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…"

felt guilt creep

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

cautious, none

the experiences I had, I should've known better

myself and that my faults lied elsewhere, but these

"Smallsnake!"

voice rang in

"What happened?"

toward Smallsnake, the first

"Move away."

noticing this, I moved over to Smallsnake and placed my

"...It's working."

experienced dissipated and I felt a

"Thank god…thank god…"

myself as the others also showed

Ryan who hugged his body

his chest tightly,

"Thank you..thank you…"

feeling as I stared at Ryan hugging Smallsnake's

everything that has happened, the two of them must have developed

the look of utter pain on Ryan's face was an indication of how

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

"Thank god…"

again as I slowly stood up and headed out of

"Where are you going?"

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

more time with Smallsnake, I know that there isn't much time left.

"...You're right."

nodded his head as his

three particular rooms, I looked

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

of seconds. Just as

"Okay."

that, she headed toward Emma's room. 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

"As expected of him."

I imprinted the

"…He never changes."

***

Drip—! Drip—!

"Huuu…1035…huuuu…1036…"

dripped down her face, Emma performed a series

of her face, covering her eyes. Nonetheless, this did not stop her as she continued doing push-ups on

"1037…1038…"

strange environment, Emma

relaxed than back when she was inside her

this place was

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

body, the

and more well-trained a body was, the

that was quite well known,

spite of that, no 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

what Emma did in the

waste of time, but as she continued to do push-ups and

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

she lowered her body and continued her

"Huu…1045…1046…hm?"

Kriii—!

familiar rock

a bit too early for

time. She had

was

"Ugh…"

a wave

light, Emma was forced to close

"Emma!"

that she heard a familiar voice coming from the