Narrow survival

Kneeling above her body as pressed her body to the ground, Liam made sure to use his mana to pressure her, restraining her to the ground since she had currently lost all sense of reason.

''….groan''

Cahira groaned in pain as she slowly came back to her senses. But she was still fighting to keep her emotions in check, even though her body went stiff from exhaustion, she still moaned Boris death.

''Tsk…tsk''

''It looks like you are now back to your senses"

"Although I would've liked it if you took your time'' Liam said with a hint of disgust in his voice.

He detested Cahira for trying to put the group in more danger, seeing that the armoured scale tailed beasts spared their own life after taking Boris life showed that it was in no mood to continue its battle with them. But for Cahira to heedlessly chase after the beast after it had made its getaway was just plain idiotic.

A devil doesn't only increase their strength the more tiers they advanced, but also enhanced their emotions. As they began to feel even more pain, love, anger and sadness. Thus they always tend to calm their emotions through meditating, even though they couldn't control it, they still managed to keep their emotions from getting out of hand.

And as for what Cahira had done was a mistake only made by those who had just started their ascension, knowing fully well they needed to calm their spirit, as they always tend to resolve these little problems at their early levels of ascension.

But, it was still a wonder how Cahira had managed to advance this far without keeping such emotions in check, but that was none of his concern as he would grant her passage if she wanted to commit suicide all by herself, but putting them all at the risk of losing their lives was something he would never agree to.

Realizing her from his grip when he saw her returning to normal, Liam got up as he hurriedly went back to old man Bael, because the old man was in a critical situation currently. If old man Bael were to lose his life right now, then their might as well be dead.

If their chances of finding the spirit flamed orchid before were close to zero, then right now it was impossible, but not knowing the right words to call it, saying that their goal was impossible was just an understatement.

''ar..gh arghh''

Looking at the old man Bael who seem to have multiple broken bones, and injuries that painted his body, Laim could only seethe his teeth's in anger, as he watched Pergan applying the herbs on his body to lessen the pain.

The loads they brought on this mission weren't much, because they weren't enough time to procure them all. But they did pack a lot of life-saving medicines in case any of them managed to get seriously injured. Of course, they were expecting to use it on any one of them, but what they didn't expect to see was that they would be using it on old man Bael, who was the most experienced and probably the strongest among them.

And by the looks of his condition, he would probably be able to walk in some few days.

''Tsk…Damn it''

How was he supposed to explain to the clan elders if anything happened to the old man? If he died here then they might as well head back to the clan empty-handed to receive their punishments. Even if the old man does manage to stand on his feet, both his mobility and combat prowess would be severely limited and that could also be forcefully pushing them into a corner in this forest.

Although they had not encountered any stronger demonic beast except for the armoured scale-tailed beast, he prayed they wouldn't encounter more or that would be truly putting an end to them.

''Eat this, it would help heal your internal injuries''

Trying to apply the medicines in old Bael's body also, Pergan asked the old man Bael to open his mouth, since his teeth's were shut tight as they gritted together.

''Cough, cough..h''

Feeling the bitter-sweet herbs on his taste buds, the old devil had to admit that he didn't enjoy how the medicine tastes like. Of course, he know that the better the medicine, the worse it would taste, but that still didn't manage to comfort his belly as he almost spewed up the herbs on Pergan.

''How long would it take for him to get on his feet's again?'' Liam said.

''I don't know, he internal organs are bleeding, with some fractured bones across his hands, legs and ribcage''

''Sigh, if he were alone in such conditions, there would be a high chance he would've died from the internal bleeding and bloodline exhaustion. But due to him being a higher ascendant, and with the limited resources we brought, I would say a few weeks''

"As for the exact time of his recovery, I don't know" Pergan said in a solemn tone.

Pergan knew how bad the situation was, and although they still had enough time to wait until old man Bael had recovered, but that would bring them back to square one where they would have to begin searching for the flamed orchid again.

''We don't have that time, unfortunately"

"Support him up, let's move out from this area before we think about what to do next'' Liam said as their current position wasn't suitable for them to rest, as they were surrounded by corpses of fallen night gyxes.

Staying here would only cause them more troubles, and he was sure that this current position would soon be overturned with several demonic beasts.

Helping Pergan in placing the arm of old man Bael around his neck to use as support, Laim also made sure to grab the old man's axe. Even though it looked like he refused to release it from his hands as they were tightly wrapped around its handles, Liam knew that he didn't put up much resistance, if not he didn't know if he could have released it from the old man's grip.

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