Chapter 12: Healing the Poison

Xiao Fen did not answer the woman’s question but asked in return: “What do you need?”

“I need medicine. The Web’s poison is spreading inside me; I can’t hold on much longer.”

Xiao Fen frowned slightly, clearly finding the woman’s frankness unbelievable. If this woman had made up some other story, it might have actually made Xiao Fen trust her a little.

However, considering that the other party was a severely injured Trialist, and he needed the help of a Trialist to leave this world, Xiao Fen ultimately cautiously pulled the wooden door open a crack.

A tremendous force slammed against the door, like a heavy hammer in the hands of a Viking pirate smashing down hard. The slightly opened door was violently shoved open, and a petite figure followed behind, suddenly kicking Xiao Fen far away.

Glancing outside, the petite figure quickly closed the door, rushed to Xiao Fen’s side, looked at the short blade in Xiao Fen’s hand, and whispered: “I don’t know you.”

Xiao Fen’s hand was stepped on by the woman, but he did not panic or get angry. Instead, he smiled and said: “You are much stronger than I imagined. Also, I remember I said my name is Palin.”

The woman looked at the calm Xiao Fen again and asked: “Aren’t you afraid I’ll kill you?”

“Kill me, and you won’t be able to open the leather bag, and the medicine you want won’t be yours either. Wasn’t that what you were looking for just now?”

The woman stared at Xiao Fen for a while longer, then released her foot, reached out to pull Xiao Fen up, and said: “Your level isn’t high, but among all the Trialists I know, you are definitely the calmest one. Alright, I think we both have our needs, otherwise you wouldn’t have opened the door just now. Tell me, what do you want?”

Xiao Fen looked at the woman and said: “How can I trust you?”

“Just as I have no choice, you also have no choice.”

As the woman spoke, she turned her back and quickly took off her tight top. She didn’t care whether Xiao Fen was an adult male. On her back, there was a massive wound.

It was a penetrating wound, starting from her back and extending all the way to her lower abdomen.

On this wound surface, the skin was rapidly necrotizing, and the internal organs were the same. The entire wound was emitting a nauseating stench, a smell exactly the same as the scent currently lingering on Xiao Fen.

“Give me the medicine. I know you have it. My healing medicine is lost, thanks to certain people. Damn it, they ’d better not let me find them.”

Xiao Fen glanced at the woman, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with her abrupt demand. He happened to have a bottle of Healing Potion in his hand, and clearly, this woman probably knew that completing missions would reward such a potion.

He wasn’t sure of the specific effects of the potion, but looking at the woman’s injuries, if this potion could really heal such a terrible wound, then its effects must be astonishing.

While Xiao Fen looked at the woman, the woman was also secretly observing Xiao Fen. She knew the value of the Healing Potion better than Xiao Fen did, and she wasn’t entirely sure if Xiao Fen would give it to her.

However, her injury had deteriorated to a terrible extent. If she didn’t get the Healing Potion now, she might not see the sun tomorrow.

Because she urgently needed this potion, after confirming that Xiao Fen should be the one who completed the Traces of Lux, she decided to take a desperate gamble and try her luck here.

Xiao Fen, unaware of the woman’s thoughts, looked at her smooth and graceful back curve. Under the surrounding light, this curve produced a turbulent, hazy beauty. The woman’s skin was more delicate than he had imagined, and whiter, or rather, it gave a sense of paleness.

The 18-year-old virgin was stunned by the beautiful sight before him. He felt his mouth go dry for a moment. He subconsciously looked down at the ground and reached into his coat pocket to take out the mission-rewarded Healing Potion.

“Help me. Didn’t you see I can’t treat myself?”

The woman turned her head and glared at Xiao Fen, seemingly very dissatisfied with his lack of tact. Considering Xiao Fen appeared to be a middle-aged British man, his performance in front of the woman was a failure.

Then, the woman turned her head to look at the other side and lay down on the sofa on her own. Her chest was barely covered by the elastic leather. The contrast of black and white made the woman possess unimaginable allure in this small room.

Xiao Fen coughed twice, put the awkwardness aside, and walked to the woman’s side. His left hand gently supported the woman’s back. The smooth touch made his heart pound fiercely again. Fortunately, the mask hid everything; no one knew what complex expression was on his real face right now.

“Don’t smear it. My wound is too big. Just pour it directly in. Don’t worry about me; I can take it.”

The woman’s timely reminder clarified the usage of the potion for Xiao Fen. He used his teeth to bite open the cork of the glass bottle, glanced at the wound on the woman’s back again, and unhesitatingly poured the entire bottle of Healing Potion into it.

The moment the light blue Healing Potion touched the woman’s wound, it stirred up a layer of faint mist. The stench in the room suddenly intensified to the point of causing unconsciousness.

Accompanying these changes, the woman lying on the sofa let out a low growl like a beast.

Her body suddenly tightened, and her hands forcefully gripped the armrests of the sofa. The immense strength directly tore through the leather surface of the entire sofa. Then, even greater spasms arrived as the entire bottle of Healing Potion was poured.

Amidst these spasms, the woman stopped growling and instead let out a low whimper like a puppy. The skin on her back began to turn red rapidly, and her whole body began to twitch uncontrollably.

Xiao Fen could not imagine such pain. He looked at the woman, whose body was rapidly heating up, and subconsciously reached out to stroke her long hair. The hair was light, black, and straight. This touch suddenly made Xiao Fen want to do something.

“Where are your teammates?”

Xiao Fen asked in a low voice. The woman might fall into a coma at any moment due to the body’s self-protection mechanism from the severe pain. If this were the Real World, it might not matter, but this was the Trial World.

Xiao Fen wasn’t sure when danger would arrive, so keeping the woman sufficiently conscious was his best choice right now.

“Dead, all dead. Damn it, we were framed by those guys.”

The woman also understood Xiao Fen’s intention. She kept shaking her head to stay more awake. Although being awake meant she had to endure all the pain from beginning to end, compared to her life, the pain was no longer so important.

“Framed?”

“Trialists cannot harm each other in the Trial World. Last night, they lured those Webs to ambush our team, then blocked our retreat, causing the annihilation of the rest of our team. I was the only survivor, but my body was also hit by the Webs. If not for my special constitution, I wouldn’t have held on until now.”

At first, the woman spoke with some difficulty, but her tone slowly returned to normal. Her gradual adaptation to the pain allowed her to slowly regain control of her body. Finally, after answering Xiao Fen’s question, she suddenly asked: “Why do you trust me so much?”

Xiao Fen smiled slightly and said: “I have no choice but to trust you.”

The woman turned her head back to look at the sofa backrest, remained quiet for a moment, and said: “I will return this favor.”

Xiao Fen smiled and did not discuss this topic further, but continued to ask: “Why would they do that?”

“For a 100% completion rate, rookie. Tell me, who are you?”