Law Of Creation

I was originally a small-time farmer in the countryside, in the outer region of Rising Sun City. Being born into a family of a farmer in the middle of nowhere, I never had any expectation in life. But, there was an event that changed my entire life. A group of mercenary came to his village. Of course, they only coincidentally arrived in our village. They were a friendly people, even though they were a team of strong people.

Idolizing them, I was determined to become a mercenary.

Saying goodbye to my parents and neighbour, I went to the Rising Sun City, the nearest city from my village. With my spirit, I believed that I could be a great mercenary.

But the reality was really hard. I had to spend a whole year to be able to be a 1 star mercenary from a miscellaneous-job mercenary. Not only that, most of the mercenary usually wouldn't let a new guy joined their team. The job that was posted was mostly for the veteran mercenary or even aimed at a team of mercenary. There is some solo job, but the danger was very high.

How could I go to a mountain filled with Fierce Beasts only for herb harvesting? It was a straight impossible job. The only job I could take was only miscellaneous-job only.

[No! I must not fall down here!] I constantly repeated that sentence in my mind. Hence, the only thing I could do was focusing on my speciality. Became a healer. I was focusing my determination to be a healer. In a team, healer's existence was indispensable.

[Good plan, right?]

To tell the truth, I chose to be a healer because I was scared to fight the beast. They are big! They are fierce! They are cruel! They are smelly! And I don't like blood. If I became a healer, then all I would do was standing behind them and gave my support, right?

A Healer was well-versed in healing the wound and increases the recovery rate, similar to Apothecary Apprentice. The difference, of course, healer fell into the category of Mercenary Guild. And surprisingly, I found a very suitable job for me, healing someone! I didn't expect that someone would go all the way to Mercenary Guild to hire a healer. Usually, they would just find Apothecary Guild. Feeling my chance that had come, I took on this job.

[Free transportation! Free accommodation! Free food!]

And I fell into this headache.

The number of healers that was hired maybe almost a hundred people. A surprising number, because the payment for this job was three broken silver! One silver could be exchanged with ten broken silvers, and one broken silver could be exchanged with ten bronze coins.

If there were a hundred healers in this place, then the client would have to pay at least three gold coins! Three gold coins would be enough to get a good service in Apothecary Guild, then why did they have to hire the hundreds of us?

Don't tell me, the employer was planning to bring us to the battlefield! Or maybe they were planning to fight a big number of Fierce Beasts? Damn it! I know it that rewards were the bait! I have to run away!

"Good job for you guys!" Suddenly I heard someone's voice. It was more like shouting. When I turned my head, I could see an old man with glaring face and a short white hair. His clothing was similar to a warrior in the Mercenary Guild, but much more expensive-looking.

"As you job description, I will only ask you to heal a person. I repeat! One person! All of you only need to heal one person! As long as she could be healed, I am willing to pay three times more from the agreed payment!" That old man turned out to be the employer. We were all surprised by his generous rewards, so they were shouting happily. Of course, it was included me. But that old man still continued his sentences.

"Remember! My granddaughter must be healed! NO MATTER WHAT! AS LONG AS SHE WAS HEALED! I WILL FULFILL MY EARLIER PROMISED REWARDS! SHE MUST BE HEALED! IF SHE HASN'T RECOVERED, NO ONE OF YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN! NO ONE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BACK OUT! ALL OF YOU MUST HEAL HER! IF THERE IS SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO HER! I WILL SKIN YOUR HEAD! I WILL PULL ALL OF YOUR HAIR! I WILL MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU ARE CRIPPLED! I WILL CUT YOUR D*CK AND FED THEM TO WILD DOG! I WILL SWEAR ALL YOUR NINE GENERATION! YOU! GOD! DAMN! USELESS!" That old man's tone became more loud and louder until my ears hurt. And unexpectedly, this old man also rushed forward and tried to grab someone at nearby. But fortunately, he was stopped by the guards around him.

[What! So those guards were not assigned to protect the employer but to protect us?] I could see a bunch of guards jumped to the top of that old man's body.

[They even could barely hold him off? What kind of monstrous strength is that! Even a bunch of full-armed guards were unable to fully stop him !!!]

And fortunately, a middle-aged man was explaining the detail of the request.

So, the request was healing their little princess. Her condition was very bad, based on what he said. For the duration of the job was indefinite, as long as she was healed, the job would be done and we would get our pay. Sigh, a lucky girl. What kind of family that could hire this number of healer for the sake of one little girl?

At first, I thought of a pampered little girl that accidentally scratched her skin. But after we saw the girl, we were speechless.

A small girl with her skin cracked all over the body. Her face was white pale. Besides the girl, there was a beautiful lady that was stabilizing the small girl's body temperature and an old man that was a healer. No wonder that a lot of people were called for this job. This job would definitely take many days if it only for one person, maybe even a month.

In the end, we were scheduled to heal her three times a day. For each person. At first, we were thinking that the girls' parents were over-reacting. Maybe they were wishing for a fast recovery. But since we, the healers were working for the payment, we just need to follow their arrangement. At least, we could get a basic accommodation like clean water, food two times a day, and a place to rest.

At the first day, we were all surprised by the little girl's condition. Her body was like a sponge that was eating our Elemental. And that was the same as the other healer. There was a little change in the little girl's skin. It was moisturized a little, but only a little. Her skin's condition didn't improve much. The first day passed with almost nothing changed. No wonder her family was desperately summoned this huge number of healers.

After seeing no change in his beloved granddaughter's condition, that scary old man immediately tried to grab us again. Fortunately, there were a bunch of guards around that scary old man.

In the end, we all were 'kidnapped' until her beloved granddaughter was completely healed. We all were not allowed to leave and each of us was forced to use our full capabilities every time we tried to heal her. Fearing this scary old man violence, all of us could only comply.

And this was the almost the fortieth days since I began my job in this 'prison'. Well, more exactly I didn't remember how long I was here. I couldn't help but suggest them to take her into Apothecary Guild.

It was impossible for me to talk to that scary old man since he would skin me alive. That middle-aged man was rarely seen, and then it would only leave this madam.

From what I heard from gossip, this madam was the girl's mother. Well, her hair's feature was very similar. There were a few strands of white hair in the middle of the black hair. She had been with this girl almost the whole time.

[Sigh, were my parents doing fine?] Unconsciously I was reminiscing the time I was in the village.

Eating together, sharing stories, repairing our house, and many more. Maybe with the rewards from this job, I should return to the village. But the main thing I had to do was being straightforward with this Madam.

"Err, Madam?" I tried to open the conversation. She only looked at me, showing that she had no much interest in having a conversation now.

"Her condition was not very good, and from this humble observation, this young lady's physical body was in a very weakened condition. After a long time of healing process, her body was showing a very little recovery. This should be because of her body constitution. Moreover, there were some traces of Over-usage of Elemental. Maybe Madam should try to go to Apothecary Guild for an expert's help?"

The Madam returned her attention to the girl. When I thought that she didn't care about my opinion, she opened her mouth for the first time since I arrived at this place. "Her body was already weak, to begin with. Depending on half-assed useless Apothecary Guild would make her life in danger."

I was really surprised by her words.

[She said Apothecary Guild was useless? Half-assed? Who would be daring enough to say those things?] But I didn't really understand about Apothecary Guild except selling healing service and medicine at a high price, so I just stayed silent.

[Sigh, this silence made me awkward.]

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