the middle suburbs are a lot more easy to breathe and move around in houses with big back yards and even a few people walking granted pretty aggressive and definitely have a high ranking power that isn't to say that there weren't any problems several houses were collapsed in and we have several minotaurs and goblins but it was in much better state than the lower commons.
we finally made it to the primary school sunny heights primary and it looks just as demented as the last there was a kid in a throne and an army of children drinking blood so I just walked the nope out of there.
there was two additional targets in the middle commons an orphanage and a house I chose to visit the house first it was big right in the middle of the middle suburbs.
the target was a 7 year old he was a little sick so he wouldn't be at school but apparently his room was in the attic and he had his grandmother with him so he has a chance of living.
I opened the door and was greeted by a dead minotaur I told Callen to wait in the lounge I walked up stairs and open the door to the roof and I was greeted by a shot gun aimed at my head.
attached to the shot gun was an old woman who did not fit my image of a grandmother she was wearing a black leather jacket had her white hair cut short and had a cigarette in her mouth she was the most intimidating grandmother I have ever met she took out her cigarette from her mouth and started speaking.
"you got about five seconds to explain before I blow your brains out"
not wanting to have my brains blown out I start to speak.
"I'm here because your grandson wants you to join him in a new settlement"
she kept the gun pointed at my head but signalled for me to keep going.
"your grandson Taylor volt is a high ranking member of a new settlement I'm out recruiting new members and collecting relatives"
she looked like she went into thought for a second but she started to walk backwards revealing a young boy in a bed and she started speaking.
"does this settlement my grandsons gotten himself tangled up with have someone who is able to heal or knows medicine?"
I raised my hand instinctively and answered.
"yes I have a healing ability and went to AFMGS"
she looked at me and opened her mouth to speak.
"then prove it"
I dropped my staff and walked towards the young boy who at closer was barely breathing it also didn't help that I sensed the shotgun pointed at my head I leaned down and touched his forehead then activated effigy healing causing him to almost instantly show signs of recovery while making me feel extreme pain i felt like there was cobwebs in my lungs and glass in my intestines and then felt a mind numbing headache I don't know what this kid had but it couldn't have been good.
I straightened back up and started speaking.
"I healed him to the best of my ability I don't have any way to diagnose or check conditions but I have a friend down stairs that can tell me if he is all clear"
she pondered for a second and pointed towards the entrance she picked up her grandson and carried him in one arm she also held the shotgun in the other.
we walked to where Callen was and I gave him an order.
"scan both of them and tell me their abilities and any status effects"
he looked at the grandmother first then her grandson and told me.
"the older lady is Diana volt reasonably high stats her S rank ability allows her to absorb the strength and endurance of anything she has killed it also adds to her lifespan which is scary but she can only absorb once a day.
she has no adverse status effects"
I saw him being hesitant about saying the boys but I just gave him a look and he spilt the details.
"the boy is Seth volt high endurance low everything else his A- rank ability is self destruction he can quadruple his stats but it wears down his physical state even without using it and when he does in his current state I would say he could last three minutes before dying I've seen self destructive powers like your healing and pain blades but this is on another level.
but he has a clean bill of health"
I thought for a moment and relayed the information to Diana who was waiting in at the front door looking at us.
"okay well good news he is completely better bad news it is his ability that is the problem it will slowly wear his body down unless healed regularly to be honest his ability is actually pretty powerful but without a good regeneration ability it is very detrimental to his health"
I could see the strong woman's eyes about to water and she spoke.
"take us to the settlement"
I replied as softly as I could.
"we have one stop before we can take you and your grandson back to the settlement we have to go check the orphanage for survivors"
her eyes dried instantly and she didn't think this time and gave me a response.
"then why the fuck are we waiting around here get moving"
it was a ways walk Diana carried Seth on her back and I felt like I was carrying Callen who was courting death with his intrusive questions.
it took a few hours just as the sun was setting to reach the orphanage with Callen having to stop every few minutes I would have preferred for us to just walk a little slower but it was like he wanted a lunch break every five to ten minutes.
the orphanage was a rebuilt church and I couldn't see anything so I decided to enter and told the others to wait in the church yard.
little did I know that orphanage was full of people who would give me embarrassing nicknames for the next millenia.