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…"

loud, as I felt guilt creep up into my

Kevin's offer once I

I been more cautious, none of this

I had, I should've known better to be more prepared, but my sudden actions had prompted this

knew that I was being harsh on myself and that my faults lied elsewhere, but these thoughts never stopped appearing inside my

"Smallsnake!"

voice rang in

"What happened?"

toward Smallsnake, the first thing I

"Move away."

my hand against his neck, and tried

"...It's working."

dissipated and I felt a wave of

"Thank god…thank god…"

to myself as the

his body and

chest tightly,

"Thank you..thank you…"

as I stared at

the two of them must

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

moment to study the faces of everyone present did I finally realize just how much of an influence Smallsnake had on the

"Thank god…"

mumbled again as I slowly stood

"Where are you going?"

as he followed me from behind. Secretly wiping the corner of my eyes, I turned to

to spend more time with Smallsnake, I know that there isn't much

"...You're right."

head as his face turned

particular rooms,

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

a couple of seconds. Just as I was about to say something, she

"Okay."

him. On the outside, he appeared to be patiently waiting for her, but as I

"As expected of him."

shook my head as I imprinted the scene inside

"…He never changes."

***

Drip—! Drip—!

"Huuu…1035…huuuu…1036…"

down her face, Emma performed

reached all the way toward her back, gently fell in front of her face, covering her eyes. Nonetheless, this did not stop her as she

"1037…1038…"

she had appeared in this strange environment, Emma never once

she felt a lot more relaxed than back when

this

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

body, the quicker

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

was something that was quite well known, and

train the body, and the little improvement they would receive

also what Emma did in

body was a waste of time, but as she continued to

for a building. The stronger the structure at the bottom is, the safer

she lowered her

"Huu…1045…1046…hm?"

Kriii—!

push-up, Emma heard a familiar rock grating sound and

a bit too early for them

recalled, the door would open every day at a specific time. She had only just returned to her room, and now the door was opening

exactly was going

"Ugh…"

light began to spill in, and Emma felt a wave of warm and humid air enter the

used to the light, Emma was

"Emma!"

heard a familiar voice