Witch Redemption

After quickly making a judgment, Li Lan breathed a sigh of relief, "Thankfully, it's not a serious injury, don't worry."

His words were like a reassuring pill, gradually calming Thomas's terrifyingly pale face.

"First, use life elements to disinfect the relevant knives." Because the magic book is inconvenient to use, Li Lan had previously stored a small amount of life elements in some bottles and jars to prepare for various emergencies. "Severely cut off the completely necrotic flesh and blood, and then use life elements to remove all the toxins from his body and promote the regeneration of the flesh."

In ten minutes, Li Lan, with unbelievable skill, precisely cut open the two fatal wounds of the pig-headed orc, removing a large amount of black, rotten flesh.

The moment the emerald green liquid called "Life Element" dripped into the wound, the previously mottled black flesh quickly turned blood red and then slowly began to heal.

"It's done!"

The final step was to apply the recovery potion to the unfortunate man. Seeing his complexion gradually regain its color, Li Lan wearily stepped back a few paces and called out to the anxious giant beside her, "Thomas, he's alright. Move him to that bed over there. He'll be fully recovered by tonight, barring any unforeseen circumstances. Also, clean this place up first, and then tell me what happened later."

"Ok?"

When they came to their senses, they found a crowd of adventurers gathered outside the shop. It turned out that when Li Lan performed "emergency surgery" on the adventurer who was certain to die, some of the adventurers were curious about this rare method of saving lives. After watching closely, they realized that this woman, who seemed to be an elf, was really amazing. How could she pull someone back from the brink of death when even a recovery potion couldn't save them? Such talent could probably only be found in the royal family.

"So you really do have some skill!"

Squeezed in the crowd was a muscular elven woman, about 1.7 meters tall, who watched with great appreciation before quickly dispersing with the other adventurers.

Little did they know, these adventurers weren't the only ones paying attention to this place.

Chapter 31 This is "The Doctor"

It was late at night, and after Thomas's explanation, Li Lan finally understood the whole story.

"It is said that the pig-headed orcs of the Rune tribe are all straightforward, and now it seems that this is indeed the case."

It's not that he's criticizing this kind of personality, but rather that in this treacherous and cunning alien world, such an intelligent being seems rather unconventional, or rather, rare and precious.

"Thomas, not every intelligent being is as naive as him, and not everyone can be trusted completely. You need to keep this in mind. I understand your desire to cherish your friendship with him, but there must be boundaries within friendship, understand?"

Things that need to be kept secret must be kept secret no matter what, such as Thomas's true identity.

Unlike most intelligent beings, Thomas only has two fatal weaknesses. In fact, even if the orc named Henry Rune hadn't blocked that blow for Thomas, Thomas would never have lost his fighting ability or even died on the spot.

If Thomas were to switch from offense to defense due to this guilt, or even expose his physical characteristics, it would be detrimental to his future life as an adventurer.

Humans have limits, but monsters do not. A trump card is a trump card because its base is not yet known to others.

"But......"

Thomas respected his creator, obeyed all of the creator's commands, and was absolutely loyal, but he also had his own will.

"Offense is the best defense. The reason you injured him is because you are not strong enough! So you need to become stronger. If you had been able to kill that monster back then, he wouldn't have needed to take this hit for you."

Li Lan didn't say the last sentence. He originally wanted to use a saying from Earth, "A friend in need is a friend indeed," to comfort this creation, but he was worried that the big guy wouldn't understand, so he gave up.

"Keep going. Once he recovers, he can rejoin the adventurer's team. Everything will remain the same. If possible, I hope you won't be too fixated on teamwork after this. So-called battles are not just about the group, but also about the individual. Entrusting your back to others this time was not the right choice."

"For a strong person, there is no need for anyone to protect their back; rather, they use their back to protect all those who admire them. Just standing behind them gives one a sense of security!"

Li Lan's personal heroism is his value system and the philosophy he has always upheld.

He once trusted his comrades, whether it was Lana, Lolina, or Della, that in critical moments anyone could stand behind someone else, but in ordinary times there was little need for that.

Because this world isn't like esports, where victory is achieved through seamless teamwork. On the contrary, in this godforsaken place, "fist is king," and those who excel in individual combat are often the ones who survive to the end.

In his view, Thomas was clearly too reliant on the team, which led him to fail to notice the fact that Henry had suffered a fatal attack, and by the time he realized what had happened, it was too late.

Thomas frowned and pondered for a long time before he understood what the creator meant. It was clearly a reminder to take charge of everything and not worry about who was in charge of offense and who was in charge of defense.

Offense and defense don't need to be divided so meticulously. Only fools think about separating them through cooperation. Truly capable people think, "I want them all!"

Suddenly enlightened, Thomas hesitated for a moment, then asked somewhat uneasily, "Creator, about my relationship with him..."

Thomas couldn't help but use honorifics. In his view, he should be loyal to his creator, but now he was attaching his emotions to his friend, which gave him a feeling of betrayal.

"In my view, whether you are servants or followers, you are all individuals with independent wills, and it is your freedom to pursue whatever you want. I don't object to you making friends, Thomas. On the contrary, I intend for you to make more friends, but please keep your eyes open and don't be deceived."

Making friends unwisely could lead to being betrayed, which would be quite embarrassing.

Thomas beamed, his expression returning to its usual憨厚 (honest and simple) demeanor. "By the way, the Creator..."

"Ahem, don't call me the Creator directly."

"Lord Roman, I've taken care of everything you asked me to do..."

It turns out that in the past ten days or so, after joining Wood Annason's Westne Mercenary Group, Thomas has integrated into the group with his outstanding combat skills. Every time he hunts a monster, he tries his best not to destroy the monster's intelligence core and collects it all.

To this day, he has acquired the wisdom cores of seventeen mid-level monsters, all of which are stored in the subspace behind him, in addition to some miscellaneous monster materials.

As for the magic cores, they are valuable items that need to be handed over to the mercenary group, so he personally has no right to obtain them.

"good very good!"

Li Lan really didn't expect this big guy to be so helpful. Not only did he successfully raise Li Lan's magic book level to level eleven these past few days, but he also gave him such a great gift. It was like sending charcoal in snowy weather!

Let's try again tonight. If we can successfully create a new intelligent servant, we can also let Thomas take him away tomorrow to temporarily enhance this guy's strength.

...... ...... ......

Lachesis officially joined the Roman Clinic, and today was also the first time she met Thomas, this big guy, who seemed quite honest.

"This is your servant?" Lachesis couldn't help but take a few more glances.

“Yes, Thomas, this is Miss Lachesis.”

Upon hearing this, Thomas immediately bowed.

Lachesis nodded and first carried the bags and packages he had brought from the food market into the kitchen. "Not long ago, when I passed by Hank's brothel, I heard some adventurers saying that your Roman Clinic is amazing."

"Oh?"

"There was an adventurer who looked hopeless, but he was brought here and miraculously brought back to life. It's unbelievable. I heard that the unfortunate pig-headed man was from the Xinei Mercenary Group, right? Only that mercenary group would gather so many Rune pig-headed men. It's said that today the mercenary group failed to hunt down a high-level monster, and two humans and one orc died. The orc who was probably dead was brought here."

"I'm curious how you did it?"

"Because I am a doctor!"

With a hint of pride, Li Lan then frowned, "Although this is my first business deal, I didn't make any money, which puts me in a difficult position."

The vast majority of adventurers are poor, living paycheck to paycheck. The more Li Lan learned, the more she realized how difficult it was to make money off adventurers.

The only hope is that we can find a way to barter, so that while saving lives, we can exchange them for something we want more.

"Uh, that's a really perfunctory answer. I want to know the process."

"It's a secret. Not everyone can be a doctor, and this skill can't be taught to a second person."

Even if they could teach, they wouldn't. "Teaching a disciple will starve the master" is a proverb unique to China, and it seems quite fitting in this other world.

"Well, anyway, congratulations Dr. Luo Men. This has spread your name a bit, and maybe your business will boom tomorrow."

"Look, now I can only hope that there won't be any medical disputes in this other world. If someone dies from medical negligence, then things will be difficult."

"Medical disturbance?"

"Uh," she then realized that Lachesis was a woman from another world and didn't understand the meaning of the word, "It means being unreasonable."

Lachesis then realized, "Probably not, although there are quite a few unreasonable adventurers. Ah, never mind, hurry! Dr. Roman, we're waiting for your cooking!"

...... ...... ......

In the dead of night, Thomas was still on the first floor watching over the unconscious Henry Rune, while Lachesis used the little girls Yu Hui and Mila as pillows and pulled them into his bedroom on the third floor.

Li Lan, on the other hand, was alone in the spacious "operating room" on the second floor. This room was relatively large and had the highest level of privacy, allowing her to do many clandestine things without attracting attention.

"Lachish has brought back a lot of monster materials these past few days, most of which I can't even name, but I can't worry about that now. What I really need are monster intelligence cores, but thankfully Thomas brought back seventeen today, which completely solved my immediate problem, so next..."

Next comes the time to use the "Life Creator" secondary profession. For Li Lan, life refinement is more like a lottery. Before each lottery, she would be excited, with an air of "I'm a lucky one, I'm sure I'll get it," but after the lottery, she would have to face the disappointment of getting nothing and losing everything.

Shaking her head, Li Lan didn't bother to find out what kind of monster materials, wisdom cores, and magic cores were; she just decided to try them all.

"First time, failure; second time, failure..."

Seeing one magical material after another turn to ashes and vanish after the life-forging failed, Li Lan's expression grew increasingly grim, almost turning black.

"Is your luck really that bad?"

I couldn't help but reminisce about my time on Earth, and the frustration of playing a few crappy mobile games that made me want to cry and curse.

Because he's dark-skinned, he's from Africa!

Finally, during the ninth life alchemy, the gathered monster materials emitted a dazzling light.

"It's here! Huh? Lion's head meatballs? What the heck?"

"Servant: Kozmo"

Race: Intelligent Monster

Level: LV1 Experience: 0

Talents: Faith LV1 Proficiency: 0; Taunt LV1 Proficiency: 0; Powerful Recovery LV1 Proficiency: 0; Berserk LV1 Proficiency: 0.

This humanoid creature, also devoid of reproductive function, presented a male form, its nearly two-meter-tall body brimming with monstrous muscles, its thick hands bearing the sharp claws characteristic of orcs. Its head, however, was incongruous—a massive lion's head, with thick black fur extending from its top to its back and neck, giving it a majestic appearance.

"This looks pretty powerful!"

Staring excitedly at the information on the "Life Creator" interface of the magic book, Li Lan nodded, "Not bad! Not bad!"

The Kozmo lion-man monster, who had quickly regained consciousness, was still a little dazed. He then bowed and said, "Your loyal servant greets you, Your Highness, you are so beautiful!"

"???"

Li Lan could hardly believe his ears. This creation called him "Your Majesty" and praised his beauty. That was one thing, but why did it also have such a disgusted expression, with its furrowed brows and hesitant demeanor? What kind of bizarre creation was this?

Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at the natal magic book. In the talent section, the proficiency of "Provocation" had increased by 1 point.

"..."

“Let’s be frank, Cozmo, you can say whatever’s on your mind.”

"Um, Your Majesty, as my creator, your appearance is truly indescribable, not to my liking, so... this is beyond my control! But please believe me, I will always be loyal to the beautiful Your Majesty, even though you are a bit ugly..."

Has your skill in "provocative" tactics improved?

This was the first time Li Lan had ever seen such a bold creation. This guy would probably say something like, "You play basketball just like Cai Xukun." If Li Lan hadn't always been so good-natured, any real woman would probably have exploded with anger.

"Kozmo, read the relevant science books tonight. Tomorrow, a senior will guide you to join an organization, and then you can slowly hunt monsters to become stronger. Also, here's a strict order for you: don't speak unless absolutely necessary!"

It seems this is related to the talent of "provocativeness". If it is not restricted and thrown out, it may be beaten to death!

"this......"

Kozmo immediately looked miserable, as if he had withered away.