Chapter 148: Spirit bird

Loknya didn’t waste any time and personally led Kanan to the healing huts to see if this so-called cure could work. If it did, she would have absolutely no issues working with Kanan and establishing some sort of relationship.

If it didn’t, well, she was still inclined to work with him, especially since he was offering and she wasn’t begging.

Nyalok followed close behind, curious about how the cure worked.

They took the lift to the first floor, then walked toward the eastern part of the village, behind a large tree where a hut had been built.

"We recently constructed this building to house those who were infected. Keeping them in the same place where the other patients dwell had some negative consequences." Loknya explained

"It spread to the other patients." Kanan was glad that a second healing hut had been built in his village as well. Otherwise, they could have suffered the same fate as the Helsik Tribe.

People get hurt every day, no matter how small the injury is. It doesn’t even have to be an injury that sends someone to Yala’s healing hut. So with the constant ins and outs of the place, the Verminus Plant outbreak would have been absolutely devastating.

"How many people are infected?" Kanan asked

"Currently, about a hundred. Overall, we’ve lost around 300 people."

That was no small number, especially when the tribe’s population ranged from 1,000 to 1500.

"This is more serious than I thought. After seeing how to cure the patients, do you think you’d be able to mass-produce the Angler Poison?" Kanan wondered

"That shouldn’t be too difficult. Is there anything else I need to know about how this...treatment works?"

"Yes. I’ll need someone who can control plants, herbs to numb or lessen pain, and a healer."

"We have all of those."

"Great! I would call for Alue, but I forgot." They were also at the healer’s hut, so it made no sense calling for him at the moment.

"Pardon the intrusion. I need to speak with Riklok." Loknya announced, getting bows from all of the workers inside the healing hut.

"F-Father! It’s him! He’s the one who cut off my hand!" The chubby bastard shouted.

"I am aware of that, Yisol! And you! What are you doing here? Have you been spitting more of your venomous lies into the head of our chieftess?" Riklok hissed

"Enough of that, Riklok. Kanan has shared news with me. Who among your herbalists can control plants?"

Two people raised their hands.

Nodding, Loknya told them to gather herbs that can numb or lessen pain, and ordered Riklok to guide her to the most critical patient.

"What is the meaning of this, Chieftess? What has this boy told you now?"

"Kanan," She said, emphasizing his name. "Has informed me that his tribe was able to conduct a treatment method that could kill the uprooter plant inside a person’s body. I brought him here so he could demonstrate it to me."

"Lies! Utter lies! We’ve spent months trying to find a cure, but nothing has worked! Now you expect this outsider to have the answer to our–"

"Riklok, you should learn when to shut your mouth sometimes." Nyalok interrupted while smiling, wrapping her arm around Kanan’s shoulders. "Besides, my mother didn’t ask for your opinion."

Gritting his teeth, Riklok kept quiet.

"What is the meaning of this? Nyalok? Why is your arm around that bastard who took off my hand? If my father wasn’t an amazing healer, I would have been handless!"

"Yisol," Nyalok’s gaze sent shivers down Yisol’s spine, fear creeping into his skin as he stumbled onto the floor. "Didn’t I tell you not to open your mouth around me?"

"S-Sorry."

The herbalist brought over a small basket of herbs that numbed or lessened pain. "Here you are, chieftess. The herbs"

"Good. Now, Kanan, please walk them through the process."

"Very well. First, we need to identify where the plant is in the body. This is where the chlorokenetic comes in. Once you locate the plant, you’ll need to hold it in place; this way, it won’t spread to another part of the body."

After explaining what the chlorokinetic needed to do, Kanan informed Riklok of his role. He pushed back, telling Kanan that this wasn’t his first time operating on a person, but after some grilling from the chieftess, he complied like a scared animal.

Upon hearing what needed to be done, as well as seeing the tool Kanan had brought to administer the poison, everyone was incredibly shocked. Riklok was shocked because he had never thought about using poison as a way to fight against the plant.

The others were shocked by the tool Kanan used, never before seeing a syringe.

After the poison was injected, the operation went the same way it did in the Nemean Tribe. The patient kicked, thrashed, gritted their teeth, and screamed uncontrollably.

The herbs were administered, but they only did so much, especially since the plant was able to adapt to herbs very quickly.

Riklok did his job perfectly, sweating under pressure, but also fascinated by this new procedure he had never seen before.

Finally, after the poison did its job, the plant was extracted, the antidote was administered, and Riklok healed the patient’s body to prevent any long-term damage that could have taken place.

"A-Amazing! The plant is out of the body! It’s no longer affecting the patient!" Riklok beamed, looking up with glee.

Kanan wrapped the plant in a sphere of spirit energy and hovered it midair. "Now, we need to burn this."

"Let me do it." Nyalok snapped her fingers, and a bird appeared on her shoulder. Once the barrier dissolved, the bird shot flames from its mouth and burned the plant to a crisp

"What the heck? What was that?" Kanan had never seen such a creature before. It looked like your typical bird. Not a beast, not a monster, just a normal everyday bird. But it was surrounded by a ton of fire spirits, and its feathers were orange-red.

"Oh, this little guy?" Nylok asked, rubbing the chest of her bird. "He’s my spirit summon."

"Spirit summon? What the heck is a spirit summon?!"