novelraw Chapter 935: I Made a Mistake
Chapter 935: I Made a Mistake
"Roy, your right hand. That’s your dominant hand, right?" Albert asked me.
"Hmm? It is. Though I can’t write with my left, it should still be as strong as my right. I can still fight," I said as I raised my missing right hand. The blood keep gushing out of it. I guess I should ask a healer to heal me.
Before I ask, Albert called a healer right away. And the healer stopped my bleeding. I’ll figure out what to do with this right hand later.
"Your right hand was destroyed by this guy, right? What will you do then?" Albert asked.
"I’ll figure it out later. For now, make sure that the restraint holding this guy is the strongest. He’s strong physically. Also, if you can, appraise this staff. It can block Aura and very strong. For you, it’s just strong. But this thing might be able to render me useless if they have more of it," I said.
After knocking the Archbishop out, I also grabbed the staff before I left. And I gave the staff to Albert to be appraised.
I have tested it while holding that staff. Turns out, when I’m in direct contact with the staff, I can’t use Aura even from another part of my body which was not touching the staff. But when I clashed with this staff using the sword, I can’t use Aura only on the sword.
This is my weakness. If there’s someone strong enough and have good skill with their hands, I will lose if they have too many of this so-called Etherstone.
What if the Evil God has it? What if when I fight the Evil God, I have to face him inside a room built by using this material? Then I can’t use Aura no matter what. And I will die.
Maybe that place in the valley is built using this material? I sure hope that’s not the case. I hope that this Etherstone is a rare material.
"We will make sure that we learn everything about this Etherstone. But are you sure you’re okay with a missing hand?" Albert asked again.
"I will be fine. We have master level healer. Although it will take months or years for even master level healer to regenerate my hand... Wait!"
I realized something after I said that. Even Sunglasses didn’t notice. I guess it’s because they’re all too focused on me missing an arm than this thing.
After I realized it, I checked on the fainted Archbishop again. The collar was put on his neck. Then with his hands behind him, we have restrained him with a handcuff strong enough to not break even with the strength of a master level mage.
He won’t be able to escape unless someone is getting him out. I’m sure of it.
When he’s done getting restrained, I kicked him to wake him up. Or at least I was about to.
I looked at Celestine who was here as Lynn’s guard. I think it’s fine now that the Archbishop has the Magic Restricting Collar put on his neck. He won’t be able to communicate with his familiar which was close to the Evil God. There’s no need to hide the fact that Celestine was here.
"Wake up!" I shouted as I kicked the Archbishop.
He groaned in pain before he opened his eyes to see Celestine.
"Cough... I see. I was right that Celestine is with you guys," he said.
Seems like he also recognized the kings here. Well, that’s not important.
"You, did your God tell you to sacrifice your life to weaken me by cutting of my limb? And have you informed him about me missing my right hand before I knock you out?" I asked.
"Hehe, what about it? I have done what my God asked me to do. Even if I die now, I have no regrets! I won’t say anything to you. Whatever cruel method you use to torture me for information, I’d rather die!"
Then he opened his mouth wide and let his tongue out. He’s trying to cut off his own tongue so he won’t be able to speak.
But I’m faster than him. So before he bit off his own longue, I used my left hand to knock him out again.
"Stuff something in his mouth so he won’t be able to bite his tongue again. Sigh... I made a mistake. Even if it will take longer, I should have patiently wait for my chance to capture this guy instead of sacrificing my hand," I said.
I thought that it was enough that I capture this guy no matter what. But I was wrong.
"Roy, what’s wrong? What is it that worry you?" old man Henry asked.
"It’s this. I shouldn’t have sacrificed my hand before. I made a mistake," I said.
"What mistake?" Tomi asked.
"We have master level healer. And with that level of healing, it will take a long time to regenerate a lost limb. And the cult seem to know that there’s a way to reattach lost limb. That’s why this guy destroyed my severed hand," I said.
"Yeah. Master level healer can do that. But what’s wrong about it? Even it take a long time, it’s better than not being able to regenerate at all, right? Especially you since you use your body to fight," Albert said.
"It means that we gave the cult time limit to when they will attack," I said.
Then I explained to everyone how that the Evil God now knew about my missing hand. And he must be thinking that I won’t be able to use my full strength for the next few years until my right hand regenerate. Since we have master level mages already, the Evil God could be thinking that we even have master level healer. So the cult will make their move within that time limit of how long a normal master level healer would take to regenerate my missing hand..
"That’s it! Fuck! How did I not notice it?! Now, whether Roy can get his hand back or not, the cult will attack again within that time! Hey, how long does it take usually for master level healer to regenerate a missing hand?!" Tomi asked the healer.
The healer here is the master level healer whom joined from the Magicless Area. She also taught Kayla about healing magic. Though Kayla’s healing magic was already better than her, Kayla still can’t regenerate a lost limb. Because she’s not a master level healer yet.
"For me, it should be done around five years," she said.
"But that’s not what’s important. The cult can even make their move sooner just so they can make me way too busy so I won’t be able to get enough healing to regenerate my hand. So it will take even longer. Anyway, they will try to make more big moves that will force me to fight a lot within five years. I’m sure of it," I said.
No matter if it only take weeks or years, if the cult can stop me from getting enough healing magic to regenerate my right hand, it will be enough for them. Making us lose our strongest asset.
"Even if I can get my hand right now, they will continue to attack. In fact, they will start to think that we have the strongest healer and will target that healer if I got my hand back. Like I said, I shouldn’t have sacrificed my hand. Now they will probably plan to attack innocent people to force me to continue fighting," I said.
"The only good thing about it is that they don’t know who you are. But it won’t be long until they found out about it though since your clan is getting more famous. Then there’s only one thing left to do," Sunglasses said.
Now, everyone’s attention turned into Sunglasses. What kind of plan will he say?
"Now that the cult’s master level mages are spread out, we can only kill as many enemies right as possible right now. Just to make it harder for the cult to reorganize their troop to make the next attack. And if we kill all the master level mages, then even if they make their next move, they will only send weaker mages. During that time, we can have some people cultivate with the spirits so they can reach master level sooner. This is the only plan I can think of right now," Sunglasses said.
I see. It’s simple. But it should work. Though we don’t know when they will attack again after this, if they can only send weaker mages, then it won’t be as hard to fight them as it is today.
"Then I will go to the valley right away. All of you just need to think of what to do for the cult’s next attack," I said as I was about to open a portal to the valley.
"Roy, wait! What about your hand? If they will attack us soon, then even if you are good with your left hand, your strength will decrease," Albert said.
"Then I can just do this."
I used the Blobbies I had in me to form a right hand. Now it seems like I’m wearing a black glove only on my right. And it will move according to how I wish.
"And I’m sure that when Kayla reached master level, she can regenerate my right hand faster than any other master level healer can do. I’ll wait until then," I said.
"I guess that works. Finish things quickly so we can all plan our next move as well," Albert said.
Now, I’m ready to help those in the valley. I bet they will be surprised that I lost my right hand.