43 – Mad Alchemist – 1

When the plague first spread in the forest of elves, I was worried about two things.

The first was that they might reject my treatment outright.

However, since the saintess was afflicted with the plague, things seemed to be easy to solve, so I couldn’t help but feel good.

“Hmm…”

Upon arriving at the Healing Tree Village, I could see the aura of death spreading around the village.

After hearing Suhwi’s story, I wondered.

“It’s strange… Why… Until now, if I had holy power, I didn’t get plagued…”

I smiled at Soo-Hwi, who was muttering with a devastated face.

The answer was very simple.

It was because it was entering the second phase and a mutation was occurring.

“Hmm…”

“It’s okay… that’s it, right?”

“Well.”

I looked at the village wrapped in the aura of death. Some elves panicked at the plague that had begun to spread in the village and tried to evacuate.

“Chief! Chief!”

“My daughter! My child!”

“My mother is suddenly coughing with high fever!”

“The priests too…! What’s going on?!”

“Ahhh…”

The reason why the Healing Tree Tribe has been so confident is because of their holy power.

He assured that he could cure the plague with it, and boasted that he would eliminate the plague by performing a great divine technique.

However, since Phase 2 had begun, he himself had no choice but to collapse.

“Great Sacred Art… uh, when will it be?!”

“Ahh…”

I was standing next to me in white, and Soo-hwi was embarrassed.

Because the judgment he made, he couldn’t handle the result of his egotism.

“Please… please save me… please… please save my daughter…”

An almost insane elf woman knelt in front of Suhui, holding a young girl who had lost consciousness from high fever.

Shortness of breath and strong cough.

His face turned red and his ears drooped.

After looking at the young girl who didn’t have the holy power, I saw Soo-hwi.

“How are you going to treat it with divine power?”

“Ugh… ugh…”

Suhwi couldn’t answer. It will. Until now, even the holy power of the priests had not been able to cure the plague, and it had only been able to alleviate the condition.

I shook the vial I took out of my bag.

“Write?”

“Ah… uh… yes.”

This can be said to be the Suhui’s declaration of surrender. I took the girl’s hand after seeing her nod and reply.

“Everything, are you… the wise man…?”

“Yes.”

Even within the healing tree tribe, my name seems to be known. Recognizing me, I smiled at her, checked the girl’s condition, and injected medicine into her veins.

“Haaa…”

With just that, the fever goes down and the cough starts to stop. And, the girl quickly regained her lost consciousness and hugged her mother tightly.

“Mom…”

“aaa!! Louie! Louie!”

He could see the elves of the Healing Tree Tribe nearby were shocked.

Even the priests, their pride, could not cure the plague.

Of course, it’s not a cure, but you have to take a few more medications.

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Just treating me like this in a near-death state proved that the medicine I made was much better than the priests.

“Me, me too… Cough! Cough! Me too, the treatment… the medicine…”

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Just then, an elf dressed in priestly clothes approached, complaining of pain. After examining him, I shook my head.

“…uh…?”

This author’s symptoms are different from before. In other words, it means that it is a variant, and it is difficult to treat it with this medicine alone.

At least to the point of reducing the pain, right?

But is there any need to use the medicine unnecessarily? He’s also busy healing elves without holy power.

“That, like that…”

“You’re not at a level that can be treated with medicine right now. Let’s go back to the village.”

“Uh… why?! Sage! You said you knew everything! You already made a cure! Then you should have expected and made something like this…!”

“Ah~ Even if it’s me, if I can’t test and research, I can’t make a cure. And the thing that stopped that is…”

I was tired of the face of the priest who was about to get angry. Because he himself knows who stopped me.

The priest, who was coughing violently, collapsed on the floor as if his leg was loosened.

I want to feel hopeless, but that won’t last long. Anyway, treating the mutant is the plague treatment.

“Now. Then…”

Then the portal opened. What came out of there were Claire and Veronica, as well as the kingdom and elven alchemists.

They looked serious at the sight of this place, but there was nothing serious about it.

“A mutation has occurred in the Healing Tree Tribe. We need to close down here too, so please prepare.”

So I spoke in a tone sufficient to put everyone at ease, without the slightest excitement or worry.

Labs have begun to be built in the villages of the Healing Tree Tribe. Of course, it’s close to temporary.

In the laboratory created like that, I met a girl.

“Are you a saint? Nice to meet you. A wise man.”

I looked down at the girl who had been carried on a stretcher and was lying on the bed. She gasped for breath, but barely nodded and held out her trembling hand.

“Nice to meet you… and… sorry… thank you…”

i’m more grateful If you hadn’t caught the Plague, things would have been a bit of a hassle.

I held her hand and checked her condition.

Basically, the symptoms were similar to the plague, but the symptoms of losing strength throughout the body were added, and divine power was released from various parts of the body.

And it didn’t seem like it was a holy night, but in the case of some priests, hallucinations or mental illness occurred, and among them, there were also those whose skills were weakened.

“This is not a natural release…”

“I think so. This is also like the effect of a mutation. So far, it’s only spreading to elves. But if it gets a little stronger, it might spread to other races.”

Of course, I plan to end the Plague event before that.

“Rotello! Wait a minute!”

While preparing with the other alchemists, he was coming this way, and a girl with a familiar face was standing next to him.

“uh?”

“…hello.”

“I’m not good bye. Ludhi. Are you feeling better? Wouldn’t it be better to rest more?”

Ludhi is Evangeline’s younger brother and an excellent alchemist.

It seems that she, who had been receiving treatment while lying in bed until recently, decided to participate in research on a cure.

She was embarrassed and shook her head slightly.

“It is an honor to work under the wise man. Also, I have antibodies.”

but. Once you get a plague and get healed, you become immune to the plague. Of course, there is no risk of reinfection with the mutant, but the probability of that in the game is extremely low, so it should be okay.

“I’m a well-known alchemist in my own way. I’m sure it will help. There are alchemists from the kingdom, too.”

Ludhi clenched his small fists and showed his determination. Claire, who was watching from behind, smiled bitterly.

Is it because of the honest and enthusiastic appearance that is different from Evangeline?

“Yeah. Well, it’s going to be helpful since I don’t have enough cat hands right now.”

“I’ll work hard! I’ve learned how to make basic medicines.”

“Okay. Then, help Rotello and follow my instructions… Let’s start the test after drawing blood.”

“Can I… help?”

Soo-hwi, who was waiting anxiously next to her, spoke in a trembling voice. It seems that he is trying to cooperate with all his might, perhaps because it is to treat his daughter and his tribe members.

Still, she had something to do.

“I need elves for testing first.”

“that…?”

“It means that there must be subjects for clinical trials.”

Of course, I need subjects to test not only the plague treatment, but also the medicines I only know the recipe for and have never actually made.

Because I have to take this opportunity to finish one of the achievements.

Who would criticize me for taking such a reward when I am suffering like this?

Of course, I won’t forgive you if you curse.

“That… I understand. First of all, I will apply…”

“Ah. You are done.”

“Yes?”

“I’ll designate the target, so you know that. Then go outside right now and work with Lorelia to fully control the Elven Forest. Veronica. Come with me.”

“Huh? Me too?”

“Yeah. No one can get out of the elves’ forest, and no one has to be prevented from entering.”

I wouldn’t know if it was before the start of the 2nd phase, but if the 2nd phase had started, the mutation could continue to occur.

That’s why you don’t have to keep hunting moles.

When I instructed, Veronica seemed a bit dissatisfied, but she and Soo-hui went out without a murmur, and I started the test after taking the blood of the holy night.

“The method is the same as before. Since we have to test the reactivity first, let’s go as it is.”

“Okay.”

“Yes!”

When the plague first spread in the forest of elves, I was worried about two things.

The first was that they might reject my treatment outright.

And the second was the politics of those who were wary of the fact that I could cure the plague right away.

If the second penalty occurs, it will be difficult to develop a cure, so the work must be finished before that.

Especially in the case of elves, they were arrogant and proud, so the possibility of such a political maneuver was extremely high.

Wasn’t it like that in the game too? Of course, if you have a high affinity with the race where the plague occurred, such political maneuvering won’t happen, but right now I don’t have that high affinity with the elves.

Still, the Wings of Light tribe and the Tree of Healing tribe, which are the most influential in the Elven Forest, are cooperative with me, so it should be safe for the time being.

So I was relieved and focused on researching a cure in my private laboratory in the corner of town, while other races came to support me.

“Isn’t this dangerous?”

Everyone has a bad expression, probably because they knew about the current situation before meeting me.

“Well, I can’t say it’s not dangerous.”

Marax, who is the representative of the Dwarves and handed over the mithril to me, was quite hesitant. I heard about it, but I didn’t think it would be like this.

“Hmm… Controlling the forest of elves is a very good thing. As expected of a wise man.”

The king who leads the beast tribe. Leo, the beast of the white lion, scratched his mane. He, a powerful warrior, had a clear expression of reluctance, as if he had no answer as much as the plague.

“So? What support can we provide?”

In Lizardman, the representative came out, not the head of the tribe. When Galash, the Cobra Lizardman, a great warrior famous for using the first spear, flicked out his long tongue, I injected the medicine into the holy night’s arm.

“Ugh… Ugh… Haaa… Ugh…”

Shortly after taking the medication, she breaks out in a cold sweat and complains of pain. Seeing that, Soo-hwi suffered as if her body had collapsed, but this was something she couldn’t help.

That’s what testing is all about.

So, who told you to stop developing a cure?

“I… I…”

As the treatment continued, Suhwi’s pain, haggardness, and self-reproach increased. It seems that he thought that his precious daughter was suffering because of him.

That was true too.

Those from other races clicked their tongues as if they were pathetic towards her.

“This is why arrogant elves are bad.”

“How good would it be if you left it to the wise from the beginning?”

“So let’s talk.”

Suhui endured their criticism and ridicule without saying anything. Anyway, now is not the time to talk about that.

“I need some support. I’m running out of materials.”

“What about support from alchemists and priests?”

“That’s just human support.”

“Okay? Then what kind of materials do you need?”

“I’ll write a list, so send it to me. Oh. And help the elves control the forest. From what I’ve heard, there seem to be people trying to sneak out of the forest.”

Some time ago, rangers caught the elves escaping. As the plague gradually spread, they felt fear.

Tsk. Other people work hard to make a cure, but they get scared and run away.

Anyway, I’ve already caught all of them, but those who run away are also elves with good abilities.

If their numbers increased, the current level of control might not be enough.

“Okay.”

“I’ll try to keep it tight.”

Everyone knew that if you let an elf infected with a plague go out and spread it outside, it would be a headache. How long has it been since they promised to support and left?

The door opened and Lorelia entered.

“They’re ready. Um… but… is this okay?”

them.

To put it simply, they are those who have decided to ‘voluntarily’ cooperate in research for the development of a cure.

Of course, I have to do clinical trials for my achievements as well as cures.

“What if it’s not okay? Aren’t you going to make a cure? You just want to burn the entire forest of elves?”

There are two main ways to clear the plague event.

make a cure

Or kill all those affected by the plague and burn the area completely.

Not wanting to choose the second time, Lorelia shook her head at my words, and I smiled at her before heading to the basement of the private lab.

Quite a few elves were gathered in the basement, looking haggard.

Among them, there were those who were caught escaping, and there were those who carried out political maneuvers, claiming that the development of a cure was an attack by elves of a different race, or that the plague itself was spread by me in the first place.

“…You!! Human! How dare you! How dare you!!”

A male elf who curses at me while screaming.

I laughed at Ranger Elf Rankin Freyd, who had quarreled with me when I first came to the Elven Forest.

“Your sacrifice will save the elves. Wow. Great. I will definitely remember your name.”

Of course, I have no intention of killing them all or driving them completely insane.

If so, there will be more harm than good. So, you should make it a prerequisite to write it well and send it back intact later.

And that wasn’t a big deal to me. Because the preparations and plans are already perfect.

I laughed and took out the syringe, and moved the ampoule into the syringe as I approached him.

The first thing to try is…

First of all, an advanced schizophrenic.

There is still only a recipe, and I have never actually made it or used it.

There are so many ‘voluntary applicants’.

I felt a sense of satisfaction as I glanced at the elves engraved in my record book.

After all, people have to do good things to be rewarded.