Author: Half-wounded but not broken

There is a huge difference in lifespan between humans and elves, not to mention the fact that elves do not age after adulthood. From a human perspective, there will be a strong sense of time and space confusion.

In fact, it is not just the lifespans of elves and humans that are very different, many common races have longer lifespans than humans.

Take the races that appear among Perenli's classmates, halflings have a lifespan of 150 years, dwarves can live to 350 to 400 years old, and dwarves and elves are both 500 years old, but dwarves are not immune to aging.

These are very common races in various cities. In comparison, human lifespan is too short, and they are truly short-lived species.

As for races with lifespans comparable to humans, there are some.

Such as dragonborn, half-elves, tieflings and tabby cats.

But if you look closely, you will find that except for the spotted cat people, the other three races are actually hybrid races of humans.

The birth of the Dragonborn has always been a mystery, but the most commonly accepted theory is that the Dragonborn is a mixture of human and dragon factors (genes), not to mention half-elves, and tieflings are a mixture of demons and humans from the lower planes.

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It can be seen that as long as it has something to do with human blood, no matter what race it is, the life span of the children born will be greatly shortened. In the past, other races generally called this phenomenon the 'curse of the short-lived species'. If you don't want to give yourself

If you don’t find them happily, they generally won’t choose humans as partners.

However, it may be due to the different concepts of time. Human beings will seize every minute and every second, while long-lived species appear to be very leisurely. The result is that humans have now become the dominant force...

That's too far.

After assigning Anna a task and asking her to organize people to provide fire support from the rear, Perrenli took out his pocket watch and checked the time.

Ten minutes have passed since they retreated into the underground research institute. The opponent's offensive is almost ready, but they don't know when the other side of the city wall will be free to come back for support.

"Pei Renli, do you have time?"

"I'm free for now, what's wrong?"

Just as he was thinking about whether he had missed something, Moen walked closer quickly and lowered his voice:

"Do you still have the secondary restoration potion? Can you give me one?"

There is a serious shortage of medicines now, and potions are even more precious. No wonder Moen has to lower his voice for fear of being heard by others.

"Yes, there is."

Pei Renli opened the potion bag and looked at it. There were three bottles left.

"Why do you want the Lesser Restoration Potion?"

"It's Louisa. She says she feels a little uncomfortable."

"Didn't Michelle treat her?"

Luisa was attacked while patrolling with Anna and was invaded by negative energy. This was a serious injury and must be treated with restoration as soon as possible, otherwise she would definitely die.

Of course, the priority for treatment of seriously injured patients is the highest. Michelle had already treated Louisa when Anna returned to the auditorium on the golem.

"It's just because she has been treated and Louisa is embarrassed to speak. I always feel that it may not be completely cured."

It felt like what he said was like, "I know how to treat diseases better than the doctor." Moen looked particularly embarrassed.

But when Pei Renli heard this, he immediately became alert.

"Take me there, I'll take a look first and then talk."

Although negative energy invasion is fatal, restoration techniques can definitely cure it 100%. There is no such thing as incomplete cure.

"Something happened?"

Kaya asked after seeing this.

"There's something wrong with Louisa's situation."

When Moen saw Perenli becoming serious, he felt suddenly and quickly led Perenli in the direction of Louisa, followed closely by Eve and Kaya.

Moving to the back of the defense line, Louisa and several other seriously injured people were lying against the wall. Seeing that Moen had brought back such a group of people, she immediately said weakly:

"I'm just a little uncomfortable. There's no need to mobilize people like this."

"But you are obviously in so much pain that you are breaking into a cold sweat."

Pei Renli knelt down and asked:

"Do you feel pain? Where is it?"

Luisa pointed to her abdomen, where she had been attacked by negative energy before.

In order to facilitate treatment, Louisa had already taken off her leather armor. Perrenli gestured to Kaya to help lift Louisa's clothes.

It can be seen that Louisa's abdomen is slightly bruised, like a bruise. This should be just a small injury, and there is no rotten flesh after the negative energy attack.

But a small bruise is not painful enough to make you break into a cold sweat.

Pei Renli summoned the ball of light from the dancing light technique and brought it closer to illuminate the injured area more clearly. He stretched out his index finger and pressed on the bruised area.

Luisa could be seen groaning. Although she was holding back, sweat started to form on her forehead again.

"This is not normal, please bear with it."

After saying this, Pei Renli took out the healing potion and poured it on the bruise, and then a horrifying scene appeared.

The bruise on Louisa's abdomen squirmed as if it had come to life. Under the strong light, there seemed to be a living thing squirming under the skin, as if it didn't like the treatment potion very much.

"What is this?"

Eve said from the side:

"Corruption cyst."

"Corruption cyst?"

"A vicious necromancy spell. Huge lumps will grow under the skin of the subject. The growth period alone will cause intense pain. If it is activated, it will be excruciating pain."

Corruption Cyst is not a single spell, but an entire line of spells.

The basic method is to plant a putrid cyst on the target through touch. Then as the cyst grows rapidly, the caster can locate the cyst to understand the person's physical condition, or even directly detonate it.

If the detonated cysts splash onto other people, new cysts will form. Theoretically, as long as the caster has enough magic power, he can destroy a kingdom with corrupt cysts.

It sounds very impressive, but Corruption Cyst is only an E-level spell. This is also the most annoying part. When fighting the Necromancer, you have to worry about not letting him touch your exposed skin, even a little bit.

It is possible for a putrid cyst to be buried in an instant.

"What should I do? Can you treat me?"

"Of course there is a way."

Pei Renli stood up, raised his hand and drew a few runes.

Morn thought he was removing Louisa's corruption cyst, but then he saw Perrenli summoning 'Leomond's Cabin'.

"Carry her in, Camilla!"

After shouting to Camilla who was passing by, Perrenli quickly explained the situation.

When she heard about the corruption cyst, Camilla's expression was very serious. This operation made Moen panic.

Camilla immediately entered Leomont's hut to check on Louisa's condition, while Perrenli took out a carving knife and quickly carved runes on the floor outside the hut.

Then he said to Moen:

"I didn't expect them to use putrefactive cysts. It seems that anyone who has had direct contact with those mysterious people needs to be checked."

"I'll go ask."

Kaya, who had just carried Louisa in, happened to hear it.

"Um...are you okay?"

"I'll try my best."

It was a bit troublesome to let the socially fearful Kaya do this. Pei Renli saw Azuhan passing by leading the saber-toothed tiger, and quickly told him the matter and asked him and Kaya to separate.

Moen was so panicked now that he asked hurriedly:

"What's going on?"

"Louisa's cyst is almost mature and may explode."

"Detonate, detonate?"

This wording made Moen feel a chill running from the soles of his feet to the back of his head.

The planted corruption cyst has the effect of a tracker. The caster can easily learn Louisa's location and body information. Of course, the caster can also wait for the cyst to mature and explode.

In order to prevent this from happening, Pei Renli is carving anti-peeping runes that block detection and contact, which is equivalent to blocking the other party's remote control detonation function.

"Then what should I do? There is no magic that can break the curse."

"There is no solution to the curse. Once a corrupt cyst is planted, it can only be removed through physical means."

This is also the most disgusting thing about the putrefactive cyst spell. It has an extremely long incubation period, is highly concealable, and cannot be removed by any treatment spell.

Moen quickly went to see the situation in Leomont's cabin. After inspection, Camilla made the same judgment as Perrenli.

The only way to remove the cyst was to cut open the belly.
To be continued...