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

should've refused Kevin's offer once

cautious, none

was anyone to blame, it had to be me. Given all the experiences I had, I

these thoughts never stopped appearing inside my mind. In fact, they were getting progressively worse as time

"Smallsnake!"

Ryan's high-pitched voice rang in the room and my

"What happened?"

Smallsnake, the first thing I noticed

"Move away."

Smallsnake and placed my hand against his

"...It's working."

stronger by the second, all the previous pain that I had experienced dissipated and I felt a wave of relief enshroud my body as

"Thank god…thank god…"

to myself as the others also showed similar

who hugged his body and quietly

his chest tightly,

"Thank you..thank you…"

a weird feeling as I stared at Ryan hugging Smallsnake's

that has happened, the two of them

pain on Ryan's face was an indication of how

others as well, and taking a moment to study the faces of everyone present did I finally realize

"Thank god…"

I slowly stood up and headed out of the

"Where are you going?"

followed me from behind. Secretly wiping the corner of my eyes, I turned to look in his direction

I know that there

"...You're right."

his head as his

three particular rooms, I looked

where Jin is located, that one is where Emma is located, and that's where Han Yufei

face me, Angelica didn't say anything for a couple of seconds. Just as I was about to say something, she nodded

"Okay."

The reason for this was Kevin who was standing next to it, waiting for Angelica to come to him. On the outside, he appeared to be patiently waiting for her, but as I noticed the hurried taps of his foot and his shifting eyes,

"As expected of him."

my head as I imprinted the

"…He never changes."

***

Drip—! Drip—!

"Huuu…1035…huuuu…1036…"

sweat dripped down her face,

in front of her

"1037…1038…"

had appeared in this strange environment, Emma never once found herself

than back when

that place, this place

even though her mana was currently sealed, it didn't stop

stronger one's body, the quicker their strength will

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

that was quite well known, and

one really paid a lot of attention to this as a lot of time was also required to train the body, and the little improvement they would receive from a better body would easily be surpassed by those that

also what Emma

like most people around the world, Emma also believed that training the body was a waste of time, but as she continued to do push-ups and she felt

a building. The stronger the structure at the

this far, she lowered her body and continued

"Huu…1045…1046…hm?"

Kriii—!

heard a familiar rock

early

the door would open every day at a specific time. She had only

was

"Ugh…"

felt a wave

the light, Emma was forced to close her

"Emma!"

that she heard a familiar voice coming