Chapter 187: |
Chapter 187
Medically, the first principle of treatment for AV nodal reentrant tachycardia was administration of adenosine drugs.
It blocks the signal by increasing the half-life of the atrioventricular node through which the signal returns.
However, since it was an arrhythmia caused by mana, a different treatment was needed.
Raymond remembered the message from earlier.
[This ability is especially useful when treating patients with mana reflux!]
It seemed like it was meant to cure this condition with mana control.
‘Be careful.’
He displayed his mana control and blocked the mana spinning in the node!
Her heart stopped pounding!
“……under!”
Laina let out a deep sigh.
Her heart, which felt like it was going to burst, calmed down.
“Are you okay?”
“Ah…yes.”
Laina looked at Raymond with wide eyes.
‘How can you calm the backflow of mana hearts so easily? What on earth?’
She was beyond surprised.
Knowing nothing about medicine, she assumed that Raymond had demonstrated incredible mana control to stabilize the backflow of the mana heart.
‘What the hell is this crazy mana control! Is he a reincarnation of a dragon?’
The mana control that Raymond was showing now was unprecedented.
“This is ridiculous! Amazing! Great! Crazy!”
Lina was so surprised that she kept shouting out vulgar language that didn’t match her elegant attire.
“This is a miracle! Are you really a natural wizard?”
At her voice, screaming in confusion,
‘…It’s the power of medicine. And it’s a skill.’
Raymond blinked.
There was something unusual in the lady’s eyes.
… He felt deja vu.
This is a deja vu from the time with Duje Raif.
Moreover, there was a story that made the pores even more swollen.
‘…A natural wizard? That’s not what I am.’
Who is the natural wizard?
It was a constitution that legendary wizards were born with.
He wasn’t like that.
“That’s not me. I just performed a miracle out of a desire to help the patient.”
But she didn’t seem to believe it.
Raymond broke out in a cold sweat.
‘Well, she wouldn’t be as persistent as the Duke Raif, right? She’s a famous noblewoman after all.’
The red-blooded lady.
He doesn’t know much about her, but she must be a dignified person. Her nickname as Lady is the evidence for that.
But.
“…”
Laina’s eyes were burning brightly as she looked at Raymond.
What is that look in her eyes?
It was not like the gaze of a ‘lady’.
It was the look in the eyes of a greedy noblewoman whose eyes were blinded by greed. It was as if she had seen the most desirable jewel in the world.
‘… Let’s think about it later.’
Raymond slowly turned away from her gaze.
Only then did Laina come to her senses and regain her composure.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m so excited to see you… My heart is racing… After this is over, can I invite you to dinner? I’d really like to meet you and have a deep conversation.”
‘She was polite, but what should I say?’
‘It was a scary voice to hear.’
‘I felt like something big was going to happen if we met over dinner.’
‘Haha, her smiling and sparkling eyes were scarier than the Duke Raif’s.’
Raymond pretended not to hear and covered his ears with the earplugs of his stethoscope.
‘…I don’t know. What will happen?’
Quite a bit of time has passed since then.
Laina focused on her magic, and Raymond tried his best to stabilize Laina’s mana heart.
Things went smoothly.
The mana inside the white crystal has decreased dramatically. This is truly the ultimate magic worthy of an Arch Mage!
‘Wait a minute. If all the mana is consumed like this, can’t I still use the white crystal?’
Raymond opened his eyes wide as a sudden thought occurred to him.
‘I unexpectedly obtained a huge treasure!’
‘Of course, since all the mana has disappeared, it has no value as a magic stone, but it can be used as a resource in the medical industry!’
‘Obtaining white crystals, one of the resources needed for the medical industry, was my biggest concern, but it’s been resolved!’
‘Okay, on to the path to becoming super rich… …!’
But as always, the heavens did not grant him happiness so easily.
Suddenly a problem occurred!
“Ugh… … !”
Suddenly, Laina let out a groan.
“Arch Mage?”
“No more, no more. I don’t have any more mana to use…”
She spoke in a hoarse voice.
All her mana is depleted after using neutralizing magic for several hours!
‘It’s out of the calculation. How can so much mana be accumulated?’
When she first cast her spell, she figured that her mana would be enough to handle it.
Neutralization magic was not a magic that required a large amount of mana, but rather a difficult principle.
In particular, she possessed a considerable amount of mana even among the Arch Mages.
She thought it would be enough since the mana contained in the red blood fan was considerable, but it wasn’t.
‘It’s still not enough.’
The good news is that most of the mana has been neutralized.
Now, there was less than 10% of mana left in the remaining white crystal.
The problem was that the remaining mana was surging as if it was going to explode.
If they leave it alone, there will be a huge explosion soon.
‘It’ll be a weaker explosion than the first, but it’ll still be quite powerful. But I don’t have the mana to use magic anymore… … .’
At that time, things changed dramatically.
Woohoo!
A loud sound echoed within the white crystal!
“Big explosion!”
Laina shouted.
In the end, the worst happened.
Even Raymond could tell it was about to explode.
‘’I have to use a shield!’
He had a card prepared for such a situation.
‘Use proficiency increasing items! Shield!’
But then an incredible message came to mind.
[The skill ‘Mana Compatibility’ has been upgraded! Duplicate use of the item within one day is not possible!]
[Cooldown 18 hours 21 minutes 25 seconds remaining.]
‘……what?’
Raymond had a blank expression on his face.
‘What is it saying now?’
‘Lies! What do you want me to do?!’
Raymond shouted again and again, denying reality.
‘Use item! Use item!’
But it was no use.
Only the message came to mind.
[Cannot be used multiple times. (Cooldown 18 hours 21 minutes 17 seconds remaining)]
[Cannot be used multiple times. (Cooldown 18 hours 21 minutes 16 seconds remaining)]
Raymond’s complexion turned pale.
It’s a total mess!
“La-Lady Laina? How powerful will the explosion be? Will it be able to be blocked by a normal grade shield?”
However, since a lot of mana was removed, the power of the explosion will also be weakened.
But the answer that came back was hopeless.
“It will be less powerful than before, but it will still be strong. You will need a shield of at least ‘Advanced’ grade.”
Advanced!
It was a B-class magic used by upper-level magicians.
Of course, Raymond’s was unavailable now.
‘Ugh! What should I do?’
“Is there no way, Archmage?”
“I’m out of mana right now, so I can’t cast a shield spell. And I don’t have time to run away either.”
Raymond’s face turned pale.
‘No! I don’t want to die like this! I’ve never enjoyed the riches and honors! I’ve only suffered!’
As he faced death, all the hardships he had endured flashed before his eyes.
Even after awakening as a player, he never enjoyed a single moment of wealth and honor. He just suffered like crazy.
‘I didn’t struggle like this to die. I can’t die until I’ve enjoyed wealth and honor because I’m so wronged!’
Raymond desperately thought of a way.
He recalled the content of the quest for a moment.
‘It’s not impossible since the difficulty level is ‘high’. There should be a way to solve it somehow.’
This has been the case with quests on the ‘High’ difficulty level so far. It seemed impossible, but there was always a way to solve it.
It’s just incredibly difficult.
It will definitely be like that now.
Moreover, the quest content was like this.
[Use your abilities to prevent disaster from occurring in the realm!]
‘’It said I needed my skills to resolve this situation! Not that crazy lady’s!’
Raymond struggled desperately.
Hus head was spinning incredibly fast with the will to live.
And he found the answer.
‘nNo way?’
Raymond swallowed hard.
He looked over the contents of the ‘Healer’s Mana Use’ skill again.
[A: It is possible to absorb highly concentrated mana stored externally, such as in magic stones, very, very inefficiently for the patient.]
‘With this ability?’
Come to think of it, the mana that is running wild right now is actually highly concentrated mana stored inside the magic stone!
‘Of course, the meaning of this ability seems to be to absorb the mana that is lacking from the magic stone for the patient.’
Anyway, since this was also for the patient, he thought he could absorb it.
But Raymond swallowed.
‘But how can I absorb something like that?’
It was an endlessly ominous mana.
An aura that makes you feel like you’ll rot if you just touch it.
Absorbing that kind of thing?
‘Huh, if I absorb it I’ll probably die?’
Raymond frowned.
At that time, things became urgent.
Gooooooooo-
An eerie resonance began to resonate.
Just looking at it, it looked like it was about to explode.
At that moment, Laina made her last desperate attempt.
“Just a little bit of mana…!”
She tried to use shield magic by squeezing her mana heart.
Raymond clenched his fists and cheered her on.
But contrary to Raymond’s wishes, her reckless attempt actually produced the worst result.
“Ugh!”
Unable to hold on, she collapsed with a single groan.
“Arch Mage!”
Hee was surprised to see that she was unconscious.
‘She fainted because my heart was strained.’
She would probably recover in a little while, but that wasn’t the problem.
Mana vibrated even more crazily.
‘Fuck, I don’t know! Let’s do something about it.’
‘If I stay still, you’ll die anyway.’
Raymond decided to struggle somehow.
‘I can’t die like this! I’m going to live and enjoy wealth and honor!’
With that in mind, he put his hand on the magic stone.
‘Absorption!’
Actually, there was no need to shout like that.
As if he had known it from the beginning, a method came to him naturally, and he began to absorb mana as naturally as he moved his hands and feet.
Then an amazing miracle happened.
Kuung.
A heavy noise rang out.
The vibrating mana stopped.
As if time had stopped.
‘……no?’
Raymond blinked his eyes at this unbelievable transfer.
“Is it done?”
No it wasn’t.
A message came to mind.
[Start absorbing mana into your bloodstream.]
“…!”
As hus second hand moved, the stopped mana moved for a moment, and an even more surprising phenomenon occurred.
Woof woof woof!
As if caught in a huge whirlpool, the mana began to rush in, spinning madly.
Towards Raymond’s hand that touched the stone!
The vacuum of space seemed to suck in the air.
‘Eww! Save me!’
Raymond screamed.
He tried to pull hus hand away, frightened by the terrifying surge of mana, but it was no use.
It was as if it had been glued with a strong adhesive and would not come off my hand.
‘I was wrong. If I accept that kind of mana, I’ll die!’
It wasn’t a joke.
There was no way he could survive the mana rushing in at that speed.
‘To die like this.’