After their sudden encounter with a monster in human skin, the expedition team decided to retreat to the second floor for Snowy Mountain’s injury even though the situation was hectic. With one hand amputated, his injury appeared quite serious. Chi-Woo looked worriedly at him, but Snowy Mountain and even Hawa appeared calm about his injury.

“Didn’t we see a lab earlier? Why don’t we go there first?” Shadia spoke up, superseding the guide’s authority, but Nangnang didn’t disagree and led them to the place. He knew Shadia intended to treat Snowy Mountain there. The role Shadia played in the team was the mage as well as the healer, and for all matters relevant to her role, the guide had to follow her suggestions.

Soon afterward, the team returned to what looked like a lab with Nangnang’s guidance. They had already searched the room before, and Shadia quickly began her preparations. Although the whole place was in a mess, she managed to find a cauldron. She took out a tree branch from her bag and started a fire before making a rod to hang the cauldron above it.

“It would have been nice if you had prepared beforehand.”

“I finished the preparations. I just have to do the finishing touches.”

Shadia responded to Nangnang by pouring a greenish liquid into the cauldron.

“The medicine is most effective when I make it on the spot. Then…”

Shadia looked around and asked for a clean cloth. Hawa handed her one. Shadia spoke while rolling it, “I need to use...