"Stop it!" a young girl's voice rang out through the garden.
At this moment, Belle had just gotten back from her stroll around the garden and came back to her brother, Prince James, beating Will and nearly taking his life.
Prince James then looked around, confused as to where the voice came from.
"Belle?" he asked.
"What are you doing? Leave him alone!!!" Belle yelled, running over to Will's side. When she saw that he was unconscious, she pushed Prince James away and tried to find someone. When she saw there was no one here, she turned around, only to be horrified by what she saw: Prince James was winding up another kick, this time much harder than before.
"Noooo!!" she screamed, but it was all in vain. Prince James had already swung his foot.
A dull *thud* resounded across the garden, followed by a spine-chilling sound of bones breaking.
As the kick landed on Daniel's chest, his ribcage shattered as he went flying. If he was awake at this moment, he would be in more pain than he had ever been before. A visible dent could be seen on his unconscious body, and he was now almost vomiting out blood. The broken ribs had punctured his lungs and they started to fill with blood.
As his lungs filled with blood, he began violently choking while still unconscious. If he was awake, he might be able to stop a little bit of the choking, but as he was unconscious, all he could do was sit there and cough and gag and choke on his own blood.
At this moment, Belle charged over with tears in her emerald eyes as she unleashed her full cultivation onto Prince James. Despite being younger than him, her strength was actually far higher because she was far more talented than him.
As her full strength was unleashed, Prince James didn't have a chance to fight back as he was sent flying away from Will's unconscious convulsing body.
As she arrived next to him, Will was already close to death. She then proceeded to pick up his body carefully and run as fast as she could without hurting him further. She was running towards the only doctor she knew: her personal doctor, Miss Amelia, the royal doctor of the Princess. The only job she had was to serve the princess, no matter what she requested and at any cost.
Being at the early stages of the 5th level of the foundational realm, Belle was very fast and managed to get there within a couple breaths of time. She burst in the doors and yelled "help me please!!!" while laying Daniel on the table.
Miss Amelia rushed over and asked, "what the heck happened to him?" she couldn't bother to ask who he was, as her only job was to serve the princess and not ask questions.
Belle then told her what happened with her brother.
At this moment, Miss Amelia's expression was extremely ugly. "His entire ribcage is shattered and his ribs have punctured his lungs. His lungs are filling up with blood and choking him. I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to save him. I can only ease his pain and hope for a miracle to happen," she said grimly as she placed medicine on his body.
When she placed the medicine on his body, he instantly started choking less and seemed to be in less pain, but it was clear that it was not enough to save him.
"I've done all I can. I'm sorry," Miss Amelia could tell that this person was somehow important to Belle, although she had no idea why.
"If you don't mind, could you tell me who he is?"
Belle thought for a moment before speaking, "He is my brother's slave. I don't know why, but I can't bear to see him die," It was very clear that she was confused herself as to why she cared so much. She thought all life was important, and she wouldn't want anyone to die if she could help it, but for some unknown reason, she felt a certain closeness to Will even though she had never met him before. She thought that maybe it was because of how he had never given up hope that it would get better for him, or maybe it was that he had ignored the pain and bruises and continued to work without complaints when others would have given up already.
Trying her best to lighten the heavy mood, Miss Amelia said, "Although he is very badly hurt, with a lot of rest, he does have a certain chance to fully recover. Luckily you got him here quickly, otherwise there would be absolutely nothing I could do for him to help him."
Hope flashed through Belle's eyes when she heard this. She then looked at the royal doctor in front of her and said, "Thank you for your help. I don't know what I would do without you."
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As all of this was happening in the outside world, Will, completely unaware of the events transpiring outside his body, was having a strange dream.