บท 40: Quarantined - Poisoned - Tricked
He took one Huk Pill and felt his body filled with energy after he swallowed it. He drank one Bibi Elixir and applied two bottles of Latus Solution to his body. He began to accumulate mana by following the energy conversion method. He opened his 11th acupuncture point in a few minutes and his 14th acupuncture point after an hour. Three hours later, after familiarizing his body and mind to the new 14 points he had opened, he rested a little. Likewise, he was able to open the 16th point within an hour after using the potion, pills and solution. After stabilizing the cycle for another two hours, he went to the lobby of the inn and ate something. *(1)*
"Did you hear that the big dog of the Joma family has come to our town. After examining everyone in the whole town one by one, if he could not find what he was looking for, he would kill everyone. He came with two thousand soldiers under his command. There are also about forty soul-formation-level captains among the arrivals. Obviously, something big has happened in this town. What exactly are they looking for? I wonder if he's a fugitive or a murderer? "
Boden got a little stressed when he heard the conversation and returned to his room without wasting much time. He was happy that he did not combine the mana crystals in his ring. He took the spoils he had collected yesterday into another ring.
Perhaps with a special technique from Joma, they were leaving a mark on items where they could follow them. Or there were devices or energy items that could measure the aura of the person with whom they could relate to the event.
He had put about two hundred mana crystals he found from the woman, and about a thousand mana crystals he found from the man who robbed the shop, into his ring. He also put a few thousand gold in his ring. Apart from these, he was carrying nothing else on him.
He took the ring with the supplies and looked at the table in the room. The table was made of wood. He made a groove in an inward-facing leg of the table, placed the ring there, and closed the cavity by filling it with soil that he hardened with the sticky root of a plant.
After practicing the mind development method for an hour, he started energy conversion work again. As Boden changed his dressing style and hairstyle, it was now very difficult to recognize from the drawings that described him. But unless he would come face to face with Naser.
Boden's door was knocked after a few hours. Boden got up and opened the door. Opposite him were two men dressed in uniform-looking clothes. It was clear from the rows of emblems on his chest that one was higher ranked than the other. The high ranking man ordered his subordinate while looking at Boden. "Take note, this guy sits at number 81."
After the subordinate wrote the note, the same man told Boden again "You have to go downstairs on the orders of the Joma family." From afar, a soldier came quickly and escorted Boden downstairs, leaving him with the other waiting men. Fifteen minutes later, three soul-formation level captains arrived. After searching all the rooms, they couldn't find anything. They searched each person who gathered at the entrance of the inn and checked their rings.
Since Boden was dressed elegantly, one of the captains came up to him and examined his ring. He looked at Boden with a little interest, as there was not much but a considerable small amount of possessions in the ring. Boden smiled "Captain, I came here from another kingdom. I think you found me a little wealthy. I'm new here and I don't plan to stay long. Actually, I was hoping to move to the capital. The Joma family must be a very influential family. What are the conditions to join you?"
Meanwhile, the Captain would ask him where he was from. But Boden's talkative demeanor greatly disturbed the captain. Even though he gave his ring back to Boden, he ordered "You follow me!"
Five soldiers immediately turned over Boden. Boden was taken to the town square accompanied by the soldiers. A few minutes later he arrived at the town's most luxurious inn. There were forty-five people who were supposed to be suspects in this inn. There was no trace of Naser and the other six when Boden entered. So they weren't caught.
One of the high-ranking captains took Boden and put him among them. The captain, who suspected Boden, turned back with the other soldiers. Boden's room was searched again and nothing was found. Two hours later, the General with the top of the Soul-Formation level came next to Boden and the other suspects, whose numbers had reached seventy-four. There were ten soul-formation level captains alongside the General. Inside the ring of all those captured, they either had too much possession of what the shop sells, or a considerable amount of gold.
Drawing a formation on the ground, the general placed items with mana energy at certain points of the formation. After putting a few energy crystals in the center of the formation, the suspects were taken to the formation in turn. Those who came out with their rings did not kill the shopkeeper, nor did they contain the shop's marked goods. After checking everyone, two people had pills from the store. Since their marks were not removed, they were considered guilty and began to be tortured.
At the end of the torture, the two men gave descriptions of the two people from Naser's team. After the robot drawings were prepared as like real, they killed the men they tortured. They released everyone else, but they were not allowed to leave town.
When Boden returned to his inn, the owner said that he no longer wanted to give Boden a room and asked him to pack his belongings and leave. When Boden offered to pay the man 10 times what he normally pays for one day. The man gladly agreed.
Returning to his room, Boden was able to use the ring by standing only a few inches away, without removing the ring he had previously hidden on the table in the room. He took a pill from the ring, swallowed it, and started meditating. An hour later he opened the 18th acu point. He took another pill three hours later and was only able to open the 19th acu point. Another three hours passed and he was able to open the 20th acu point. He took two pills to open the 21st acu point. He used two pills each for his 22nd, 23rd, and 24th acu points, and one day passed like that.
They came back the next day and inspected Boden. They couldn't find anything in his room. And the same amount of money remained on his ring. Boden asked the captain if they could sell potions or pills that were effective in opening acupuncture points. The captain stated that he would take care of it.
A man visited Boden four hours later that same day. This man has just taken over the Joma family's business in town. The man brought a special pill and said that it was effective in opening 5 points at once. Boden took ten of these pills and paid five hundred mana crystals. He also bought ten Huk Pills from the man. Boden started using Huk Pills in triple. And he was able to open 4 acupuncture points a day. Currently 29 points were open.
Boden used a new pill and realized that the body energy balance was disturbed. Apparently, the men had poisoned Boden and caused his dantian to crack. Boden was writhing in pain. He crawled to the door and shouted into his room that he urgently needed a healer. Half an hour later a healer came and told Boden that he had been poisoned with a harmful drug. He stated that his treatment is not possible. The healer gave Boden medicine to relieve his pain and left.
Boden had medicines to cure it among those he stole from the potion store, but he knew that if he healed himself now, his life would be in danger. After a third day of suffering, he finally realized that his dantan had been repaired. The healing effect of brightness-force energy caused him to heal quickly.
Boden lay down like a patient and asked for a healer again. Three hours later, a different healer came this time. As the healer was about to tell him, after studying for a while, that Boden was perfectly healthy and had no problems, Boden laughed with laughter "I am grateful to you, mate. I could have died without you." and gave the healer a hundred mana crystals.
The man was sure that he had done nothing to heal, but when he saw so many mana crystals he was handed, he kept silent and said nothing. After the man left the room, Boden recovered, went down to the lobby and ate. 'Jomu family, I will take you all down one by one' he thought.
*(1)* [Boden Physical Power: 6.5 Agility: 6.5 Intelligence: 2.5]
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