The first ever memory that Adam had absorbed belonged to a Herbalist. It was a treasure trove of knowledge, to say the least.
Not only did it contain a vast compendium of magical ingredients found throughout the boundless universe, but it also contained countless recipes for myriad magical potions.
But most importantly, it contained the Herbalist's experience. Although the memory was fragmented, it was still more than enough for a budding Herbalist like Adam to study and capitalize on. There were simply that many methods in the memory.
The Anatomy Sewing Method was one such method!
Just like how a seamstress stitched clothes, a Herbalist used the same principles to stitch injured muscles, organs, or even bones using their own mana as threads. The level of difficulty increased in that exact order.
Adam had to apply great precision to stitch together his friend's broken ribs. Furthermore, his mana output had to be extremely precise as well.
If the mana output was more than required, it would damage the ribs and even the lungs. If the mana output was less than required, then the ribs would be unable to be stitched back together.
After about ten minutes, Adam finally withdrew the long needles back out of Lisa's chest. His head was covered in sweat from the ordeal. Although it didn't look like much to the bystander, what he did required immense focus and mana control.
"Phew!" After pouring some more healing potion over Lisa's chest, he sanitized the needles with a type of transparent liquid and then put them back in his earring.
He glanced at Edward and nodded. "She'll be fine, don't worry. But someone needs to get her the hell out of here. She needs some peaceful place to recover."
Edward felt as if a huge boulder had been lifted off of his shoulders. With tearful eyes, he knelt down beside Lisa, grabbed her hand, and gently kissed it. "Thank goodness, you're alright…"
"Ugh." Adam made a face as if he was about to puke and distanced himself from the romantically corrupted Edward.
He walked toward Atiel and asked, "Can you take care of Lisa?"
Atiel clenched her fists and nodded with determination. "Leave her to me."
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})"Good, take her far away from here," Adam instructed. "Hide somewhere safe. Your job will be to protect her."
"What about me then?" Daneli asked, not wanting to leave his sister alone. He heavily doted on his twin sister and didn't want her to leave his side.
Adam's face turned solemn as he pointed at the orcs in the distance who were viciously slaughtering the Magi. "You need to help me take care of those pig-faced bastards."
By now, the orcs had dealt with most of the Magi present. Although they were covered in ghastly wounds and drenched in blood, they didn't seem to have lost any of their vigor.
If anything, they appeared to be more and more intimidating by the moment.
A couple of orcs had even started to approach Adam and the group, their eyes filled with reckless killing intent.
"It's better to take care of them first. Or else they'll forever be on our tail. Who knows when we'll be teleported out of this secret plane? Are you willing to take that risk?" Adam asked Daneli.
Daneli gazed at the dozens of Magi corpses and the way they had been butchered, a chill crawling up his spine. The rest of the Magi who were alive were either desperately fighting back or had already escaped with their tails tucked between their legs.
"Damn it!" Daneli cursed under his breath. He looked at Atiel and asked, "Will you be alright?"
"Of course, brother!" Atiel replied solemnly.
Daneli was silent for a while before helplessly nodding. "Alright, go. Take care of Lisa."
Atiel gently picked up Lisa and placed her on her back. She then glanced at Daneli, Edward, and finally Adam. "Don't die."
With that said, she rushed into the depths of the forest.
Edward deeply looked at their departing backs, his hands clenching and unclenching repeatedly. Seeing this, Adam patted his shoulder and comforted, "You don't have to worry. Atiel is strong."
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})"…You're right." Edward nodded.
The trio then turned around and faced the two orcs that were approaching them with sinister grins.
Adam, who was standing between Daneli and Edward, smirked as he looked at them. "What? You guys scared or something?"
"Hmph!" Daneli harrumphed as he brandished his twin scimitars. "Speak for yourself, drunkard."
Edward on the other hand remained silent, anger visible on his face and lightning flashing in his eyes. He would never forgive the orc who had injured Lisa.
He scanned the battlefield and finally located the one-armed orc responsible. He then started to walk toward him. But right at that moment, Adam clasped his shoulder. Tightly.
"Oi."
Edward involuntarily shuddered listening to Adam's cold voice. He then turned around and glanced at his friend. "W-What?"
"You must have a death wish or something, huh?" Adam cracked his knuckles in a threatening manner. "Those orcs have cast some sort of strange spell on them, making them nigh-
invincible. You must have realized this when you attacked that orc earlier, no?"
Edward recalled how he had attacked that orc intending to destroy his upper body, but his attack power had strangely reduced for some reason, and he only managed to destroy the orc's arm.
At the time, he didn't realize this because of his turbulent emotions, but now that he thought about it with a cool head, he was able to see the peculiarities among all the orcs.
"You mean those spells are making them indestructible?" Edward incredulously asked.
"Almost," Adam vaguely replied. "I'm not quite sure how the spell works, but such a potent spell is sure to have some drawbacks."
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})"Have you figured out the spell's weakness?" Daneli asked solemnly.
Adam shrugged. "Not quite. Let's fight them and we'll figure it out eventually."
"That's your plan?" Daneli had a dumbfounded look.
"Pretty much," Adam smirked. "Well, I can already guess one of the spell's drawbacks."
"And that is?"
"Heh." Adam grinned from ear to ear, the fighting intent in his eyes burning brightly.
"Overwhelm them with attacks.
"Rain down absolute fury upon them.
"Kahahaha!"
How the hell is that a drawback?! Daneli couldn't help but heave a helpless sigh. Am I really following this madman into battle?
However, even if he thought that he would gladly fight beside Adam. Because over time, the elven youth and come to trust and greatly respect him.
As the Magi on the battlefield continued to die, the white motes of light inside the mysterious space of the white lotus constantly increased.
Realizing this, Adam had a euphoric expression on his face. Ah, so many souls to devour. I wonder what an orc's soul tastes like? Mmhh, I cannot wait to try it!
The next moment, with a crazed look in his eyes, Adam dashed toward the approaching enemies.
"Alright, let's go kill some orcs!"
