Chapter 108

108. You should be able to hold on.

“Calm down. How strange is that?”

“Since a while ago, my body has been shaking and I can’t come to my senses...”

Valik seemed to be about to cry at any moment.

Kang Seung-hyeon calmed him down and looked at Rudy.

‘It’s as Mr. Balik said.’

At first glance, Rudy’s condition was not good.

His breathing was unsteady, his body was shaking violently, and his skin was pale.

Above all, my whole body was wet and very cold.

‘I don’t even need to use the [Observation Eye].’

I could tell just by looking at the symptoms on the outside.

Instead of using [Observation Eye], Kang Seung-Hyun used the [Detect Heat] skill.

Whoa!

Rudy, seen through the [Heat Detection], was emitting a light closer to blue than red.

[337°C]

The measured temperature is much lower than normal body temperature.

‘I’m sure with this.’

Seunghyun Kang said while touching his chin.

“Hypothermia.”

hypothermia. A state in which the body temperature has dropped due to various reasons.

It usually refers to a case where the body temperature drops below 350°C.

Patients suffering from hypothermia gradually become lethargic and die without regaining consciousness if their body temperature continues to drop.

“Hypothermia? Was the weather warm today?”

Kim Ho-jeong asked with her eyes wide open.

“If you can’t maintain normal body temperature, you can get it even in midsummer. I usually go swimming or hiking.”

“That’s right....”

“There are also weaker things because they are children.”

Rudy was captured by Sequoia earlier and dragged into the lake. Since it had been held in the lake for quite some time, its body temperature must have dropped considerably.

“Big! I should have saved Rudy earlier!”

“Even so, hypothermia is certain. He had already fallen into the water a few times and was using the cold ice as a stepping stone.”

At this point, it is a miracle that only one Rudy shows symptoms of hypothermia. It would not be strange if a few more patients with hypothermia came out.

‘If only I had been wiping the water from my body, it wouldn’t have gotten worse like it is now.’

Since water quickly takes away heat, body heat loss is more severe in wet conditions.

If the wind blows there, there’s nothing more to say.

“Mr. Seo... will our Rudy be okay?”

Daisy asked nervously. She must be very anxious because her daughter, who barely came back alive, is in a bad condition.

“It’s not the worst.”

“Um...then what should we do?”

“First, take off your wet clothes and wipe off all the water.”

Kang Seung-hyun untied the thermal blanket that was wrapped around his hand.

The important thing now is to somehow prevent heat loss.

“Then wrap the child in a blanket. Cover your head well. You have to keep your temperature.”

“I see!”

Kang Seung-hyun held out a large handmade bandage to use instead of a warm blanket and towel.

As such, handmade bandages have many uses.

‘If the temperature drops further here, it will be dangerous. First of all, I have to light a bonfire and gradually raise my body temperature...’

“Look at the sky, Mr. Kang!”

Kang Seung-hyun was about to light a bonfire.

“Looks like it’s going to rain!”

Kim Ho-jung pointed to the sky with a puzzled face.

More black clouds were gathering.

“It’s perfect weather for worsening hypothermia.”

“Are you going to pour that out?”

It’s late at night and the temperature is dropping. Rudy’s life cannot be guaranteed if rain and wind blow in this situation.

“How far is it from here to the village of Tracotti?”

“Even if you take a shortcut... it will take at least two hours. It’s night and the weather is bad... so it will take longer.”

“I’ll have to give up on going to the village.”

It seems useless to go to Tracotti Village now. Because Rudy will die before we get there.

“Then is there no other way?”

“Don’t worry.”

Seunghyun Kang said with a smile.

“It is because of my belief that as long as the patient is alive, ‘I will revive it regardless of means and methods.’”

“Mr. Seo!”

Balik’s eyes filled with tears as if he had met his savior.

“If there’s no way to fix it, I’ll burn the red forest... I’ll raise the temperature to save your daughter.”

“Thank you for just saying...”

Balik thought it was a joke to reassure himself, but Kim Ho-jeong didn’t think so.

‘Mr. Kang is 100% sincere.’

No matter how strong the thieves are, they will be weaker than the super-giant Sequoia Squid.

“Let’s deal with them quickly and find a place to shelter from the rain.”

“...yes.”

At that time, Kang Seung-hyun had a good idea.

“I thought they were hiding in the red forest, right? Then there must be a hideout nearby.”

“I guess so. But why?”

“If it’s a thieves’ hideout, you can avoid the rain, right?”

That was to stay at the Red Road Hideout.

Then you don’t have to worry about how to spend the night.

“Compared to the village inn, it will be poor, but it will be much more comfortable and comfortable than the street. After all, it must be where people live.”

“Oh really? If it’s a hideout, there will be a bed, right?”

“You can also borrow clothes to wear.”

“In addition, they must have prepared countermeasures against monster invasions!”

Kim Ho-jeong snapped her fingers and shouted.

It is truly the best shelter.

“Hello, Red Road gang.”

“what.”

Kang Seung-hyun opened his mouth in a very polite tone and

said, “I heard there is a patient among our group.”

“So what? Want to cut the money?”

“I will take care of you for tonight. Let me stay at the hideout.”

He smiled and continued talking.

The thieves who heard that were dumbfounded.

“What is it?”

“I think it will rain soon. Can you see the sky?”

“What innkeepers do we look like?”

Rather than handing over the money, they asked me to stay at the hideout.

It was the first time a guy like this lived and lived.

“I don’t want to stay at the thieves’ hideout for too long, but I have an urgent patient.”

Seunghyun Kang said with a friendly smile.

“If you let me stay at the hideout... that’s right. I will not turn you over to the Adventurers Guild.”

The way he speaks is polite, but in the end, he means that if he doesn’t lend the hideout, he will take him to the Adventurer’s Guild.

From what the Red Road gang heard, it was an obvious provocation.

“What a cheeky bastard!”

“That’s cheap! You must be a wizard! It must be!”

“Don’t let go!”

One of the Red Road bandits rushed forward and took something out of his pocket.

‘Is it a disposable skill scroll?’

It was a crumpled scroll.

Chew!

The moment he tore the scroll,

charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Chains protruding from the air along with black energy bound Kang Seung-hyun.

[Receives the chain effect of Magical Pollution.]

[Magic power inside the body is contaminated with black magic!]

[Cannot move from the spot!]

[To be released from the bondage, the chain must be destroyed.]

At the same time, these message windows appeared in front of Kang Seung-hyun appear.

‘This... is a chain of magic pollution.’

[Chain of Mana Pollution] is a skill that confines the target so that they cannot move and contaminates the mana so that the skill cannot be used.

‘In short, a skill that applies a movement seal to the skill seal for everyone except priests and black magicians.’

In order to escape, there is no choice but to purify the body with divine power, use black magic, or destroy the chain with an ordinary attack without skill.

‘The problem is that the chain is harder than expected, so it’s difficult to destroy it without skill.’

Thanks to that, some people can’t stand it.

Kang Seung-hyun stared at the chain and opened his mouth.

“You carry a pretty expensive scroll.”

“Unless you’re a priest or a black magician, you can’t easily break free from that bondage. Now, if you don’t want to look bad, just tell me what you have.”

Red Lord said with a commanding face, but

“I wondered how you managed to deal with a wizard because you all seemed to be insignificant.”

Seunghyun Kang provoked them without blinking an eye.

“This bastard is all the way!”

“Fuck it!”

“What’s the point of being bluffed when you can’t even use skills?”

The thieves, angry to the end, rushed at Kang Seung-hyeon.

Kang Seung-hyun, who saw that, said with a relaxed face.

“When did I say I couldn’t use my skills?”

The effect of [Chain of Mana Pollution] is not to directly seal the skill, but to contaminate the target’s mana and interfere with the skill’s activation.

[Summons Freea’s crossbow.]

In other words, it doesn’t work for someone without magic like Kang Seung-hyun in the first place.