49 The Panacea (1/2)

The burning didn't subside, and I felt like I was melting. If anything, it felt like the heat was being turned up in my body. Everything was hot like flames are licking up my whole entire body.

My grip on the scissors loosens and I let them fall to the ground. I felt my stomach clench, it felt like someone was twisting my guts. Coughing more blood bubbles up and runs out of my mouth.

It splatters over the tan tiled floor. I felt dizzy as I look at the ground, but in that next second my body tetters forward and slams into the tan tiles of the floor.

”Hollis!” Clemente shouts. He releases his weapon and comes over towards me and quickly scoops me up into his arms. His body felt chilled like ice, while my body was burning like molten lava.

”Shit! You're burning up Hollis,” he says pressing a hand to my forehead. He quickly waves his hand a shimmering blue vial appears in his hand.

Flicking the lid off the top of it, he brings it to my mouth. ”Drink this,” he says shoving it practically down my throat.

I don't resist and drink the blue liquid that smells like mint. It was freezing as it slides down my throat, it was thick, and I wanted to spit it up. But he covers my mouth and forces me to swallow the blue content of the vial.

[Panacea Consumed]

[Cleneasing all ailments, healing all damage]

I felt my eye bulge at the screen. He'd used a panacea potion on me. That was crazy, why did he use at?!

This was a high-level healing potion that could literally grow back limbs that had been cut off.

”It'll be okay now, big brother got you,” he says warmly as he rubs a hand over my head.

The burning in my body managed to cool down, and all the other bruises and cuts healed up. But even with the potion, the burning was still mildly there.

「HP +500」

「Insanity Points -27」

「Insanity Point [6/100] 」

「Panacea is unable to cleanse all the negative effects. Insanity has been reduced however it's unable to be completely removed. It will accumulate and can be cleansed with healing magic, and other high-level potions aimed at removing negative effects. 」

Even with the Panacea, it didn't completely remove the insanity points that I'd accumulated! Just what the hell had that damned Goddess give to me. Everything that she'd given to me had some sort of negative drawback and effect. Looks like even if she gave me something, I'd have to pay a hefty price to use it.

It looks like I'd have to regularly consume potions to keep the points from reaching a tipping point. If that was the case, then I'd have to be careful.

Damn Goddess, her gifts aren't gifts at all they're curses! The negatives outweighed the positives!

It wouldn't be a stretch to assume that this Goddess wanted me dead to some extent. Had I offended her in some way? Or maybe she was just bitter that I'd been born as a Vampire in this life and not as a human?!

It wouldn't be a far stretch to assume that she'd be that petty.

「Trainee War Empress Deactivated 」

「Person of War Deactivated」

With that screen, the slight burning that I could still feel completely subsided. Everything felt normal after those had been deactivated. It seems that the negative effects of the insanity wouldn't flare up unless those were activated.

I'd have to check out the information on them and see just how I accumulated insanity points, to begin with!

”Hollis, how do you feel?” He asks pressing his hand to my head again.

A look of relief passes over his face as he lets out a breath, he'd been holding in.

”Better,” I say with a nod.