The man displayed every symptom of a patient who had suffered from injuries for a long time and now wanted nothing more than to die.
They had been forced to strap the man down to prevent him from harming himself.
Lingguang Tower was unusually quiet. The many palace-dressed maids attending nearby might have been curious, but they still maintained their poise without looking askance... They had been trained into puppets.
"His name is Wen Duo. He was injured in a battle against the Abomination Lord." Yu Huatian stood beside the man—Wen Duo. "He was infected with the Abomination's blood poison, which penetrated deep into his bones. They've scraped out his bones several times, but it was useless."
Boss Luo and Maid Miss came to the patient's side as well, and the two of them began examining him with practiced seriousness.
Boss Luo asked curiously, "Even scraping out the bones couldn't remove the poison?"
"It treats the symptoms, not the root." Yu Huatian shook his head. "The poison reappears after every treatment. We've been unable to find its source. And every treatment requires him to endure tremendous pain."
A person had undergone repeated bone-scraping treatments over half a year. Judging by the situation, it clearly involved more than one or two bones. Even if the surgery could suppress the pain, the agony afterward was easy to imagine.
He might once have been an unyielding, iron-boned man.
But now, all he wanted was to die.
After taking a brief look, Boss Luo suddenly asked, "Lord Yu, if I can't cure him, how will you deal with this subordinate of yours? Will you continue ignoring his request and seek a way to treat him, or will you fulfill his final wish and let him leave with dignity?"
"His dignity remained on that battlefield."