Although it had only been a few days, it felt like a long time since Raze had stepped into a place as lively as he saw now. He had finally entered the town Rumptum, a small place with a population of a few thousand people.
It was incredibly small compared to the cities on Alterian that would be filled with millions, but it was nice for a change. What Raze couldn’t get used to, though, was the lack of modern technology.
How things were being pulled by carts and carried by workers, but then there would be a few sights of more advanced work. There was electricity, as lights and certain appliances could be seen running on it.
However, either the town they were in now had a lack of electricity or it was something new; it was hard to tell since most would use oil lamps or candles.
As the two walked through the streets, Raze was keeping an eye out on the several different types of stores. There were specialist stores that sold equipment such as swords, armor, and general weapons.
Then there were stores that sold food and produce, and stores that sold nearly everything. They were one-stop shops of sorts. Finally, there were the roaming merchants who would have a big carriage behind them and had in place all the goods they had received from all different places.
‘There’s none that seem to be selling beast crystals. I didn’t see any last time either. If I go to one of the merchants, then they will probably just run off with the crystals like Gren did. I need someone who’s not so squeaky clean that they would tell everyone about my business, and at the same time someone who won’t stab me in the back thinking I’m an easy target. But before that, there’s a bigger problem I have.’
Raze’s eyes glared at Kron, who was by his side. Due to the current situation of him being targeted, no one was meant to leave his side.
The two had reached the physician’s house. It was a building that matched the style of the rest, with the sloping and upward roofs, giving it that eastern style from his world.
The building itself was larger than most of the buildings in the area and was stationed near the Red Brigade Clan building. It would be where they would get most of their business from since the Pagna warriors were the ones that got injured the most.
‘I guess it pays to be a doctor in this world. I wonder if my potions will have an effect on the people here as well. If they do, I might be a good tool to make some coin, and with that, I would be able to buy beast crystals without the need to go through the dangerous portals, allowing me to get back to what I was at a quick rate.’
There were so many plans that Raze wanted to implement, but he was just quite limited by his situation at the moment.
Entering the physician’s building, there was a single large hall, divided by several rooms. They would be blocked off by dividers that were constantly opening and closing as people were running back and forth between them, fetching stuff.
The smell, it was pungent and was making Raze’s stomach feel queasy, and there was the noise, the sound of people in pain, screaming, and sick. It reminded him a lot of a hospital, a place that was always close to death.
An old man in dark grey robes had approached the two. His clothes were tattered, his hair a mess, and there were large bags under his eyes, as well as blood on his clothes. Suddenly, Raze didn’t think it was such a good job to be a doctor.
“Thank you for looking after Safa, Crinter,” Mr. Kron said.
Mr. Crinter didn’t say any words, as if he was too tired to even open his mouth. He shook his weak hand, gesturing for the two to follow him over as he finally led them to a room. The door slid open. Laid out on the mat on the ground was Safa. She had been bandaged, her mouth where there was a large cut on the bottom had been stitched up.
There was also this strange green paste that had been placed all over her wounds, with a pot of it off to the side.
What was a surprise, or not totally a surprise, was there was another person in the room as well.
“You two finally made it down,” Sonny said with a smile. “When I got word of what happened to Safa, I was worried that someone might have been after the two of you, but it looks like you’re completely fine, Raze.”
“I see, I haven’t had time to inform you of the situation,” Mr. Kron said. “But I don’t think it was an attack from the outside. Why don’t the two of us talk on the outside while Raze has some time with his sister.”
Raze knew who the main suspect was. In fact, there was no suspect; he knew who did this. The adults were just going to talk, to try to hide things from the kids that they didn’t really need to hide.
Sitting down by Safa’s side, the pain in his chest continued. It was becoming a normal reaction for the body when he saw his sister, and he was starting to get used to it rather than annoyed at it.
‘Hey, I got some payback for your sister, so you should calm down a little. Look, it seems like she’s sleeping peacefully,’ Raze thought.
Looking at the room though, he couldn’t imagine the place was very sanitary. They had alcohol and boiling hot water so they could disinfect most tools, but the room itself would be hard to disinfect, especially since they didn’t seem to have things such as simple gloves.
‘She should be fine, but with stitches like that on her lip, she’ll have a scar, and her broken arm wrapped up in a sling will take a few months to heal properly. Since you getting hurt was partly to do with me, it would have been nice if I could heal you. Unfortunately, dark magic has no healing properties.’
There was one type of magic that would be able to help in this sort of situation, though, and that was light magic. So far, Raze hadn’t been able to get any other attribute of magic.
If he wanted to do things like create healing potions and heal with his own powers himself, then he would need to do so. The issue was, now that he had a dark core, light magic would be the hardest attribute to raise.
The easiest way would be to find a beast that had a great affinity with light magic, take its crystal and absorb it whole. After gaining at least some light magic, he could slowly increase it in other ways, but it would still be difficult due to his dark core.
‘That does make me wonder. The Dark faction had a cultivation technique that allowed me to increase the Darkness attribute. Does that mean the Light faction might have a technique that could also increase my Light attribute?
‘It would make sense, right? And what about all the other factions and clans? It could be very possible that every one of these clans has a cultivation that would be able to help me increase my magic in every area!
‘Earth, Light, Dark, Fire, Water are just the basics. I might even be able to obtain the special attributes, Moon, Space, and more. This world truly wants to bless me.’
Raze soon looked down upon the injured Safa; she still seemed to be asleep. With these thoughts from before, something else popped into his head. 𝒪𝒱𝗅xt.𝗇𝓔t
‘Wait a second, Safa has a sacrificial nature. She sacrificed herself in order to protect those crystals. Doesn’t she have the perfect start for the Light attribute magic herself? What if I taught her how to use magic, and she had a Light magic core? She would be able to gain affinity with light fairly quickly, and she would even be able to create items like magic potions!’
With an eye half-open, Safa was wondering why her brother was smirking so evilly by her side.