Slime Reincarnation

Chapter 50: Saving Critically Ill Patients

The priests of the Holy God Association were dragged away one after another.

"Interrogate them strictly at the guardhouse!"

At Lord Fenberg’s command, the guards efficiently took them away.

Now then... I’m curious what exactly these Holy God Association people were aiming for.

They had also tried to carry out terrorism with the same poison back in the town of Solenarini.

But thinking about it carefully, the ones who attempted the terror attack in Solenarini were three bandit-like individuals. Since they had mentioned that terrorist acts had already begun in Ferbehn, I rushed there immediately and left the follow-up investigation to the deputy governor, Nise. I wonder if that incident in Solenarini was also the work of the Holy God Association? The executioners being bandit-like and the crude method of trying to pour the poison directly from the bottle both felt rather sloppy.

And what was their goal?

Was it to sow chaos in Coruna Margrave’s territory out of a grudge? Or was it to gain new believers for the Holy God Association? It seems too poorly planned for a money-making scheme.

If their goal was to gain believers, they should have started in smaller towns or villages rather than a major fortress city like this. The risk is far too high in a big city.

Earlier, I had asked the guards what kind of organization the Holy God Association was and how it related to this country’s church.

Apparently, this religious group was almost completely unknown. It also had no connection whatsoever to the official church of this nation.

It’s possible they’re only unknown in this large city but are active in small frontier towns and villages. The high-risk operation I imagined for a big city might have already been carried out in smaller places. We’ll have to wait for the interrogation results on that.

"Phew~"

I let out another sigh.

Just a few days ago I was supposed to be relaxing by the spring...

Ah, this is no time to be relaxing!

I managed to save the Margrave’s daughter, but there are still many people suffering throughout the town. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Moreover, the chicks have already captured more than ten Holy God Association priests. That means the damage must have spread over a fairly wide area.

"Lord Fenberg. I believe there are many people in the town suffering from the same symptoms as your daughter. They’re producing the antidote at Boonteack’s clinic. I’ll go ask them to distribute it to the townspeople as quickly as possible. Is it okay if the cost of the medicine is billed to the Margrave?"

"Ah, of course! No matter the cost. Please save my people quickly. I’ve been completely focused on my daughter and left town matters to the deputy governor these past few days. I’ll also do my best to grasp the situation in the town right away."

"Then I’ll see you later."

"Ah, I’m counting on you!"

Irina and I rode on Logan and headed for Boonteack’s clinic.

"Hey~ Boonteack."

We arrived in front of Boonteack’s clinic.

As usual, a long line of patients had formed.

"Ohh, Sir Yabe. The antidote is ready. When we combined it with the medicinal herbs and had the patients take it, they showed dramatic recovery."

"Oh, that’s great to hear."

Boonteack left the patients to his assistant and came over to us.

"But we’ve run out of the base poison needed for the antidote."

Boonteack shook the empty bottle that had contained the Poison Water Drake venom I gave him earlier. It was completely empty.

"I’ve got more."

I took the empty bottle from Boonteack’s hand (?), stored it in my sub-space compressed storage, filled it with poison, and took it out again.

"Here."

"...Are you some kind of magician?"

"I won’t deny it."

"You’re not even denying it!"

I smoothly ignored Boonteack’s retort and also took out some medicinal herbs.

"Ah, the herbs are appreciated, but... Actually, there are already many patients that are beyond my ability. I know it might be unreasonable to ask you, but is there any way you could help...? Their poisoning symptoms have progressed quite far. The antidote isn’t working on some of them, and many are nearing their physical limits. Even at the church, they can only barely keep them alive with spells."

"Hmm, that’s no good."

"C-Can you do something about it?"

"I won’t know until I go, but I have to try. I’ll head there right away."

"The church is visible on the right after you go out onto the main street. Please take care of them."

Boonteack bowed his head.

He really is a good guy. It’s not his fault. Yet he can still bow his head to me, someone who’s moving to help patients he can’t save. A clinic run by someone like that deserves more support—mainly from the country.

"Hello! I’m here to help at Boonteack’s request!"

I opened the large door of the church and called out. By the way, Logan and the other 61 animals were waiting in the churchyard.

"Ohh... You’re willing to lend us a hand? That is truly appreciated."

An elderly priest—practically an old grandpa—came out.

"I heard you’ve gathered quite a few critically ill patients."

"Yes... Many people recovered thanks to the antidote and herbs we received from Sir Boonteack, but the people currently resting in the church are those who still haven’t recovered."

"I see... May I take a look at them?"

"This way, please."

I was guided to the main cathedral. It was probably because this was the largest room.

The door opened, and I stepped inside.

A devastating scene spread out before me.

At a glance, there were over a hundred people lying down.

Every single one of them appeared to be in critical condition.

About four sisters were walking around with towels, tending to the patients. Another priest was casting on them.

"To think there were this many..."

"Yabe, what should we do? They all look like Lucina-chan—dangerously ill..."

If I used "Slime Dialysis" like I did with Lucina-chan, I should be able to save them.

But honestly, directly granting the water spirit’s blessing to each person’s blood made me hesitate a little.

It would be better to cast directly with magic instead of using the blessing.

Even if I did perform Slime Dialysis, doing it one by one would never be fast enough. Lives that could be saved would be lost.

That meant I needed to figure out how to explain the tentacles...

"Father."

"Yes?"

"I’m very sorry, but I’d like to ask everyone currently in this cathedral to step outside for a moment."

"Why is that?"

The priest asked with a slightly suspicious expression.

"I want to save all the patients, but we don’t have much time. I need to use a large-scale spell, and it would be problematic if anyone other than the patients is within range."

"A spell of that magnitude...? If possible, I would like to observe..."

"I’m sorry, but I need to concentrate, so I must ask you to refrain. Since I want to save everyone here, I’d like to reduce any risk as much as possible."

After my explanation, the priests said, "Then we leave them in your care," and all exited the room.

I also told them they looked tired and should take the chance to rest.

Now it was just me, Irina, and the patients inside the large cathedral.

Irina stared quietly at me.

"Wintia, Sylphie, lend me your strength."

"Yeah, of course. Leave it to me!"

"Please use me as you wish, Onii-sama!"

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To use on a large scale, I borrowed the power of the water spirit Wintia and the wind spirit Sylphie to create a composite spell and chanted it.

I had wondered if combining spirit magic was possible, but when borrowing the spirits’ power during spellcasting, I felt there was quite a lot of flexibility in the flow of power compared to normal spirit magic. So I thought that if the forces didn’t conflict, I might be able to synthesize them or give them dual effects. This was the practical test of that theory.

Specifically, I used Wintia’s power to expand and deploy the , then used Sylphie’s power to spread the effect widely with wind.

I then connected tentacles to the right wrists of over a hundred patients—all at the same time, of course.

Blood from different people must not mix. That was obvious.

From treating Lucina-chan earlier, I had already grasped the knack for "Slime Dialysis." If I was only purifying without using the blessing’s power, the slime cells had very little work to do.

That’s why I connected to over a hundred people simultaneously and performed Slime Dialysis on everyone’s blood without mixing them, purifying the blood of all patients.

"Phew, everyone’s recovered. Good, we made it in time."

I felt relieved as I looked at the patients whose breathing had calmed.

"Yabe, good work."

Irina gently snuggled up to me, holding my right hand.

I felt somewhat healed by Irina’s smile.