Volume 9 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5 : In the Cave

While inside the s hotter with fever

His already serious cold becaued

Physical ability is lowered by 62

You cannot use battle skills

Due to life and stamina decrease, you cannot move

You may experience dizziness

If not treated properly, you may die

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The Northern Province was much colder than the Central Continent Four out of seven days in a week it snowed, and a strong, cold wind blew The Valley of Death was even colder, so his stamina dropped to very low as he pushed hi

The Valley of Death Quest required the participant to not only fight strong ainst difficult weather too It was hard to endure even in a normal, healthy condition, but since he had this cold, his situation becaressed, and now he couldn't even move anymore

His forehead and back was already ith sweat He couldn't even control his shi+vering body properly

'I'ain'

Weed wanted to cry out

It's not like he was fighting deadly monsters, but yet he was about to die from a mere cold!

Normally, he would at least have been able to recover life with Avelon's holy reater chance of getting rid of the cold

But even that was ih”

Alveron was huddling in a corner, coughing

Just like Weed, he got the terrible cold and was on the verge of death

Even when you're a candidate for pope, a cold didn't look over you

'I' to die now'

Due to lowered vitality and life, he couldn't even raise a finger

Surrounding them was just ice and snow

They somehow found a cave near the Valley of Death and came in, but it didn't help ot terribly cold in such a place, they had no other way out but to die

Since his ill body would reed out it would make no difference It seemed like he could not avoid death

'I was careless'

Although he was filled with regret, it was not so he could undo

He used up all the herbs thatsoup in Morata town

'Now I can really do nothing'

Weed closed his eyes silently

The rocky ground felt as cold as a sheet of ice, and cold air came in froet worse

Hi hands and feet were already getting nuet sick so pathetic'

With his eyes closed, he looked back to his past

Ever since he was little he took any job for the sake ofin the street e, he would work anywhere as long as they took under aged e with friends of his age

Since it was illegal, the working conditions was the worst possible, and he never got paid on time

Still, because he worked over vacation without sleeping, he could gain a bit of money

But now he had a type of work that he have never done before, and by pushi+ng himself too ! Are you acting because you don't want to work?

”If you're going to work like this, then give up right now!”

The boss, who hadn't paid him his three weeks' worth of pay all over fro around his eyes, the boss never admitted that Hyun was sick

Back then he couldn't eat ood, and because of that he was always scolded on

Other e, whether big or small

”Useless one”

”Why should we use someone as brainless as him?”

”It's better to not have you here at all You only cause problems”

”You trash!+ Because of you we have eveninstead of working here”

He endured those countless snarling coet up and work if possible, but his body just couldn't move

But no one worried about hi, he curled up and cried in a corner where no one was It was very painful

After that day, he hated getting sick the most

To so sick was an unthinkable luxury But, he couldn't help but feel sad and pathetic when pain ca watery

'I'm as weak as the aritted his teeth and endured This tier

His body eak all over and his life status was still decreasing

He's alive so far thanks to his monstrous amount of endurance, but soon, he'll die

He just had to wait a bit for the nausea to die, and then he too will die coht away, a special skill activates as a blood necromancer

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Revival as Undead

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According to his level and skillto revive as an undead As an undead soldier who rules over black ic and the power of death

When he dies, at the least his cold will disappear

'I'll just have to level up and get masteries back up like a mad person for a while'

With his eyes closed, he waited for death

Without hunting or using his sculpting skill, this was first tihting or resting for life and sta a sculpture The reason for Weed's fast groas because of such focus and effort

But even as ti?'

Weed opened his eyes partially

His body ached all over and opening his eyes caused dizziness, but he wanted to check the situation

And now he could see the reason!

Seoyoon!

She disappeared to soht mountainous amount of firewood

'It wouldn't have been easy'

Around here, there isn't et firewood, she would have had to go through blizzards and walked far

Seoyoon stacked up the wood and lit the fire

As the surrounding air beca into his flesh

Seoyoon took out s it so often for cooking over an open fire

It is sold for 4 coppers in a general store, but it was dropped when hunting a fox near a castle It was solanced at Weed as if she was einner's iron can

Weed closed his eyes again

It was because his dizziness became worse as his body temperature rose

'Thirsty'

Weed had a serious thirst and lots of pain The thirst was due to the sudden burning heat of the fla touched his lip

'What is this?'

An unknown scent came from it

Weed opened hisdripped into his e

Using the cooking skill she had, Seoyoon hadWeed The problee was extre me that stuff!' Weed screa hiht! Plus, the porridge suess what she used to make it

'She put sencies into water along with se was made as if she tried to fry the smelt, but because she didn't clean the sly

The rice wasn't fully cooked either, and tasted terrible

Seoyoon was forcibly feeding Weed bad porridge such as this!

”Urgh!''

Even when Weed closed his mouth, Seoyoon opened his e in

If he had strength to speak, he would've stopped her

But Weed's diht before he died, so he couldn't speak even a word

After eating bit by bit, his hunger disappeared

It was a torture to eat, but his hunger and thirst was still satisfied

But Seoyoon didn't stop at just feeding it to him

Weed realized then

'Youto hi nicefor an opportunity! She was planning to torture th to resist,' Weed thought

He could do nothing but to regret the situation

In his defenceless situation, he had to endure Seoyoon's tyranny

The porridge she kept feeding hier approached Weed

'Let's just die I just have to die Then everything will be over'

Weed wished he could die now He hated suffering from fever and dizziness If he revived as undead, his level or skill mastery would fall, but at least he'll be more comfortable

But even if he wanted to die, he couldn't

'Someone please kill me'

Weed's cheeks were filled with food

Seoyoon fed hie It equalled four bowls full!

She fed hiht before he would explode froh, anyone wouldn't want to eat any hihtmare it was

Step Step Step

He heard Seoyoon walking towards Alveron

Because of the heat, he felt dizzy, but he could hear the sounds very clearly

Since it was the sound of the devil that was torturing him, he just couldn't help but hear it

Weed prayed 'Aman Alveron, you suffer a bit too' [Was 'Aman' supposed to be Amen?]

Even in such a situation, another'shis eyes a bit, he watched Seoyoon feeding Alveron her porridge

She carefully fed Alveron

Weed shi+vered

'Really cruel She's a devil in huuise'

Fro, Weed saw pure evil

The way how Seoyoonpoison

But, it didn't take that long to feed Alveron

She cooled the porridge by blowing on it when she fed Weed, but she just fed Alveron

And there wasn't much left either Weed was force fed almost two-thirds of the can, so Alveron didn't have to eat as et She wanted to torture e, he still had no strength left His fever and dizziness became worse

It orse than flu It took away the ability to move

If he had fallen in a place that was full of monsters, he would've died soon afterwards, but because he fell afterinto the cave, he didn't die as quickly

He recovered some life because he ate some food, but as if to prove that the cursed cold wanted to be stubborn, it only beca condition, Weed closed his eyes, unable to endure anyetting sick'

When he closed his eyes and rested, sleep overcaht that he'd die made hi anyway, he relaxed and fell asleep

If he wanted to, he could sleep in Royal Road

There wereto birds chirping

Virtual reality had many uses, but it was first ti to do, he thought sleep was a waste But that is why he dreamt a dream so sweet; a dream that no one would want to wake up out of

Someone nursed the sick Weed

She melted snow to make water, and put a soaked cloth onto his forehead

When Weed woke up from time to time froh he almost reached the end of his life, he didn't die Someone nursed Weed like a mother would her child

This someone was the most beautiful but also theafter Weed

When Yurin heard of Balon's request, she felt happy

'So this is the real quest!'

After building up the relationshi+p, she got a quest

Although the reasn't ht of her first real quest

”I will return this book for you”

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You have accepted the quest

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Carrying the book, she walked towards the river

Lights are turned on brightly