"Dr. Erik!"
Yang Bo greeted Erik with a broad smile.
Erik, who had been checking his calculations, whipped his head around at the sound of Yang Bo's voice. His neck had grown stiff from staying in the same position for so long, and it gave an audible crack.
The sound made Yang Bo's eyelid twitch.
"Slow down! If you turn your head like that, you'll..."
Only then did Yang Bo get a clear look at Erik, and he froze on the spot. Erik had always been a little old, but he had still looked vigorous. Now, his eyes were red and bloodshot, and his deathly pale face and deep, dark circles made it clear he had been pulling all-nighters.
"Yang Bo?!"
Erik's voice trembled. Yang Bo hurried over and asked worriedly:
"Erik, what happened to you?"
Erik could hardly believe his eyes. His own mistake had teleported Yang Bo to some unknown place, yet Yang Bo had actually returned on his own.
"I... I..."
Erik clutched his chest and collapsed. His face immediately took on the ashen hue that only appeared when someone was meeting death.
???
Yang Bo stared at Erik's suddenly collapsed body and his vanished health bar.
He went completely numb.
"Holy shit, Doctor! You're really taking this that far?"
He hurriedly pulled out the Scepter, aimed it at Erik, and cast Hero Immortal. Luckily, the doctor had died of illness, not because he had reached the natural end of his life.
"Erik, now isn't the time for you to rest. I'm not approving this leave!"
A holy pillar of light descended from above onto Erik.
Still worried, Yang Bo cast another master-level healing spell.
"Sacred pool of life!"
Seeing the ongoing Life regeneration 3 and Damage absorption 3 buffs above Dr. Erik's head, Yang Bo nodded