169 Chapter 168 (1/2)
Leon thought that he was a pretty good teacher since he managed to teach Gisela in one month, something he had to practice for almost a year, but he was wrong. Teaching Heal was being far more complicated than he had imagined, and now some problems finally appeared. While Leon was feeling troubled, Sarah called him.
”Hello, Leon. Sorry for bothering you, but how are the process of teaching the Heal skill?”
”Slow... very slow.” Leon sighed. ”The survivors don't have much experience using mana so that it will take a while. Why do you ask?”
”Some leaders of the European Council are asking me rather constantly when you intend to teach their survivors how to heal wounds.”
”I see...” Leon sighed again. ”At this point in time, they may be thinking that we are trying to monopolize that skill. My hands… my hand is full with the survivors I have to teach here, but I guess we should let them send some survivors to see how difficult it is to learn that skill. You can also send some from New York, but you and the other should only send those who have some experience using mana. Otherwise, it will be a waste of time.”
”Okay, I will do that. Now, about the Caribbean Fighters. I decided to contact them since they are the nearest group of survivors. As expected, they are interested in becoming allies after hearing about Heal. However, it looks like they won't be able to help a lot unless we help them teaching Heal or fighting against the megalodons, they are suffering attacks from those beasts quite frequently as of late.”
”Like I said… it won't be easy to teach them that.” Leon said. ”What about the second option?”
”We can send a few soldiers, but none of them want to go because they are learning magic. Even if we contact other cities, we will hear the same thing. I know that you are trying to learn the spell to heal your body, so sending you is not an option. So, I thought that maybe if we could lend them the railgun would be the safest method to help them, but…���
”Yeah, I get it,” Leon said. ”It is not a good idea to lend such a weapon for a group that hadn't proved to be a trustworthy ally yet.”
”Yes, so I decided to send them a weapon that William thought of creating a few months ago. We called the Harpoon Shooter… even though we didn't manage to produce since we couldn't produce steel like before.”
”So, you want me to create it.” Leon nodded. ”That is fine by me, but I will only be able to build if I have the blueprint and every part detailed very well. However, I won't be able to mount the weapon.”
”That's fine, we will send a team of engineers, and they will tell you how everything needs to be done. I think ten of those will be enough to help the Caribbean Fighters and don't worry. The engineers will send the parts and mount the weapon. The problem will be the ammo, and I will need you or some of the survivors in Las Vegas to build the harpoons. The engineers will also transport those.”
”All right, I will select those who can create decent steel and make them do that,” Leon said. ”But I'm kind of curious how exactly those harpoons will kill such beasts.”