Chapter 212: Injuries

When Luoning arrived at Heitu Town, Ruidar was lying on the bed in a stupor.

This Knight with short orange-red hair had always looked resolute and burly, but at this moment, his face was as pale as paper, lacking even a fraction of his usual heroic spirit.

Although his left arm was bandaged, the bandage was still stained red with blood; even though ten days had passed, the wound was still bleeding.

It was no wonder that Ruidar would be exhausted later on, to the point where he needed someone to carry him just to walk.

Luoning lifted the other man's arm slightly and unwound the bandage.

Tangmu was right; the wound on the arm truly showed signs of festering.

"With an injury like this, under normal circumstances, it should have already started to heal."

This puncture wound had not damaged the bone, and with a Silver Knight's powerful recovery, it would not have been a problem under normal circumstances.

Although Luoning's movements were light, they still startled Ruidar awake.

"My Lord, you have come."

He tried to prop himself up to sit, but his right arm could not muster any strength.

"Lie still."

Luoning patted the other man's hand while taking out a Healing Spell Scroll to use.

The gentle light sprinkled onto the wound, but there seemed to be no sign of change.

What exactly did the other party use to cause such an injury?

Luoning leaned in to observe and discovered that the wound was faintly turning black. "Could it be that the opponent's sword was coated with poison?"

"It shouldn't be poison."

Ruidar denied it, "I feel it is a special type of Battle Qi that can erode my flesh and blood, hindering my own Battle Qi from stimulating my flesh to heal."

As the person involved, Ruidar was incomparably clear about his own injury.

Hearing this, Luoning thought of Lulansi's condition; the other man had also been eroded all over his body by a special energy, unable to be cured for Along time.

"When you use Battle Qi to stimulate the wound, will that special Battle Qi devour your Battle Qi and grow stronger?"

He could not help but ask.

If Ruidar had also been afflicted by the Soul Devouring Surge, that would be troublesome.

"That hasn't happened."

Ruidar denied it again, "It does not devour my Battle Qi. To be precise, it has confined the flesh near my wound, turning it into a special kind of stone that Battle Qi cannot penetrate."

Simply put, it was like being insulated.

Luoning secretly breathed a sigh of relief; as long as it was not the Soul Devouring Surge, that was the greatest stroke of luck in a misfortune.

"What about the wound on your chest?" Luoning lifted the blanket to check.

"The wound on my chest was similar to the arm wound at the beginning, but the situation improved on the third day, and as my Battle Qi was able to pass through, it has now healed."

Luoning saw that near the abdomen, a twenty-centimeter-long wound had already scabbed over.

One wound could heal while another could not; this was also a strange matter.

Why were there so many strange things in that valley?

"My Lord, I suspect it is their strength that caused the two injuries to have different situations."

Ruidar had analyzed it carefully in the days before his return.

"The wound on my chest was left by that Bronze Knight, while the puncture wound on my left arm was left by a Silver Knight; their strengths are different."

"Additionally, the depth of the wound might also be a key factor."

Luoning nodded; what the other man said made a lot of sense.

If the strength is high, the power of that special Battle Qi is greater;

once the wound is deep, the amount of the opponent's Battle Qi that invades the flesh is greater, and the injury is consequently more severe.

Therefore, until now, the injury on Ruidar's arm had not shown any turn for the better.

"My Lord, I suspect... that besides the Silver Grade in that cave, there are also existences of the same level, or even a higher level."

"Because during the battle..."

Ruidar, who had been speaking, suddenly had heavier breathing, and his exhaustion grew more intense.

"We will talk about the analysis after you have recovered; for now, rest well!"

Luoning stopped the other man from continuing to speak while having Tangmu bring new bandages to re-dress the wound.

"Qiaozhi has already gone to Swamp Town to notify Aierlong; he should be able to arrive tonight."

As the only great physician in the Wubei Territory and also a Magician with the Light Attribute, such thorny matters could only be left to Aierlong to handle and study.

Fortunately, although Ruidar was weak, his injury had not deteriorated to the point of no return.

Given that the abdominal wound could suddenly improve, perhaps the left arm injury could also improve if he held on until the end.

It was just unknown how long he would have to hold on.

Luoning finished dressing the wound and then led the others out of the room.

"Wodun, Dandi, you two guard here; remember to notify me in time if there is any situation."

"Yes, my Lord!"

"Tangmu, go and have the cook at Black Earth Village boil some barley porridge tonight, and also get some meat broth or other food that is easy to eat and drink."

"I'm going right now!"

After arranging the care for Ruidar, Luoning rode his Tayunjv to patrol the north side of Heitu Town.

That there was such a bizarre place in the back of his own territory truly made him find it hard to believe.

Judging from the descriptions of Tangmu and Ruidar, that group of people clearly had different identities from Qiaofuli, Jennie, and the others.

Moreover, the other party had Bronze, Silver, and even Golden Grade existences, so it could not be the power of fugitive nobles.

The key was, they could not be killed...

"It is not that they cannot be killed."

Luoning frowned; a single Explosive Flame Slash from Ruidar had blasted one of them into dust.

He keenly sensed that the power of the Explosive Flame Slash could not possibly have blasted a person directly into slag, and there must be something worth pondering in this.

"A sword cannot stab them to death, yet they are blasted into powder by a Battle Technique."

"Could it be that their bodies are very special, and when massive external Battle Qi invades their bodies, they self-destruct?"

This situation of turning into powder was very much like an explosion from the inside out, so Luoning made this analysis.

"Should I go to this Mysterious Valley or not?"

Luoning returned to Heitu Town and had Tangmu assemble a squad of Infantry there to strengthen patrols in the north, especially to keep watch at night.

During this time, he had also been thinking about how to handle the matter of the Mysterious Valley.

He certainly had to go; such an unsettling factor could not be left in his territory.

The threat from this group of things was far greater than the threat posed by Magic Beasts.

All Luoning had to consider was when to go.

Currently, the high-end combat power of Wubei Territory consisted of two Silver Knights, one Chief Mage, and Luoning himself, a Bronze Knight and Great Mage.

Besides that, he also had a Level 6 Fire Dragon Swallowing Heaven Spell Scroll in his possession, enough to repel a Golden Knight.

With such high-end combat power, Luoning had the confidence to go and investigate.

However, to be safe, he still had to wait for a dozen days or so.

On one hand, he was waiting for Ruidar's injuries to fully heal; on the other hand, in another dozen days, he would be able to accumulate enough Attribute Points to become a Silver Knight and Chief Mage in one fell swoop.

At that time, his certainty in exploring would be even greater.

Time flowed slowly, and at midnight, the sound of thumping hoofbeats came from the quiet Heitu Town.

It was Aierlong, holding a torch and riding a warhorse, galloping into the town.

Following behind him were Qiaozhi, Jennie, and Kelami.

Commander Ruidar being injured was a major event; they had come not only to visit but also to see if Luoning had any missions to arrange. (End of this chapter)