175. Relief

Even while thinking about that, I examined the physical condition of the assistants.

The assistants were ravaged by a unique poison.

「The poison was administered through an open wound and then the wound was closed, huh.」

「The enemy stopped the bleeding and closed the wounds. I wonder why? Kyuru.」

「The bleeding was only stopped after 4/5 of total blood had flowed out.」

The bleeding was stopped at the point where the assistants would be barely alive. It seems that the enemy didn’t really care even if the assistants died after that.

「This is extremely troublesome.」

「Because lost blood can’t be restored? Kyuru.」

「Yeah.」

I started with detoxification.

After that, I raised their body temperature together with Shiro.

「The wounds are already closed, but…」

The internal organs had some small cuts and the tendons of the limbs were also cut, so I healed those too.

「I’ve done everything I can with magic.」

From here on out, they need medical attention rather than magic. Things that can only be healed with time.

「Will, what are you going to do now?」

「I want to take them back to the base camp, but let’s join up with Arti and the others before that.」

Jema and the three dying students also need immediate medical attention. It would be difficult for Arti, Rosetta, and Tina to carry them back to the base camp.

「Okay. I’ll carry them on my back, kyuru.」

「Thank you.」

I flew with the three unconscious assistants on Rubeum’s back.

Shiro also returned to his original size and climbed on Rubeum’s back.

「Arti, can you hear me?」

『I can hear you.』

「I found a few wounded. I’m heading back there.」

『Understood. Tina has finished treatment over here, and we have completed the enemy corpse processing.』

「That’s good. Also, secure and preserve the assistant teachers’ heads as it is. It may be useful for something.」

『Understood.』

「So what about Jema-sensei?」

『She is asleep right now. Perhaps tension has finally left her body.』

「I see.」

It may be better to think that Jema lost consciousness rather than fell asleep.

By the time we rushed in, Jema was already full of wounds.

Her willpower was what kept her standing and fighting. Now that the Cardinal has been defeated, it is natural for her to collapse in exhaustion.

And, just like the three assistants, Jema’s further recovery can’t be helped by magic. The three assistants and Jema had lost too much blood. Healing magic cannot restore lost blood.

「We’re here!」

「You’re fast as always, Rubeum.」

Thanks to Rubeum flying at high speed, we arrived at Arti’s location immediately.

「Let’s carry Jema-sensei and the students onto Rubeum’s back.」I said.

「Understood.」

We split up and carried the injured people up onto Rubeum’s back.

Arti looked at the three assistants and asked.

「Are these people injured?」

The three assistants were tightly wrapped in waterproof clothes, so their faces couldn’t be seen.

「That’s right. They were on the verge of death and I managed to save them with Healing Magic, but their condition is still unpredictable. Check their faces.」I said.

In response, Tina turned over the waterproof clothes and looked at the faces of the assistants.

「Eh! This is a teacher from the academy.」she exclaimed.

「As I thought.」

Jema staggered back into consciousness while being placed on Rubeum’s back.

Just moving her body seemed like a difficult task for her.

「Their faces… Show me their face.」

「Jema-sensei, don’t move too much.」

While saying that, I carried Jema to the side of the assistants.

I then turned over the waterproof clothes and showed their faces.

「…You guys. Is this a dream?」

「No, this is reality. Their conditions are severe, but still alive.」

「I see…」

「They have lost way too much blood, so the situation does not look good. But it’s the same for you too, sensei.」

「Did you save them, Will?」

「No, I was only able to save them because Rubeum found them quickly.」

「Thank you, Rubeum.」

「Kyuru, But Will detoxified and healed their wounds with magic.」

「Thank you too, Will.」

「Don’t worry. Instead, please take a rest, sensei.」

「Okay.」

Jema quietly laid back down on Rubeum’s back.

「Rubeum, fly without shaking as much as possible.」

「I understand. Kyuru.」

After all the injured people were put on Rubeum’s back, he flew into the sky.

Then Rosetta asked in a whisper.

「Will, shouldn’t the teachers be dead? Because their heads were…」

「I think those heads were fakes.」

「Why do something like that?」

「We won’t know until we investigate it…」

It depends on how difficult it was for the Cardinal to create that fake head.

If it was a difficult process, then the Cardinal must have had some important reason to have created those.

However, if it was easy, then it may have been created just as a mental attack on us.

「So you asked me to secure the heads to investigate that, Will.」

Arti nodded, as if she was convinced.