Cathra approached the still burning crater. Even she was surprised by the power of that attack. The only thing left of the wolf is it four ruby eyes, it skeleton and it monster core.
The lightning had created a crater 5 metres deep and over 20 metres wide. She stood next to it and there he was. Relief filled her body.
She rushed to check up on him. There was nothing below the elbow of his right hand, his skin was burnt and smoking, he looked as dead as dead could be but he had pulse.
He is alive, thank the old spirits he is still alive, she said outloud with a relieved voice. I'm so...so sorry Clark, she whispered looking at his butt naked form laying there.
Her eyes shifted down slowly, oh my! Damnit Cathra what are thinking at a time like this. She rushed to her bag of potions to look for a health potion but found nothing.
COULD YOU TWO COME AND HELP ME, she shouted but there was no response. She looked around at her other party members. Iron was still lying in a crater unmoving and Victor was kneeling there, eyes wide open.
She realised they had both fainted, Iron she understood but why and when did Victor faint. He was never even touched by the wolf, she tried to wake him up to no avail. She sighed, this is going to suck.
She was walking slowly in the forest carrying two of them like sacks of potatoes. The other two were understandable even as a mage her strength stat was enough to carry both of them just fine.
The issue was iron who weighed literal tons so she was dragging her from behind instead. It took her hours to get to the village, carrying them combined with hours of harvesting monster cores from hundreds of monsters drained every ounce of energy in her body.
Her entire body was sore, she did not even bother staying in the village. As soon as she assured them the mission was complete they left, the sun was yet to rise when they left the village at the protest of the villagers who wanted them to atleast rest before they leave.
She fell asleep as soon as the coach left the village. She knew that was dangerous. With the other three out cold and her asleep if a monster attacks on the way they would be late to respond but there was nothing she could do about it.
Her mental strength was completely depleted, her head felt like it was splitting apart and her eyes were closing on their own. She woke up a few hours later, the sun was about to set.
She had actually slept the entire day, she looked around and realised Victor was already awake. AHHHH DAMNIT IT HURT, she shouted holding her head,when did you wake up?
Yesterday, he replied with a soft depressed voice that sounded nothing like the obnoxiously proud Victor but she did not care about that.
Yesterday? Damnit, you telling me I've been asleep since yesterday? He nodded without saying a word. She looked for the other two, Iron was still sleeping in their armour and Clark was breathing heavily, a soft white light covering him.
His skin no longer looked burnt but his right had not regenerated and it doesn't to seem to be. It seems even his healing ability has limit, she thought.
What..what happened back there? Asked Victor. I used the spell I've been preparing and killed it. So why is he so wounded? He asked looking at Clark with suspicion.
The spell was larger than I expected, he got caught up in it. Useless, if he did his job and healed me and Iron we would've killed that thing without much trouble, he said grumbling seemingly have forgotten it was his barrier that saved Iron in the first place.
Cathra did not bother responding to that, she was not in the mood to entertain this goddanmed idiot. They sat in silence for the rest of the way after that.
On the third day, Iron woke up, she simply nodded to Cathra without saying a word, she nodded back and they continued on their journey.
On the fourth day every wound on Clark except his arm had completely healed. By the end of the day he woke up with a groan as well.
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Noel woke up groaning, his head felt like it was being split apart. The last memory he had was him dodging and running away from the wolf then all he saw was white.
He looked around in the coach and there was nobody there. The others were probably camping outside. He checked his mantle of the dark spawn the pieces were still torn but have healed a little except his right glove which was missing.
He sighed, I need to go see that girl again. He got up and wrapped a cloth around his lower body. He found the others sitting around a fire in silence.
He sat down next to Cathra. They were roasting a huge leg that looks like it might be from a bason, it was hard to tell when it was skinned like this.
They all sat in silence for minutes until the coachman spoke. Nice night isn't it? None of them replied to that. I'm starting to wonder why you're even here, said Victor looking at Clark with a frown
Your are a healer, your job is to heal yet you let all of us lay there wounded, then you went and got yourself hurt, you were very useless in this mission like I expected, next time that happens we kicking you out of the party.
Noel stood up without a change in his expression which seems to anger Victor even more, he went to the woods leaving the fool shouting from behind.
He came to a stop a few hundred metres in the woods. You can come out now, a few metres away from him came out a white rabbit with a broken diamond horn on it head.
It looked at him with it big pretty eyes without blinking. I think it time you make your mind up beast.