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…"

I felt guilt creep up

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

cautious, none of

be me. Given all the experiences I had, I should've known better to be more prepared, but my

on myself and that my faults lied elsewhere, but these thoughts never stopped appearing inside my mind. In fact, they

"Smallsnake!"

it was right then that Ryan's high-pitched voice rang in the room and

"What happened?"

my attention toward Smallsnake, the first thing I noticed was his twitching

"Move away."

placed my hand against

"...It's working."

the second, all the previous pain that I had experienced dissipated and I

"Thank god…thank god…"

to myself as the others also showed similar reactions

hugged his body and

his chest tightly,

"Thank you..thank you…"

I stared

happened, the two of them

face was an indication of how much he

him, but the others as 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 of each and everyone

"Thank god…"

mumbled again as I slowly stood up and headed out of

"Where are you going?"

corner of my eyes, I turned to look in his direction and

I know that there

"...You're right."

as his face turned

rooms, I looked

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

gaze to face me, Angelica didn't say anything for a couple of seconds.

"Okay."

was Kevin who was standing next to it, waiting for Angelica to come to him. On the outside, he

"As expected of him."

my head as I imprinted the

"…He never changes."

***

Drip—! Drip—!

"Huuu…1035…huuuu…1036…"

face, Emma performed a series

hair, which now 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 continued

"1037…1038…"

appeared in this strange environment, Emma never once found herself

than back when she was inside her family

this place was

mana was currently sealed, it didn't stop

one's body, the quicker their

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

well

this as a lot of time was also required to train the body, and

also what Emma

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 her muscles contracting,

The stronger the structure at the bottom is,

this far, she lowered her body and continued her

"Huu…1045…1046…hm?"

Kriii—!

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

it a bit too early for

open every day at a specific time. She had only just returned to her room,

exactly was going

"Ugh…"

in, and Emma felt a wave

used to the light, Emma was

"Emma!"

heard a familiar voice coming from the opposite end of the