Present.
"I wonder if I didn't ask that naive question, will I be able to prevent that tragedy?" Ben murmured, he looks a bit lost after recalling that past.
"Uhm? Dr. Ben, what's wrong?" the girl asked in a concerned tone.
"Not a big deal, don't mind me. Now, can you please show me your healing magic so that I can determine your standard?" said Ben.
"Mmm!... Eh? There is someone at the entrance, are we having patients toda... Ah! It's one of the members of Royal Guards! I heard that they are awful and villainous people, what is he doing here?" said the lady as she pointed at the entrance door.
Ben looked at the door, and it's indeed Tammy who lose to Sky during the semi-final. He looks rather sinister and scary with some nasty bandages that covered one-third of his face.
"Dr. Ben, I will protect you! I learned martial arts when I was seven." said the healer girl while making an awkward 'ready to fight' pose.
Ben softly giggled before gently pulled her back to a chair nearby.
"What can I help you with? Mr. Royal Guard?" Ben greeted Tammy with a passive-aggressive tone.
"Hello, Mr. Healer for Team 'Kneel Before Me'. May I know where Mr. Chris and Mr. Vlansky are right now?" Tammy asked with a polite tone, he looks really sincere and doesn't seem to be having any weird intentions.
However, this doctor is not that careless enough to just trust such a person who was trying to cheat in the semi-final.
"I'm sorry to inform you both of them are not in this stadium and probably are quite busy at this moment, so with the other members. If you are having anything for them or anything to let them know, you can just leave it here, I'll pass it to them for you." said Ben as he stared straight into Tammy's eyes which caused Tammy to flinched a bit.
"Actually... I am here to confess all my unforgivable deeds during the tournament." said Tammy with a careful tone.
He already realized the man that talked to him is definitely not just a mere healer or at least not with that magic pressure he felt around him when Ben stared at him.
"Ah... I see. In that case, you might want to pay a visit to the Alliances quarter, Colonel K would be very interested to hear you out. Oh! By the way, your prince is with him right now." said Ben in a slightly cold and unfriendly tone.
Tammy is slightly shocked by Ben's words, he was wondering where Augustine might have gone to and even thought that he had been abandoned by his own lord. And now he knows the truth which is even more disturbing than what he thought.
"Are you having anything else? Or do you need some treatment on that opened-up wound of yours?" Ben asked casually.
Hearing that question from Ben, Tammy suddenly realized that a big wound on his face had opened up again and drenched the bandages in blood. Fearing Ben will do something weird, Tammy tried to reject the offer from Ben and escape, however, just when he was about to do so, he realized that he had lost control of his own limps, his legs and hands had been paralyzed and caused him to collapse onto the ground.
The doctor slowly approached him with a gentle yet disturbing smile.
"Hey! Uhm... Lady, what's your name again?" Ben asked.
"Me? My name is Silvia." said the healer girl.
"Alright, Silvia, this will be a good subject to test your healing magic level, once you have shown me your healing magic, I will help you adjust it accordingly. And you can try it again and again until we get a satisfactory result." said Ben while staring at Tammy with an evil smile...
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Meanwhile, forging room.
Chris had finally done forging the weapon he had been forging for two days straight. Chris stared at that glossy black single-edged sword that seated elegantly on a gorgeous holder that made from igneous rock, he smiled in satisfaction. Then, he reached his right hand to the tip of the sword and pricked his finger with that sharp tip of the sword, letting his own blood slowly dripped and drenched onto the tip of the sword.
"With this blood of mine, you are now bonded to me and I shall name you as... 'Ten Thousand Bucks Free Gift'." said Chris as he grabbed the sharp edge of the sword and smeared his own blood all over the sharp edge.
Itsuki stared at every action of Chris, he looks rather shocked, C-760 noticed that troubled look of Itsuki.
"This is actually an activation ritual for a powerful weapon, where Chris used his own blood as a medium to input life force and energy into the weapon as well as creating a bond while announcing himself as the master for that weapon. But... What the hell with that name?" C-760 explained to Itsuki while feeling speechless about that weird name given by Chris.
"Usually people tend to do this ritual under strong daylight to give it enough positive energy but that's not what I want for it, so the environment here will be sufficient enough." said Chris as he cleaned the wound on his hand and applied some hemostatic medicinal powder on it...
"Now now, all left to do is to try it out, Sergeant C-760, can I borrow your training hall for a while?" Chris asked.
"Yes, of course. And I will be glad to help you in your sword test." said C-760.
"Oh... Actually, I thought about dragging Itsuki and Bob with me, but it will be great with one more person." said Chris with a joyful smile, while Itsuki looks a bit shocked by Chris's words...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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