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Chapter 40 – Yakseon’s Diagnostic Needle
Honestly, I wasn’t confident.
A mysterious disease that doesn’t exist on Earth?
On top of that, it’s incredibly contagious.
Curing a disease like this?
Frankly, it was nearly impossible.
But…
“Uni, just wait a little longer. The divine doctor will help you!”
I couldn’t bear to leave Hyangdan looking so desperate.
“Young Master, is there anything useful written in the notebook?”
“I’m looking.”
This time, I managed to read up to the sixth page of the notebook after Mary conquered the tower.
That page wasn’t particularly helpful.
[Recipe for a Medicine to Help Expel Toxins]It was a recipe for a medicine to help expel toxins.
This kind of thing usually helps those infected by poison.
Whether they ingest it or have it injected.
“The bundle Hyangdan mentioned is different from poison.”
Is it closer to a virus than poison?
This recipe didn’t seem particularly helpful.
“Should we push the tower further?”
“No, I don’t think raiding the tower will change anything.”
I had rushed to raid the tower once before.
That was thanks to previewing the recipe beforehand.
The exact recipe I needed was on the next page, so I raided it.
“Then I’ll try using this.”
I pulled a box from my inventory. It was the reward box I had received.
[Random Medicinal Artifact Box].It was a box that could yield medicinal artifacts.
“Is that the reward from creating medicine last time?”
“Yeah, hopefully something useful comes out of this.”
Of course, the odds were slim.
But right now, I had no choice but to rely on the box.
I opened it immediately.
[You used the Random Medicine Artifact Box.]
[A Medicine Artifact appears randomly.]I prayed fervently.
“Please let an artifact that helps this situation appear.”
In that moment of desperate prayer,
[You obtained Yakseon's Diagnostic Needle.]That message appeared.
“Diagnostic Needle?”
A single needle appeared in my hand.
It felt different from the needles I normally used.
Was it because of the mysterious aura emanating from it?
“Go ahead and appraise it!”
I nodded at Nureongi’s words and began the appraisal.
[Artifact Information]
▶Name: Yakseon's Diagnostic Needle
▶Effect 1: When inserted into a patient's body, it diagnoses the disease after a certain period.
▶Effect 2: If inserted into paper, it can record the diagnosed illness.Seeing that message, I cheered!
“Great! This artifact is perfect for our current situation!”
“Indeed! It can actually diagnose illnesses! Who knew such an artifact existed?”
“Whoa, you scared me! Why are you acting like that all of a sudden?”
Hyangdan’s fur stood on end at the sight of us.
Then she ran over and clung to me.
I proudly told Hyangdan,
“With this, I can find out what illness everyone is suffering from!”
“Is that really true? As expected of the divine doctor!”
“What a relief. We were really in a difficult situation…”
“But it’s still too early to celebrate. We can only relax after the illness is cured.”
I immediately approached the unicorn.
Just as I was about to insert the diagnostic needle I’d obtained, I heard a whoosh.
Whoooosh!
A fierce wind erupted from the sky.
Startled, I looked up at the sky.
There, in the sky, was something enormous!
“Wh-what is that?”
“It’s the Village Chief!”
“The Village Chief?”
“This is one of the many villages in the Divine Beast’s Paradise!”
“So that massive creature is the chief who manages this village.”
The village chief slowly landed on the ground.
The form that was revealed was…
“A-a dragon?”
It was indeed a dragon.
It was a beautiful dragon with a pure white body.
But it was slightly different from the dragons I knew.
Most of its body was covered in bark-like growths.
But how could…
“It looks angry.”
“This is bad!”
Hyangdan looked nervous at the Village Chief’s appearance.
Seeing Hyangdan like that, I asked her.
“Why is this bad?”
“The thing is, the Village Chief absolutely hates humans!”
The moment she said that, the village chief’s enormous head thrust toward me.
[T/N: From here, it's clear that Hyangdan is female, so I will refer to her as such from this point on.]In a terrifyingly menacing voice, it demanded,
“Why is a human in our village, Hyangdan?”
At those words, Hyangdan trembled violently.
It seemed she had acted on her own, without the Village Chief’s permission.
The village chief continued to press her.
“This whole mess our village is in right now is all because of humans! And now you’ve brought another one here!”
“I-I’m so sorry…”
Seeing Hyangdan apologize like that irritated me.
Hyangdan is the brave one who crossed dimensions.
He crossed dimensions to save everyone.
Scolding someone like that is unthinkable.
Therefore, I stepped in front of Hyangdan and said to the village chief,
“Let’s discuss that matter with me.”
* * *
Honestly, I felt like my liver had just popped out of my body!
“…Are you crazy? Human.”
Those enormous white eyes stared at me blankly.
It was as if they had witnessed something impossible.
In a way, it was only natural.
After all, the village chief could kill me with just a light touch.
But I couldn’t back down.
“Hyangdan brought me here to save the village. So please don’t blame her.”
Of course, Hyangdan made a mistake.
She brought me here without telling the chief.
But she did it, prepared to face the consequences.
To save everyone.
That is absolutely not something for which she should be blamed.
“Divine Doctor…”
Hyangdan called out to me in a worried voice.
I gave her a slight smile.
But the village chief remained unmoved.
“This whole mess started because of humans!”
Then shouldn’t a human solve it?”
“How can I trust another human?”
“We may be of the same human race, but we are not the same people.”
I never backed down.
The village chief glared at me, furious.
But he didn’t try to kill me.
“Indeed, he’s not just any divine beast.”
A divine beast is a sacred animal.
Such an animal would never casually take a life.
At least, that’s what I believed.
And that belief proved correct.
“…So, human, what exactly can you do?”
“I cannot give a definitive answer yet.”
“What?”
“If I could have cured the disease the moment I arrived, I would have been no different from a god. Wouldn’t I?”
The village chief nodded reluctantly at my words.
“Then step aside.”
With that, the village chief stretched out his arm.
He pointed toward where the fallen unicorn lay.
As the chief’s arm touched the unicorn…
Whoosh!
The unicorn’s dark energy was absorbed into the chief.
Simultaneously, more tree bark began to sprout from the chief’s skin.
“You…you absorbed the disease?”
“The others are still too weak to handle it. But I can.”
“But that’s merely buying time. You haven’t fully absorbed the pathogen.”
“Buying time is enough.”
The village chief smiled faintly.
“I’ve already asked another village for help. A divine beast with the power to cure this disease should arrive soon.”
“So you intend to endure until then using such a crude method?”
“It’s the most efficient way.”
I felt a strange sympathy for the village chief.
Then, Hyangdan stepped forward.
“But then the village chief will die!”
“What?”
“If we continue like this, the village chief won’t survive until help arrives!”
Hearing this, I looked at the village chief.
He nodded as if he had already made up his mind.
Then he spoke to me.
“If it means saving the villagers, my life is a small price to pay.”
“You…”
Honestly, when I first saw the village chief,
I thought we were incompatible.
He seemed to prioritize rules over lives.
But that wasn’t the case.
“The village chief is a dragon prepared to sacrifice his life for the sake of the village.”
I felt ashamed of my misunderstanding.
I resolved to do better.
I would absolutely save the village chief before me.
“Um, may I call you Chief?”
“My name is White Eyes. Feel free to call me Eyes for short.”
“Then, Eyes-nim, I’ll get straight to the point.”
With that, I pulled out Yakseon’s Diagnostic Needle and declared,
“Please trust me just this once.”
I absolutely will not let him die.”
* * *
Then, we went to Eyes’s house.
Well, calling it a “house” is a bit of a stretch.
“Is this a dragon’s lair?”
After all, it was a cave.
“So, you say you’re a divine doctor? What exactly can you do?”
The question dripped with disbelief.
I answered the question.
“I will now diagnose Eyes-nim’s illness.”
“…Is that even possible?”
“I can do it. Just bear with me for a moment.”
With that, I extended the diagnostic needle toward Eyes. He nodded as if to grant permission. I immediately tried to insert the needle into him. But—
“As expected.”
It wouldn’t go in.
A dragon’s skin couldn’t be pierced so easily.
Therefore, I infused it with qi from my dantian.
But…
Thud!
It still wouldn’t go in easily.
So, I poured most of the clear qi I had into it.
Thanks to that…
Swoosh!
The diagnostic needle was successfully inserted.
[You used the Yakseon's Diagnostic Needle.]
[The diagnostic needle diagnoses the illness.]This is the message that appeared.
“With this, the minimum preparations are complete.”
“Young Master, here’s the paper!”
“Thanks.”
I had asked Nureongi for it.
I asked him to get me just one notebook through the dimensional gate.
I plan to use that notebook to document illnesses.
“Can you really diagnose illnesses with something like this?”
Eyes asked anxiously.
“It’ll take some time to make a diagnosis. Would it be all right if I asked you one thing?”
“It’s all right.”
“I heard you dislike humans, Eyes-nim. Could I hear the reason?”
“Di-Divine Doctor?”
Hyangdan was flustered.
But I couldn’t help being curious.
“Was it that intriguing to you?”
“Yes, it was.”
“Hmph. Since you seem different from ordinary humans… I’ll tell you a little bit.”
With that, Eyes let out a deep sigh.
“The reason I dislike humans? It’s all because of the ‘Contractors.’”
“Contractors?”
“The Divine Beasts in the Divine Beast’s Paradise can make contracts with humans!”
“Divine Beasts and humans can contract? Why?”
“Well, to stop the Tower or the Gate, of course!”
“What?”
I was startled by those words.
After all, no Awakener had ever claimed to have contracted with a Divine Beast on Earth before.
“Perhaps Contractors don’t exist in your dimension.”
“So you’re saying that other Earths exist in different dimensions?”
“Dimensions are countless. There are dimensions similar to yours.”
“Dimensions with Gates and Towers exist beyond ours?”
This was monumental information.
So far, no information about the Gate or the Tower had been revealed.
This meant that they were shrouded in mystery.
That’s why I wanted to ask more about them.
But then…
[Yakseon's diagnosis has concluded.]That message appeared.
“Young Master, the diagnosis is complete!”
“All right, let’s check it right away.”
Treating the divine beasts is the priority now.
I pulled out the diagnostic needle and opened the notebook.
I placed the needle on the first page of the notebook.
At that moment,
[Yakseon's diagnosis has been used.]
[Outputting information on the diagnosed illness.]Information about the illness began to appear in the notebook.
The time had come to discover the illness that Eyes was suffering from.
Everyone, myself included, focused their gaze on the notebook.
After the information appeared, I murmured without realizing it.
“If it’s this, it can be cured, right?”
The illness afflicting the divine beasts.
It was in better condition than expected.
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