The Author's POV

"Does anyone have potions? Quick!"

I panicked when I felt Smallsnake's body and his heartbeat weakening. Feeling his body which was extremely hot, I knew that the situation was extremely bad.

'Not today!'

Pressing my hands against his chest, I started to move my body up and down as I tried to get the blood running through his body.

I was currently waiting for someone to give me a potion. Only a potion could save Smallsnake.

"Quick!"

I shouted out loud as I noticed Smallsnake's condition worsening.

"Here."

Thankfully, Amanda was quick to react as she handed me what seemed to be a small potion.

As I was in a hurry, I didn't get a proper look at the potion, but feeling the texture of the bottle, I knew that it was a really expensive one. I was secretly thankful inside my heart.

Pressing my hand against Smallsnake's mouth and opening it up slightly, I gently poured the contents of the bottle into his mouth.

Watching as the liquid poured into his mouth, I could feel sweat trickling down from the side of my face.

"Please work..."

For the first time in my life, I felt genuine panic as I waited for the potion to take effect.

I wasn't the only one panicking, as Ryan shook Smallsnake's body and moved closer to him. Tears had started to gather from the corner of his eyes as he hugged Smallsnake's body tightly.

"Please don't die, please don't die, please don't die…"

His voice was rather frail, evident that he was also in a similar state to mine.

Behind him, the others were also showing similar reactions as they anxiously stared at Smallsnake's body on the ground.

"Done."

Throwing the now empty bottle away, I slumped back and gazed in Smallsnake's direction.

'Please work.'

I thought to myself as I suddenly felt something press against my forehead, wiping some of the sweat away.

"Thank you."

Upon noticing Amanda standing beside me, I thanked her for wiping away the sweat on my side of the face.

"…It'll be okay. You've already done everything you can for him. All you can do at this moment is hope that he recovers."

She quietly reassured me as I felt her soft hand grasp mine.

"Huuu…"

I wasn't sure whether it was because of her sudden actions, or her calm demenour, but I slowly also started to calm down as I gratefully looked at Amanda.

"Thank you."

I once again thanked her as I shifted my attention back to Smallsnake.

'She's right, I've already done whatever I could for Smallsnake. It will be up to him from this point forward.'

Given that the potion Amanda had given me was a highly ranked one, I expected its effects to be rather quick, but as minutes passed and Smallsnake's condition didn't improve, my complexion started to sour.

"Did it not work?"

I weakly mumbled out loud as my head lowered.

My hand grasped at my clothes as a familiar pain engulfed my chest.

I couldn't quite describe what I was feeling, but it felt as though all the energy had been taken away from my body.

"Shit…"

cursed out loud, as I felt guilt creep up into my

Kevin's offer once I realized that something wrong was going on with the

I been more cautious, none of this

all the experiences I had, I should've known better to be

that my faults lied elsewhere, but these thoughts never stopped

"Smallsnake!"

was right then that Ryan's high-pitched voice rang in

"What happened?"

Smallsnake, the first thing I noticed was his twitching

"Move away."

I moved over to Smallsnake and placed my hand against

"...It's working."

pain that I had experienced dissipated and I felt a wave of relief enshroud my body as my shoulders relaxed and

"Thank god…thank god…"

as the others also

hugged his body and

his chest tightly, he

"Thank you..thank you…"

as I stared at Ryan

two of them must

look of utter pain on Ryan's face was an indication of how much he cared

a moment to study the faces of everyone present did I

"Thank god…"

slowly stood

"Where are you going?"

followed me from behind. Secretly wiping the corner of my eyes, I

I know that there isn't much time left. We should free

"...You're right."

as his face turned

three particular rooms, I looked at

is where Emma is located, and that's where Han Yufei is located. Do me a favor and open them up

didn't say anything for a couple of seconds. Just as I was

"Okay."

Angelica to come to him. On the outside, he appeared to be patiently waiting for

"As expected of him."

my head as I imprinted

"…He never changes."

***

Drip—! Drip—!

"Huuu…1035…huuuu…1036…"

sweat dripped down her face, Emma

her face, covering her eyes. Nonetheless, this did not stop her

"1037…1038…"

environment, Emma never once found herself out

she felt a lot more relaxed than back

to that place, this

was currently sealed, it didn't stop Emma from continuing to train her

one's body, the quicker their strength

rather simple. The stronger and more well-trained a body was, the more mana it could withstand, hence the faster the rank

quite well known, and even taught at

also required to train the body, and the little improvement they

Emma

waste of time, but as she continued to do push-ups and she felt her muscles contracting,

a building. The stronger the structure at the bottom is, the safer and more durable the building will

she lowered her

"Huu…1045…1046…hm?"

Kriii—!

rock grating sound and stopped

too early

specific time. She had only just returned

exactly was going

"Ugh…"

in, and Emma felt a wave of warm

light, Emma was forced to close her

"Emma!"

was right at that moment that she heard a familiar voice coming from