As soon as the first drop of the reddish liquid touched his tongue, it disappeared. Ryu's body absorbed it as if by magic.
The blood herb allowed the patient to recover an incredible amount of blood, but it didn't restore their health points and it did nothing to close the wounds either.
Ryu's life was still in danger and Saba was well aware of the situation. They needed to perform a surgery to close his wounds, but doing so would reduce Ryu's health points even more and force him to spend energy he didn't have.
Anne, Sera and Athela waited outside the medical hut crossing their fingers in hopes for positive news, but time passed and no one came outside. At first they were worried, then impatient and after a while they fell asleep despite the heavy rain pouring down on them.
The wooden platform above wasn't made with the intention of covering the rain, on the contrary, it was built with the idea of letting natural light in.