"Oh? So you're still hanging in there, huh? Well, stubbornness only gets you so far. That gash in your stomach is going to bleed you dry eventually. I can tell you haven't mastered healing magic. Is that because you've been too cocky? Confident you'd never get hurt, so you didn't bother learning how to heal yourself properly?"
It was a naive mistake. I'd never seen someone wield a power dampener as a weapon before. This was all new to me—getting injured mid-battle, the Guardian vanishing because its usage was limited. I was starting to realize I wasn't as untouchable as I thought I was.
I gritted my teeth and tried to soothe the gash with healing magic. It was just basic healing, enough to numb the pain but not enough to close the wound completely.
