Chapter 109
Chapter 109: Reaching an agreement
Although Trunks was renowned for being a difficult character to shake off, his reputation was indeed quite good. After receiving his promise and having him swear a blood oath, Han Shuo didn’t make further trouble for him.
Having been seriously injured, Trunks didn’t pay further attention to Han Shuo as he struggled to take out some gauze and medicinal water from his space ring. He shook and trembled as he smeared the medicine over his injuries, and then grimaced with pain as he finished dressing his wounds.
“Your injuries look quite severe, how long will you need before you can fully recover?” Han Shuo frowned and asked when he saw Trunks like this.
Snorting bad temperedly, Trunks said, “Weren’t you the one who caused my injuries? And you still dare to ask, but don’t you worry, my injuries look severe, but they’ll be easy to recover from as long as my tendons and bones haven’t been hurt. Not to mention that the medicinal water I treated it with just now was developed from magical herbs that I picked in the Dark Forest. It’s especially useful for scabbing over wounds. As long as we wait for my fighting aura to recover, I won’t become a burden to you.”
Nodding, Han Shuo said, “Alright then, let’s return now then.”
“Wait!” Trunks called out, and then concentrated he looked at Han Shuo’s face, finally asking in confusion, “Can you tell me how you discovered me as soon as I entered your tent area, and why I was located no matter where I hid? Why is it that although I can first use fighting aura to lock onto an enemy before deploying Restrained Dragon Slash, so that they’ll be at my mercy as long as their strength isn’t greater than mine, your weapon still automatically flies up to protect you?”
“Sorry, I can’t answer your two questions. The only thing I can say is never try to ambush me in the future. That will only be creating trouble for yourself.” Han Shuo shrugged as he said to Trunks.
Nodding his head in understanding, Trunks said, “If no one can ambush you, then your strength is several times higher within the Dark Forest. It looks like we may actually have a chance of succeeding on our trip to search for the Fruit of Dagmar this time.”
The way back expended more than five times the amount of time it’d taken for them to get here. Trunks’ speed was greatly decreased because of his injuries, but he resolutely turned down Han Shuo’s offer to support him, stubbornly insisting on walking by himself.
Ever since Trunks said he had a way to help Odysseus, the group of people hadn’t said anything, as if waiting to see how Trunks would act before deciding their next action.
Gordon remained silent without a word, but walked towards Odysseus. He first woke Odysseus up, then undid the gauze on his wound beneath Odysseus’ astonished gaze. A frightening injury to the point of seeing bone in his chest was revealed.
“Han, what’s going on? Odysseus looked at Han Shou weakly and asked in confusion.
“Don’t move and don’t say a word. I’ll explain to you when your injury stabilizes!” Han Shuo said softly as he drew nearer to Odysseus.
At this moment, Trunks took a flask of medicine from his space ring and poured out some red powder from it, slowly applying it to Odysseus’ wound on his chest. He explained faintly, “The tail of the manticore has an extreme poison that paralyzes the entire body. The claws have it too, but it’s not as strong as the amount on the tail. The powder I’m applying can remove the poisonous effects of the manticore’s claws and increase the rate in which his injuries scab over.”
“If you still want to obtain the Fruit of Dagmar, you’ll meet the Medusa monster within that swamp. The fresh blood of a Medusa monster has miraculous properties for wounds. As long as we can kill the Medusa monster and obtain its blood, I promise that he’ll have no aftereffects once we wipe it down on him. The speed in which the injuries of his chest will heal at will be even faster in the future.” Trunks explained faintly as he flicked a glance at Grodon.
Looking at Gordon and then at Aphrodite, Han Shuo said calmly. “I think we need him to help us find the Medusa monster for us. What do you think?”
Aphrodite and Gordon looked at each other, nodding at the same time.