Shock

11 Days later, Leus exited the Barrier.

'Whew, this was a difficult Abstract'

Although its concept was pretty simple, Leus found it hard to unlock.

'I had to just keep waiting and waiting until I felt that I could make the Ice Mana pass through my palm'

Leus didn't want to repeat the same mistake, so he waited even extra time.

He looked at his left hand

'I wonder how Remedy healed it the last time, does she have some advanced spell or something?'

While he was thinking that to himself, Arno opened the door

"Not again"

Leus stopped staring at his hand and looked at Arno

"Huh? What?"

Arno chuckled

"You just looked exactly the same the last time I entered, the only difference was the color of your hand"

"Oh, you mean staring at it? Last time I was just so fascinated by it for some reason, but this time I was actually wondering, how did Remedy treat it?

Is there an advanced spell or something? I forgot to ask because I was annoyed before I entered the barrier."

Arno looked at him with a blank expression

"You don't know?"

Leus shook his head

"I remember it was black, then the next time I got up it was back to normal, I don't know how it got healed"

"It didn't get healed, Leus"

Leus tilted his head in confusion

"Didn't get healed?"

He flexed his arm around for Arno to see

"Leus, there was no healing for it, it was dead, she cut it off"

Leus' eyes opened wide and he said in disbelief

"Cut it off??????"

"Yes, it wasn't just the skin or the bones, tissues, muscles, everything was dead inside"

Hearing that was very scary

"Could I have died from that?"

Arno scratched his chin in thought

"Hmm ... I don't think so.

A while after exiting the Barrier your body would've become warm again and your brain would've quickly healed itself, then you'd have been able to think clearly."

Hearing that calmed Leus down a bit, but then he thought of something

"So ... I can cut my limbs and they'll grow back in days?"

Arno shook his head

"No, Leus, you are slightly stronger than the average Elite, but that's only in some aspects.

Your Life Force is still a Knight's/Mage's Life Force, and you lack the necessary Abstracts that would reduce Life Force consumption and/or increase regeneration speed.

Based on your current power, I guess it would have taken weeks to fully cover.

Maybe you could recover in less than a month, and honestly, that'd be impressive for your level, but you'd need to sleep a lot and consume a lot of food to make up for the consumed Life Force,"

'So I'm still weak huh ... '

It disappointed Leus a bit, but he moved on

"Then how did I recover in 3 days?"

"I used my privileges as a Librarian and reserved some of Remedy's Life Force daily usage just for you"

"You have such a privilege? Wow"

"Of course, that's natural"

"How much is that of her total life force?"

"About 12 to 15%, 12% is a minimum"

"So ... I used 36% of an Elite's Life Force to heal my hand?"

"No, That'd be 3 sessions, she asked for the payment of 4 Sessions, which means that you at least consumed 48%"

It didn't make sense to Leus

"Does an Elite need 50% of his Life Force just to recover a hand? That doesn't make sense, not according to my experience."

"No, that's not the case.

First, using Life Force for healing others is more complex than self-healing.

In your case, you didn't need to only regenerate your hand, you had brain damage and wounds all over your body, also, the amount of Life Force needed varies from person to person, it's not set in stone, and the stronger the person is, the more Life Force he requires.

The Luminous Kingdom is advanced in this field, I heard that they managed to create Life Force Potions, but I'm not sure if that's actually true.

Regardless, here in the Crimson Kingdom, this matter is still under research, but in short, nothing is fixed, every case is unique."

Leus took a couple of seconds to process everything that Arno had said

'I never expected that they cut my hand ... I didn't feel anything, and it looks perfectly fine like nothing happened'

He was shocked, but that shock also made him understand something even more important

'I need to get stronger so I won't need to rely on anyone to heal me, especially someone as annoying as Remedy'

He pushed all the thoughts to the back of his mind and focused on his current situation.

Leus said to Arno in a polite tone

"Thanks, Master ... I'm sorry that I made you use that Privilege to heal me"

Arno waved his hand

"Not an issue, don't push yourself too far and we probably won't need her again"

Silence ensued for a couple of seconds, then Arno broke it by asking

"What do you want to do now? It's been about a month since you first started unlocking this Abstract"

Leus scratched his chin in thought

'I have an affinity for Water and Fire, So I should be able to unlock the last two Abstracts faster.'

'But still, I might need another month and a half or two if they're complicated.

This would mean that if I start now, I'll be away from home for 3 months ... I don't think it's a good idea.'

'I also want to check on Scar and see if The Crimson Guards did anything to bother my friends in the slums'

Honestly, Leus didn't want to leave, he wanted to unlock the Abstracts quickly and become stronger, but

'Family and Friends are more important, I will take a quick tour around and come back'

'But the next time I come back, I'll unlock the last 2 Abstracts, even if I have to stay for two months.'

Leus was satisfied by the decision he came to, he looked at Arno and said

"I'll return in 2 or 3 days and unlock the last 2 Abstracts"

Arno nodded

"Well then, I'll be waiting for you"

Leus said goodbye to Arno and left the room.

Arno was left alone in the room with a blank expression on his face

'Our journey is almost over, Leus'

'Almost ripe.'