36 Chapter 37: Rematch (1/2)
After the fight with the death knight, we decided to take another break before heading to the 10th floor and meeting the spider queen.
This was because I had completely exhausted myself while using a healing spell to purify a death knight.
”Hey, john” Said Ariel
”Yeah?”
The three of us began to talk as we laid down inside of the ice sphere I created using the little remaining magical power I had.
”When did you create the healing spell?” She asked
”I'd also like to know, and how did you do it? The holy element is exclusive to those who have undergone special training by the church.” Said, Serena
”Well... After our recent fight with the queen, I realised the weakness our party had. We're not that strong, so if we're going to be going to dungeons, then I'm going to have to do as much as I can to cover what we're missing.” I said
”Even if you say that...” Serena muttered
”I should go to a church though. Especially since I have this ability. About how I thought of it... There are 4 In short when you think about healing something. I learnt this in biology.” I said
”Bio-logy?” Said, Ariel
Oh crap, I accidentally said it out loud
”Y-Yeah, I-i recently gained a memory of being taught something called biology. Biology is the study of living organisms.” I said
”You've been taught a lot of things... I'm glad your memories are returning. You'll be able to find out more about yourself.” Said, Serena
It's an excuse but they seem convinced
”Y-Yeah, As I was saying, It's the study of living organisms. When you gain a wound like a cut and it starts to bleed. Within minutes or seconds, blood cells start to clump together and clot, protecting the wound a prevent further blood loss. This is called hemostasis, the first process which is to stop the bleeding” I said
Ariel looked slightly confused and Serena... I'm not sure
”I knew it was going to be complex but Seriously? Are you sure you're 12 years old? Who teaches all of this to a kid?! I'd like to meet your master one day.” Said Serena as she placed her hands on her face
”Y-Yeah...” I nervously let out
”John, you said blood cells start to clump together and clot, what are blood cells?” Ariel asked
Looks like she's paying very close attention.
”It's a cell produced when you gain a wound, It's mainly found in the blood. And a cell is the smallest unit of life,” I said
”Hm... I sort of get it, but at the same time I don't...” Said, Ariel
”It's fine, The concept of healing is hard, I practised it every day during the 7 days but I've only been able to make it strong enough to close cuts. Although that's probably because I haven't tried it on anything other than cuts. If I add enough magic I should be able to heal Severe wounds.” I said
”Y-Yeah, sort of, That's one way to look at it,” I said
”Mhm... What are the other 3 processes?” Ariel asked
”Well, We have inflammation... Then growth and rebuilding... and lastly Strengthening. And each has its process.” I said
As I named each process The fear on the faces of the two girls became more apparent
”John.” Serena
”Yes?” I asked
”Could you actually be a smart person?” She asked
Not really, Any kid my age from my previous world knows this. Although the me from the past might not have been able to remember the details as much as I can now... Did my memory get stronger after I reincarnated?
”Not really, What did you think I was?” I replied with an annoyed expression
”Nothing much.” Said Serena as she looked away
”Oi, Why did you turn your head? If you have something to say, By all means, go ahead.” I said
”John... Healing is a lot more complicated than I imagined... Do all people who have undergone training in the church know this?” Ariel asked
”I think not, They probably use chants like any other magician. My magic is concept, after all, it requires knowledge in exchange for power. The more you know, the stronger the imagination. The stronger the spell.” I replied
”I see... I... I want to become stronger... Strong enough to be able to help you, so that what happened today, never happens again... So i'll focus on improving my Control and understanding over the wind and fire element...” Ariel said
”Me too... I hate to admit it but I wasn't of much help in this fight... And you nearly died...” Said, Serena
When I heard what these two had to say, I couldn't help but smile
”But I didn't and it was thanks to your magic combo that we were able to win. I'm looking forward to it, I'll do my best to help you two become stronger.” I said with a smile
”Thank you.” They replied with a happy smile
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We rested for 5 hours before we decided to move on. I had replenished a moderate amount of magic and we charged up our magic stones with the stone of the 3rd-floor boss. The stone broke after but we were going to gain a better one after killing the spider queen.
Unfortunately, the Death knight didn't drop a magic stone, but i ended up putting his sword and armour into my tool box. I could feel that it was getting full, so the plan was to head back after killing the spider queen
We enterred the 10th floor and were greeted by an abundance of webs. There were webs all over the place just like last time. Rose cut the webs blocking our path with her sword, We should be able to cut them with ventus.
We walked along straight to the boss room, encountering a few spider monsters. They were spiders our size and were not friendly. We managed to easily cut them with ventus so they weren't much of a challenge, rather, the 9th floor monsters were more.
I guess the reason these monsters are considered stronger is because of their agility and poison attribute. Rose told me to never let either the spider queen or these monsters bite me. But thanks to that i brought poison antidotes in case of emergencies
After 30 minutes, we reached the boss room without any difficulties. I didn't use furtim this time because it was risky, if a spider did sense as as we walked passed and one of us got bitten, it would've been bad.
”Is everyone ready?” I asked as i placed my hands on the boss door
”Yeah.” They simultaneously replied with tense expressions
”I've recently realised but you two are often in sync, are you lost sisters?” I said as a joke to ease the tension
”I'd love it if ariel was my sister. She's so cute.” Said Serena as she hugged her
”Serenaaa, not now, we're supposed to get ready...” Said Ariel with an embarrassed expression
Those two really do look like sisters... Also, that's kind of cute...
”Fine... ” Said Serena with a saddened expression
”Alright, Let's go.” I said as i opened the door, while ignoring the cute moment that just passed
We walked inside and there was the Spider queen, in the middle of the room. The eggs from before were gone but there was a big web which blocked the path to the next floor.
”What happened to the eggs?” Asked Serena
”I burned them all last time, remember. The traces of our fight are gone so the room really did reset.”
The spider noticed us after the door entrance door closed. Unlike the previous one, which acted wary all the time, This one didn't seem afraid at all and began to charge at us. The size was the same and even the looks