Chapter 223 Justina

In a ward at the Legal Committee's residence, Shuge saw the unconscious female mage Justina.

Although in the mouths of many people, the members of the Legal Committee are ruthless machines that strictly implement Merlin's instructions, in fact, they are still ordinary people in terms of emotions and needs. For their colleagues who were seriously injured but not dead, these The mages are very caring.

Even at a time when conditions and resources are severely insufficient, the female mage who was assassinated by the Black Sun Society still received adequate care and a resting environment.

The room used to house Master Justina was converted from a temporary lounge. The wizards very thoughtfully prepared magic rituals for keeping warm against the cold for their colleagues. Inside and outside the ward, there were specially designed rooms for stability. The secret ritual of magic flow, this secret ritual is specially used to deal with some magical diseases and plagues. When the flow of magic power slows down, such diseases will also delay their own development and spread.

However, Xiuge knew that the demand for magic power and magic crystals in this type of secret ceremony was extremely exaggerated. At least in the entire city of Salem, only the Legal Committee station could sustain its consumption.

The moment he stepped into this tidy ward, Xiuge felt a familiar atmosphere.

Then a confident smile appeared on his face.

He had been exposed to this breath countless times - what was entrenched in this ward was some kind of obscure magic power originating from the Dark Abyss Palace.

Master Justina is nearly thirty years old, with a soft appearance and a strong bookishness, which is very consistent with ordinary people's imagination of a magic scholar.

Unfortunately, due to being in a coma for a long time, this charming female mage looked extremely thin, her brown hair became very dry, and her complexion was as pale as paper.

Just like the old Schubert who was attacked by the descendants of An Abyss before, Master Justina's body was also fixed by layers of magic-suppressing silver shackles. Under the bright light of the crystal lamp, Xiuge saw that Zhu Stina's left arm has been completely occupied by the flowing black color, and this color seems to have the tendency to break through the magic-strangling silver blockade and further erode other parts of her body.

Unlike other descendants of the Dark Abyss that Shuge had seen before, although these black gelatins that successfully eroded Justina's left arm remained active, they did not show eyes, mouthparts or limbs like their own kind. At the same time, it did not show any aggression due to Shuge's approach like the offspring that "grew" from old Schubert.

"..."

Xiuge stared at the dark light and shadow and squinted his eyes.

The female mage who was responsible for leading the way was obviously a good friend of Justina. After receiving Jeant's order, the female mage became very active and active, although she also could not completely trust the twenty-year-old man in front of her. A wild mage who is many years old and is still wanted by the Legal Committee, but as a spell caster who has been trapped in this city for a long time, she still chooses to place her meager hopes on Xiuge at this moment. .

But now, Xiuge's expression made her a little uneasy.

"Mr. Ernst, is it... very troublesome?"

"It's not troublesome, I just feel a little strange."

Shuge frowned and stood next to Justina. He lowered his head slightly, and then used his mage's hand to move the two crystal lamps above so that the light source would be closer to Justina's mutated left arm.

Immediately afterwards, under the surprised gazes of the two accompanying mages, Xiuge suddenly began to pour his magic power into the two crystal lamps. With sufficient magic support, the already very bright crystal lamps Immediately, a more dazzling light was emitted, and under the irradiation of this light, the black gelatin that had maintained the normal outline and shape of the arm finally showed some changes. They began to shake and twist slightly, as if they wanted to To escape that light.

But that's all.

Unlike other descendants of the Dark Abyss, although this black gel that has completely assimilated Master Justina's arm still has the quality of "photophobia", its reaction is obviously not normal.

"The light is already so intense...or is this the only reaction?"

Shuge stared at this "arm" that was still trembling weakly. He was full of confusion, so he raised his head and asked the two mages beside him: "Can you tell me about Justina in detail?" What is the development process of these symptoms in the mage?"

As he spoke, he pointed at the arm that looked no different from the descendants of An Yuan: "Did it look like this at the beginning? Has there been any other changes?"

"Sorry, I only started taking care of her during this time..."

The female mage looked at her friend's pale face and dry lips, shook her head helplessly, and the expression on her face became bitter: "It was our healing mage who originally took care of Justina, but he died soon. Before... Anyway, after that, it was me who took care of her."

"However, I visited Giustina twice when she first fell into a coma."

The female mage recalled seriously: "I remember that at that time, Justina looked very normal. She was just comatose, had a fever, and occasionally talked in her sleep... They were all related to her previous research. This article There were no problems with her arm until the third day after I started taking care of her..."

"what happened?"

"It was night time and I was about to give her some water when all of a sudden the skin on her left hand started to change."

When she said this, the female mage couldn't help but tremble. It was obvious that the scene at that time was a bit strange, which made these mages who had been exposed to magic experiments all year round feel very uncomfortable.

She described: "It was like the skin began to dissolve, first on the forearms, and then spread to the palms and wrists... I quickly notified the others and got the magic-suppressing silver shackles to put on her, and then we continued It was discovered that the transformed black matter looked very similar to the monsters in the outside world, so Jeant asked us to bring these magic lamps and shine them with strong light..."

"Until now?"

"Yes, until now."

After listening to the female mage's description of Justina's illness, Shuge became even more confused. The "morbidity" process of Justina was really weird, at least it was different from those he knew. From her Judging from the symptoms, this does not seem to be a simple disease caused by the "infection" of An Yuan's descendants.

Xiuge took a chair and lay down beside the bed.

Justina did receive extremely meticulous and considerate care. Although she had been in a coma for quite some time, her body and clothes were still clean. While observing the arm, Shuge asked, "I'm curious. When you first saw the changes in her arms, didn't you think about... dealing with her?"

"We thought about it."

Another accompanying male mage replied coldly: "Everyone had a heated debate. Many people thought that Justina might have turned into a new 'monster', but Hermit Jeant rejected our proposal. .”

The other party's answer surprised Shuge. A sword-wielding hermit would fight against all odds to protect a patient who could turn into a huge threat at any time. This is similar to the sword-wielding hermit group that Shuge knew. It's completely different. According to common sense, it is absolutely impossible for these most loyal and rigid believers of the Goddess Mel to let go of such filthy existences.

"Hermit Jeant believes that no matter who our enemies are, since they must attack when Justina makes research progress, this means that Justina's research direction and results may be correct... Under the current circumstances, we should try our best to revive her and figure out the conclusions she drew from those monsters."

"Sound judgment."

Shuge nodded, approving of Hermit Jeant's decision.

However, before Shuge finished speaking, a dull voice came from behind: "Now is not the time to praise others, Mr. Ernst!"

The two mages who were accompanying Xiuge quickly took a step back, so the heavily armed sword-wielding hermit came to Xiuge's side with heavy steps. He looked at the thin and unconscious man lying on the hospital bed. The body seemed to sigh.

Jeant stood next to Xiuge. He looked down at the young mage and said, "Our discussion is over. Most of our people think your actions and motives are credible. In addition, You have brought the betrayer's head, and we will not be your enemies for a while...but that doesn't mean we will believe what you say."

Shuge laughed: "In other words, I have to save Ms. Justina?"

"Mr. Ernst, if you can reawaken Master Justina, then we can assume that you do have some understanding of those blasphemous powers... and this is the cornerstone of our true cooperation."

Xiuge nodded, and then he said: "Okay, then I must make it clear in advance. Treatment is possible, but Master Justina's left arm will most likely not be preserved, even if she wakes up. , and will lose this arm forever."

Jeant nodded heavily: "Having filth on your body is a trampling on our beliefs. Just remove it. If you can succeed and we have the opportunity to leave this dead city, then I will personally tell Merlin Please submit an application to erase your wanted warrant and help you submit a formal application for mage status to the Legal Committee."

"It's good to erase the wanted poster, but the latter one...I think there's probably no chance."

…

After all the "miscellaneous people" in the room left, Xiuge began his "surgery" work again.

But this time, his magic level is no longer what it used to be, and he no longer needs to be as timid as before.

Unfortunately, this time he did not have any "surgical assistant" he could trust. He needed to prepare the protective rituals and the healing magic used to ensure the patient's vitality.

After about ten minutes of work, everything was ready.

Xiuge closed Wei Lin's magic book, and the thick fog of the Mirror Messenger immediately emerged from his body, and his eyes were also wrapped in the deep fog, so the flow of magic in everything in front of him became clear. stand up.

With the help of magic vision, Xiuge immediately discovered that Master Justina's diseased left arm was also constantly absorbing magic and vitality from her body. Some kind of weak magic circuit had been blocked by these dark The glue is built up.

Seeing this, Xiuge immediately raised his right hand, and a sharp dagger immediately extended from his palm, and the mist from the dark abyss directly covered it.

This is the "scalpel" he will use next.

As the "scalpel" approached, the diseased arm finally showed new changes. It began to twist violently as if it felt a strong threat, and tried to break away from Justina's body.

The comatose mage obviously suffered tremendous pain from this. She frowned, her body began to tremble, and she let out a low groan of pain.

Xiuge deliberately waited for two seconds. After the dark gelatin took the initiative to disconnect the magic circuit with Justina, he quickly dropped the dagger in his hand. With accurate judgment, this The special blade easily cut off the connection between the chaotic colloid and the mage's body, and then the thick mist of the messenger in the mirror immediately wrapped around it, completely isolating the two.

The messenger in the mirror has been waiting for a long time. Following Xiuge's order, the black mist poked out from the darkness and tightly wrapped the twisting and struggling black gel. In just a few seconds, it It turned into a pool of black water under the absorption of the messenger in the mirror.

The "surgery" was over almost instantly.

Xiuge turned on the lights in the room again, and he quickly injected magic power into the pages of the healing magic book that had been prepared in advance. Then, the rich vitality spurted out from those magic patterns like a fountain, and enveloped it like a gentle mist. On the thin body of Master Justina.

Under the continuous nourishment of healing magic, Master Justina's breathing became steady, and the fracture on her left arm began to heal, and the power of the "Walking Forest" in Xiuge's body also told him that the scene in front of him was A weak female mage is regaining her vitality bit by bit.

It seems, so far so good.

However, Xiuge did not smile with satisfaction for completing this task, because just now, the messenger in the mirror who helped him complete this special operation suddenly handed over a somewhat complicated message.

The message contained a variety of different emotions and thoughts from the messenger in the mirror.

It felt confused, confused, and... disgusting.

The reason is that it believes that the thing it just swallowed is not the essence of the power of the dark abyss at all, but more like a useless waste and garbage...