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

happen? I should've refused Kevin's offer once I realized that something wrong was going on with

more cautious, none

had, I should've known better to be more prepared,

harsh on myself and that my faults lied elsewhere, but these thoughts never stopped appearing inside my mind. In fact, they were getting progressively worse as time

"Smallsnake!"

right then that Ryan's high-pitched voice rang in the room and my head snapped

"What happened?"

Smallsnake, the first thing I

"Move away."

moved over to Smallsnake and placed my hand against his neck, and

"...It's working."

and I felt a wave of relief enshroud my body as my shoulders relaxed and I slumped back on the

"Thank god…thank god…"

as the others also

Ryan who hugged his body and

chest

"Thank you..thank you…"

weird feeling as I stared at Ryan

two of them must have developed a really close

was an indication of how much he cared for

well, and taking a moment to study the faces of everyone present did I finally realize just how much of an influence Smallsnake had on the lives

"Thank god…"

mumbled again as I slowly stood up and headed out

"Where are you going?"

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

to spend more time with Smallsnake, I know that

"...You're right."

his head as

rooms, I

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

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

"Okay."

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

"As expected of him."

shook my head as I imprinted the scene inside of my

"…He never changes."

***

Drip—! Drip—!

"Huuu…1035…huuuu…1036…"

dripped down her face, Emma performed a series

gently fell in front of her face, covering her eyes. Nonetheless, this did not stop her as she continued

"1037…1038…"

since she had appeared in this strange environment, Emma

more relaxed than back

this place

mana was currently sealed, it didn't stop Emma from

the stronger one's body, the quicker their strength

more well-trained a body was, the more mana it could withstand, hence the faster the

well known, and even taught at

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

was also what Emma did in

most people around the world, Emma also believed that training the body was a waste of time, but

the structure at the bottom is,

she lowered her body and continued her

"Huu…1045…1046…hm?"

Kriii—!

rock grating sound and stopped doing whatever

bit too early for

at a specific time. She had only just

was going

"Ugh…"

and Emma felt a wave of warm and humid air enter the

Emma was forced to close her

"Emma!"

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