Yarra’s Adventure Notes -
Chapter 975 - 92 A Big Mistake
Chapter 975: Chapter 92 A Big Mistake
"With the Guild’s resources, I don’t believe someone who barely escaped the depths of the Forest of Death with severe injuries would be left to lie in bed for months," Catherine said, tapping her fingers on the ship’s rail, a frown on her face. "I don’t know all of the Guild’s hidden strengths, but even from what I know now, that seems impossible. It wouldn’t be surprising if the former chairman had died from his wounds deep in the forest, or if he had died a few days after returning to the Holy City. I’ve come to understand that Divine Healing Spells are not omnipotent. If the victim’s body retains the attacking energy imposed by an opposing Demigod, even deploying a Divine Healing Spell won’t dispel this energy, and the injuries won’t heal. Therefore, it’s quite normal that the former chairman couldn’t be treated shortly after his return given that there are currently no healers of Demigod Rank among humans. If the chairman’s injuries were too severe, indeed no one could heal him. However, it’s strange that he lasted several months and still couldn’t be treated; with the Guild’s connections and friendly relations with different races, it shouldn’t be difficult to seek help from those races. Whether it’s the centuries-old herbal lore of the Lizardmen or the special Life Blessings of the Elves, or even the God of Light’s Divine Spell used by the Light Winged Humans, there are excellent healing options available. There are so many options to choose from, it doesn’t make sense for the Guild to let their chairman languish in bed for over ten months with severe injuries, unless... the chairman’s injuries were something even these Demigods couldn’t heal. That must be the only explanation."
"You guessed right; the former chairman had indeed sought aid from those three races you just mentioned. High Priestess Alcmene personally concocted medications, Lady Maya chanted the Song of Light for three days, a total of sixty-six hours until she nearly collapsed, and King Flare even used the Lifespring Ring, but none succeeded in healing the former chairman," Odin sighed and shook his head in frustration. "Actually, the former chairman didn’t return to the Holy City on his own; he was escorted back by the Elves. After fleeing the Forest of Death and crossing the Okain Mountain Range, he found a guard post of the Elves at the foothills of Mount Okain. After meeting the Elven guards, he fell into a coma. Before the Elves escorted the former chairman back to the Holy City, the Elves who were rather close to the Guild tried to treat him, but it was ineffective. However, the Elves did give me some information. Apparently, before the former chairman fell unconscious, he only left a single phrase, which was eventually relayed to King Flare by the guards, and then to me."
"He only managed to leave behind one phrase?" Catherine pondered with a frown. "It seems the chairman was in terrible condition by the time he got there, probably already at his limits. Um, what did he say? And, was it only him who escaped?"
"Unfortunately, it was just him. The Elves didn’t find any trace of your grandfather, Mr. Field," Odin said apologetically. "And the chairman didn’t mention Mr. Field in his words; all he said was that we made a grave mistake, that there was no relic there, that place..."
"What about that place?" Catherine looked inquisitively at Odin who had suddenly stopped, pressing for more details: "What did he say next?"
"That was it," Odin said with a wry smile and a helpless shrug. "That’s all the chairman said before he stopped. I, too, would really like to know what he wanted to say next, but he never had the chance to tell us."
"Uh, well, I should have guessed that," Catherine said with a self-mocking laugh. "Let’s not dwell on the message the chairman left for now. It’s already strange that his injuries were incurable."
"Indeed very strange. Theoretically, this should not have happened," Odin said with a sigh. "The high-ranking officials who responded to our call for aid couldn’t explain this phenomenon either. They couldn’t even confirm if their treatments had any effect on the chairman, no, they couldn’t even determine exactly where he was injured. Yet, peculiarly, they couldn’t bring him out of the coma, and even if he did wake up, he couldn’t regain his senses, which was truly unexpected."
"Indeed very unexpected, yet somehow not so unexpected," Catherine said, not realizing she was becoming more and more like Pannis, squinting her eyes in times of conflict, casting a razor-sharp look through the slits: "Chairman, you must have considered the possibility that they ventured too deeply into the peripheral core areas where living beings are forbidden."
"You mean the several areas attacked by the soul? You think they suffered soul attacks? Indeed, we also speculated, but if they underwent soul attacks, either they penetrated only a short distance and managed to escape successfully, or they went too deep, causing their souls to collapse and turn into twisted monsters. There was never an instance where someone escaped but their souls collapsed; both empirically and theoretically, this effect shouldn’t occur," Odin explained. "Moreover, both the chairman and your grandfather had plenty of experience; they would never recklessly venture deep into the Forbidden Area for Living Beings. So, I quickly dismissed that hypothesis at the time."
"At the time?" Catherine said with a noncommittal smile. "So, it was just at that time."
"Ha, of course, if I hadn’t started to doubt until now, that would have been an insult to my own intelligence," Odin nodded. "After the incident with the Divine Servant and when I learned of the anomalies in the Forbidden Area for Living Beings, I immediately linked the two events, thinking there’s a very strong possibility they are connected. It’s highly likely that the anomaly was caused by the actions of that team when they ventured deep into the core, which is why the chairman said we made a grave mistake. But, for nearly forty years, Chairman, haven’t you ever doubted that?"
"It was a result of habitual thinking, including myself, the four high-ranking members of the Guild who knew the truth at the time, all believed that the chairman’s mention of a mistake referred to erroneous information," Odin said apologetically, shaking his head. "After all, his next phrase was that there was no relic at all, which easily led to misunderstandings." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on the recommendation ticket and monthly ticket at qidian.com, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)
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