Healing

Listening to Kaijin, Rimuru felt somewhat indignant.

"How could they make things so difficult for you?"

Rimuru felt indignant on Kaijin's behalf.

"You must have offended someone, right? Otherwise, they wouldn't have assigned you an impossible task."

Mo Li spoke up at that moment.

Hearing Mo Li's words, Kaijin sighed.

"Yes, you're right. I really don't get along with the person who issued the task. He was the one who proposed to His Majesty that it be assigned to me."

"Looks like there's no shortage of this sort of thing anywhere."

Mo Li could not help but sigh.

Whether in his previous life or in this world, such things always happened. That was the rule of the workplace: wherever there were people, there would be conflicts. Benefits were limited. If they weren't yours, they belonged to someone else. In this world, either you suppressed them, or they suppressed you.

Having read the original work, Mo Li knew that the one tripping Kaijin up was Vester, Tempest's future chief biologist. The reason was that he had some old grievances with Kaijin. However, Vester was not a bad person; he had merely gone astray for the moment. With the Cute King's help, he returned to the right path. At the Dwarf King's behest, he joined Tempest—though calling it an order would be less accurate than calling it exile. In the end, he made many contributions to Tempest.

"So what are you going to do now?"

Rimuru asked worriedly.

"I don't know either. I can only take it one step at a time."

Kaijin's face was full of helplessness.

"There wasn't enough time to begin with, and there are no materials. I have no solution now."

Kaijin spoke wearily.

Then Kaijin seemed to remember something and grew angry.

"Because of gathering the materials, several of my friends were badly injured and can't work now."

As he said this, Kaijin punched the stone wall. A fist mark the size of a sandbag immediately appeared in it. One could imagine how much force he had used.

"That's far too much of a coincidence."

Mo Li spoke at that moment.

"Ari, what do you mean, too much of a coincidence?"

Rimuru asked in confusion.

"Don't you think it's too coincidental? Those monsters could have appeared earlier or later, but they just had to show up when Kaijin took this task. Don't you think that's strange?"

Mo Li said to Rimuru and Kaijin.

"Ari, do you mean someone tampered with things? Is that it?"

Rimuru said, suddenly understanding.

"It was probably the person who has a grudge against Kaijin."

Mo Li said calmly.

"Sigh, it's not that I don't know that. There weren't many materials in the mine this time. Not only were there few materials, but an Earth Dragon seriously injured my friends as well. The mine was probably tampered with."

Kaijin spoke at that moment.

"Then why don't you report it to those above?"

Rimuru suggested to Kaijin.

"How can I report it? There's no evidence proving that the mine was tampered with. How can I accuse anyone without evidence?"

Kaijin sighed.

"Since they intended to make a move, they definitely wouldn't leave evidence behind. Rather than discussing this, we should think about how to help you get through this crisis."

Mo Li said calmly.

"Looks like that's our only option."

Rimuru said somewhat dejectedly.

"Can I ask why you're helping me like this? I don't think I know either of you."

Kaijin voiced his question.

"We have something we need to ask of you. But right now, the most urgent matter is helping you get through this crisis first."

Rimuru explained to Kaijin.

"That's right. We aren't helping for nothing. We really do have something to ask of you."

Mo Li spoke up.

"Fine. As long as you help me get through this crisis, I'll help you with anything within my abilities, no matter what it is."

Kaijin promised Rimuru and Mo Li.

"Then it's settled."

Rimuru said.

"Good. The pact is made. Whoever breaks it shall suffer Rock Eater's Punishment."

Mo Li said solemnly.

"First, let's treat your injured friends."

Rimuru spoke at that moment.

"You have a way?"

Kaijin pressed. To be honest, he had not held out much hope.

"Take us to see how badly they're hurt."

Mo Li said.

"Alright, alright, come quickly."

Kaijin hurriedly led Mo Li and Rimuru to the back room.

Under Kaijin's lead, Mo Li and Rimuru quickly met the injured dwarves. It could be said that these dwarves had only a few breaths left. There were four injured in total. Two had their abdomens pierced through; if not for the dwarves' powerful vitality, they would have died long ago. Another had lost both eyes and was covered in wounds, while the last had even lost an arm. The fact that these dwarves were still alive was already a miracle.

"Their injuries are so serious."

Rimuru could barely bring himself to look.

"Alright, let's treat them as quickly as possible. Every minute we delay puts them in greater danger. I'll use Healing Spell to stabilize their injuries first. Rimuru, take out the medicine made from Hippocrates Grass and treat them."

Mo Li spoke up at that moment.

With that, Mo Li went before the dwarves and activated the Healing Spell from Immortal Arts Control to stabilize their injuries.

"I wonder whether the medicine can heal wounds this severe."

As Rimuru spoke, he spat out the medicine Great Sage had made from his Stomach.

Mo Li knew that this medicine would definitely work. Hippocrates Grass was already an exceedingly rare and precious medicinal herb, and medicine made from it was the finest among healing medicines. There was not much medicine made from Hippocrates Grass in the Dwarf Kingdom, and its price was extremely high. It was something with a price but no market.

Not to mention that the concentration of medicine in the Dwarf Kingdom could reach at most ninety-five percent, while Rimuru's was different. Rimuru's medicine had been made by Great Sage, and its concentration was a full one hundred percent. If ninety-five percent could heal injuries, how could one hundred percent fail?

Mo Li then took the Recovery Potion Rimuru handed him. He went to a dwarf whose abdomen had been pierced and poured the medicine into his mouth. Green light soon radiated from his entire body, and the pierced area rapidly regenerated before their eyes. In less than half a minute, the injured area had completely healed.

"Ari, he's healed! He's healed!"

Rimuru said excitedly, shaking Mo Li's hand.

"Alright, stop shaking me. Let's hurry and treat the remaining injured."

After saying that, Mo Li walked toward the other injured dwarves.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Mo Li and Rimuru had healed the remaining three injured dwarves.

"There, mission accomplished."

Rimuru said to Kaijin.

Kaijin had already been left dumbfounded by the sight.