"...a strange wound," Shen heard the voice say, still half-asleep. "The curved-bladed dagger itself does some pretty nasty penetrating wounds, and there's a little bit of that dark energy mixed in. But this is not Lord Shen's most basic problem. The recent mental wound had shaken his spiritual powers badly, as if it had opened a crack in the channels that held them back. How can I explain this to you... Here they are generated inside, and immediately flow out, like water from a cracked vessel."
"I've never heard of such a thing..."
"It's a mental blow on the verge of death. Just a little more and he was dead. Even if there have been similar cases before, few people are able to survive after this. Any external influence can aggravate the situation."
"You mean... you mean he's that close to death?!" Muan's voice.
"How to cure it? It's curable, right? He'll be alright, won't he?"
"It is possible, but the process will not be fast. And the main component of success is the patient's diligence. For the time being, he should give up all use of spiritual powers, show more respect for his health, drink medicine, and lead a quiet lifestyle. It would be better for him to be an ordinary person for a while. "
"What time is it?" Shian's voice asked.
"It's hard to say. Such a case is out of my practice. Not to mention... Okay, I won't say anything about that. I think we're talking about a long time. "
"A couple of months?" Moin suggested.
"A couple of years is a more realistic term. "
«Years?!» Shen's mind was filled with terror. «I won't last a couple of years without my powers!! What is it?! Why am I such a loser?!»
Against his will, tears welled up on his closed lashes.
"I'll leave now to prepare the medicine," Zag continued, "for the next month, for now..."
The phrase was not voiced, but everyone present (including the patient) seemed to hear its conclusion: «So far, for the next month, then it may not be necessary.»
Waking from a long dream in which Shen dreamed that he was waking up and realized that all of doctor Zag's words were a dream, he stared at the ceiling, hoping that all of Zag's words were indeed a dream. Gradually, this hope faded, and Shen remembered the reality of what was happening, although he really did not want to believe it.
«System, am I really going to die like this? Not at the hands of the main character and not in some fight, not having lived a year in this world, like this?»
[All your actions clearly hinted that you would prefer to kill yourself before the main character's attempt to kill you. So what's the problem?]
«I don't want to die!»
[What is happening is not in my competence.]
«This is all because you wrote off my fifteen hundred points! Without them, I became much weaker, and that's why the mental blow affected me so seriously! What else can you say, am I wrong?»
[To some extent, they are right. Among the points deducted, there were indeed many points of the main villain's strength. However, the original Shen was the strongest cultivator of the Order of PP from the very beginning, you are the one who manages to get into trouble all the time.]
«Add them to me, huh? Bring them back, and I'll get better faster»
[Do you seriously believe that this can help you? You are like a man who clings to a shadowy hope. This is rather unfortunate.]
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Villain Path
FantasyHe died and was reborn in the world of the novel he'd just read?! How banal, damn it! System, I wish I were never born! System: [You have been assigned the identity of the main villain] Have I sinned so badly in my past life?! System: [And by the...
