KI. The KI acted as a probing device, searching through the body for any hurtful substances. It didn't take long for him to find out the clumps of poison inside the man's body, and he was shocked at their number.

'You must have fought your hardest for your family. Much like how your father did for his conviction' Ed thought to himself as he entered step two.

After finding out the position of the clumps, Ed now needed to move them. He injected another, more powerful, wave of KI. The KI wave split and spread throughout the body of the man, each part attacking a poison clump. Due to the quality and quantity of Ed's KI, even though the poison tried to fight back, he managed to overwhelm the clumps. He drove them as far up as he could and marked their position in his head.

”Suika, you can find the poison here, here” Ed pointed at the position where Suika needed to tackle.