Chapter 75: Request for Help

“Cough!”

“Are, are you okay?”

“Aah… My stomach, my stomach hurts so much.”

“Can someone give me something to drink…?”

“Hey. Pull yourself together.”

The scene was grim. Half-conscious bodies were hanging between the dense bushes, all clutching their stomachs and groaning in pain. Su ran around, helping the patients as much as he could.

“When are the doctors supposed to arrive?”

“Ugh. Who knows. They went without supplies, so they probably won’t get here until tomorrow, if they don’t get lost.”

Su perked up his ears to eavesdrop on the conversation. If the doctors arrive by tomorrow, they can be treated and continue their journey. Although it will be slower due to the casualties, they will eventually reach Merelop.

‘Hmm.’

Su muttered to himself while looking at the ridge extending down the mountain.

“Is Merelop closer from here, or is the Kingdom of Hawan closer?”

A man, drenched in cold sweat, replied, as if trying to distract himself from the pain by talking.

“We haven’t been traveling for long, so Hawan is closer.”

“And the road to Merelop is continuously rough, but the road to Hawan is mostly flat, isn’t it? At least until we enter the mountains.”

“So the doctors from the Kingdom of Hawan will arrive first.”

“But there are a lot of quacks there, so I can’t trust them.”

“There are a lot of gypsies, but it’s still a kingdom, so they won’t kill healthy people, right?”

“Ah… I want to go back. I’d rather lie in bed for a few days than lie here in the mountains, drenched in dew.”

Everyone sighed in despair. Regardless, Su approached the boiling pot, pretending to add more firewood. After looking around, he shook the yellow scorpion’s venom into it.

‘Just enough to not kill them, but enough to make them delirious with pain. It’s pitiful, but… there’s no other way.’

The yellow scorpion’s venom contained