The Novel's Extra (0-100)

Chapter 45 - After the Trouble (1)

'Destructive power amplification shotgun shell' – 50 SP each.

Although I used ordinary bullets against Chrome Wolves, I used five of these special bullets to break down the wall and kill the assassin. In other words, I had consumed 250 SP in less than a minute. It was a necessary expenditure to break down the examination room's wall, and since I managed to save Rachel, I didn't particularly regret it.

"Um..."

I reached out to Rachel, who was collapsed on the ground. She stared at my hand blankly before getting up by herself. I pulled my hand back and awkwardly scratched my cheek.

"..."

Rachel stared at the broken down wall to her right. The examination room's reinforced wall was in a sorry state because of my shotgun shells.

"Oh, the mana barrier disappeared when the electricity went out."

I made an excuse because her gaze pricked at my conscience.

Rachel's eyes rolled and landed on my shotgun. I hurriedly stuffed it in my bag, but it didn't fit because of its size. I quickly turned around and changed it to its handgun form before putting it away.

"R-Rather than that..."

I looked at Rachel's body. She was riddled with wounds, and she was bleeding to a worrying degree.

I should be concerned about her safety, but for some reason, I thought of Evandel's Seed first. Rachel's blood would be the perfect nourishment for it.

"You're hurt."

I took off the belt bag around my waist. To give a brief explanation about this belt bag, it was an all-purpose emergency kit created with the combination of all my fears and apprehension.

Antidotes, potions, painkillers, tranquilizers, bandages, gauzes... all sorts of medicine and medicinal supplies were in this bag. Of course, recovery potions, namely the 'external wound recovery potion', were also included in it.

Although recovery potions were a bit on the expensive side, they were cheap compared to what Rachel's blood was worth.

"Here, it's an external wound recovery potion."

When I gave her a glass bottle containing a red liquid, Rachel's eyes widened in surprise.

"Before I put it on, I'll wipe off your blood first."

Because I was nervous, I felt my lips going dry. I wet my lips with saliva before asking, "May I?"

"...."

Rachel nodded. She had given me permission.

First, I took out a gauze from my belt bag and wiped the blood flowing down from her wounded left arm. As I took out more gauzes, I kept the used ones stacked on top of each other without throwing them away. Once her arm was mostly clean of blood, I wet a gauze with the potion before applying it to her skin.

Immediately, Rachel clenched her teeth. Potions had a stinging sensation when applied over the skin, kind of like antiseptics.

I planned to heal her left arm first, but Rachel suddenly grabbed me.

She spoke for the first time since we met.

"...Here first."

With that, she showed me her right wrist.

It was a serious wound. Her flesh and muscles were cut off entirely and her bones were showing. If the cut was just slightly deeper, her wrist would have been severed. But surprisingly, there was no blood coming out of the wound. It seemed Rachel was blocking the wound with her magic power.