Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

Alina sat next to Talulah, drinking fresh vegetable soup and looking at the long-lost smiles on the faces of her comrades around her. A certain idea became even more firm in her heart....

However...

With the sound of a wooden bowl falling to the ground.

Alina fell to the ground.

The pain coming from within her body made her tremble all over.

Talulah beside her, and even Lucas Reeve, were startled.

Surrounded by everyone.

Talulah quickly carried Alina into her room.

This symptom...

They were all too familiar with it.

Oripathy outbreak...

For every Infected.

An Oripathy outbreak was just a matter of time. Every acute Oripathy outbreak was a walk on the razor’s edge of death.

Either die...

Or even if they survived, the severity of their Oripathy would increase a little, and the next outbreak would be more ferocious than the last, and the danger even more severe.

Looking at the extremely pained Alina on the bed.

Talulah and FrostNova next to her were heartbroken.

Alina was like an angel in the entire Reunion Movement, loved by every member. And when they learned that these fresh vegetables were all made by Alina using her Originium Arts, their reverence for Alina grew even more.

So.

When Alina’s Oripathy flared up.

Almost all the members of the Reunion Movement came to Alina’s wooden house to pray, hoping she would pull through.

”As expected... it’s from using.. Originium Arts too much recently...”

Patriot said slowly.

In fact, he had long anticipated it. Oripathy gave the Infected a stronger talent for Originium Arts than ordinary people, even freeing them from the restriction of staves. In return, every frequent use of Originium Arts could potentially worsen the severity of Oripathy.

This was also the first time Lucas Reeve had experienced the ferocity of Oripathy since coming to Terra. As a remnant soul bound to Alina’s soul, at this moment, Lucas Reeve could deeply feel the pain inside Alina’s body. That despair, that feeling of sharp, pointed Originium crystals constantly stimulating Alina’s internal organs, like countless needles stimulating every cell. This kind of pain was unimaginable for an ordinary person.

”System... I want to use one chance for help. Is there an ability to treat Oripathy?”

However...

This time, for the first time, the system disappointed Lucas Reeve.

[This treatment method is of too high a level and cannot be provided for free. The host needs to exchange for it through Prayer Power...]

Actually, Lucas Reeve had already guessed it.

Because the abilities provided by the system for free would not be of too high a level. They were either single abilities or a part of a high-level ability or weapon’s power, like the projection of the Holy Lance.

And when Lucas Reeve saw the amount of Prayer Power required for the exchange, he became a little anxious, because the amount required for this ability was no less than what he would consume to condense a physical body.

That is to say...

Lucas Reeve was now truly powerless.

A difficult problem stood before Lucas Reeve.

Once he had enough prayer power, should he condense his own body first or exchange for the Oripathy treatment method first? This question became a choice for Lucas Reeve now...

Fortunately.

After a night.

Alina successfully survived this round of Oripathy outbreak, but the Originium crystals on the surface of her body were much denser than before.

The next morning.

Alina seemed to be completely drained, her face pathologically pale, her forehead covered in dense beads of sweat as she lay leaning against the bed.

Only then.

Did Talulah breathe a huge sigh of relief.

She was truly afraid that something would happen to Alina just now, because... this was not the first time Alina had an Oripathy outbreak. Strictly speaking, it was the third time... Each Oripathy outbreak was more dangerous than the last. If a fourth one were to happen, with Alina’s current physical condition, Talulah didn’t quite dare to think about what would happen.

”Are you okay... Alina....”

Talulah gently wiped the sweat from Alina’s forehead, asking with concern.

”I’m fine...”

Alina forced a smile.

”I won’t be defeated so easily...”

”...”

A flash of pain crossed FrostNova’s dim eyes, but there was nothing she could do...

”Alina, don’t use your Originium Arts anymore...”

Talulah said seriously.

”But...”

Alina sighed. She wanted to see the smile on every comrade’s face. It was... so close to being realized, but her body was so...

”Don’t be stubborn!”

This was the first time Talulah had spoken to Alina so loudly.