For the severely injured soldiers who had no chance of survival, there was a way for them to be 'euthanized'– by using a small, yet deadly hammer to nail a needle into the weak spot on the back of their head. They would be killed instantly without experiencing any pain.
For injuries like Pierce's, the 'euthanasia' would be performed.
However, after considering that Pierce was one of the strongest men in Chambord, the fact that he had destroyed two siege ladders during the battle, and the advice of the second commander Brook, he wasn't euthanized yet.
"How is he doing?" Fei asked the doctor, hoping to get some good news.
"I'm very sorry, your majesty. We tried our best, but his internal organs were shocked and almost torn open. Even the high class priests from the Holy Church can't do anything about it!"
"Priests?"
This word caught Fei's attention, but now was not the right time to ask questions regarding that. Fei had to come up with a solution to this problem.
Two other doctors came up and bowed to Fei; one was holding a wooden tray. A small hammer and a bizarre looking needle were placed on the tray–they were the tools for euthanasia. Pierce was the last severely injured person in the facility. Although he fainted, everyone could see that his body was still experiencing a lot of pain. These injuries might not have been able to kill him right away, but the blood from his wounds and mouth were flowing like water pouring out of a bottle.
An older looking doctor lifted Pierce off the ground. The other doctor placed the nail at the back of Pierce's head and raised the hammer with his other arm.
—
"Wait!"
Fei had to stop the actions of the doctors.
He just couldn't let a real warrior die like this. Real warriors deserved to die on the battlefield. A death like this would bring shame upon a man like Pierce. Moreover, Fei didn't want to let Pierce die.
"But … How can I save him?" Fei had to think fast.
At this moment, as if Pierce sensed the tension in the room, he woke up. He saw King Alexander standing in front him, as well as the doctors. Eventually, his eyes finally focused onto the hammer. A smile shined on his face: "Kekeke…. Is it my turn now? Go ahead..."
Pierce didn't say anything to Fei. He fainted before Fei surprised everyone, so he didn't know that the retarded king was now officially the hero of Chambord.
The doctor raised the hammer again.
"Wait…"
Fei stopped it again. He looked down at Pierce fading in and out of consciousness, and then an idea flashed through his mind, "Pierce, I know how to save you, but you may have to endure a ton of pain." He said.
"You? Ha.. Kin...King Alexander, this....this joke is not fu... funny. If you do care for your soldiers, then plea…..please spare some bread for my ... my poor daughter Louise!"
Although Pierce wasn't fully conscious, he didn't trust the king in front of him one bit. "Trusting the words of a retard? Do you think I'm a retard too?" Only when he spoke of his daughter did Fei see the worries in the man who wasn't even afraid of the enemy's sword.
"What? You scared of pain?" Fei lowered his body and scoffed at Pierce.
He did it on purpose; it worked like a charm! Pierce easily fell for it.
The tempered man was enraged. Like a lion whose mate had been taken, Pierce struggled to sit up, causing all his wounds to bleed once more, "Ha...haha...ha. I ... I'm scared of pain? kekeke...I ..."
Fei was scared.
This man really had a strong sense of pride. Fei didn't want to irritate Pierce too much or he would literally die from bleeding.
"Endure it if you are not afraid of the pain. Do it for your daughter." He said that to Pierce before he left the healing facility.
Just as he walked out of the facility, Brook had arrived with Angela and Emma.
Angela's and Emma's cheeks were really red. They stared at Fei when they saw him. They still couldn't believe what they had heard.
"Your majesty, Pierce …" Brook asked with hope.
"There might be a way to save him." Fei wasn't too sure about his idea. "I can only try my best. If I'm lucky, Pierce won't die."
"Great!" Fei's answer was beyond Brook's expectation.
As a commander of the king's guards, Brook had seen a lot of death and injuries. He knew exactly how severe Pierce's injuries were – death was almost guaranteed. He only asked the king due to desperation, but he didn't expect that the king to really have a cure.
"Oh Brook, one more thing. Why is the healing facility so poor? Don't we have a better place for our warriors to stay in?"
Fei was very unsatisfied with this so-called 'healing facility'.
This question caught Brook off guarded. He wanted to say something, but he stopped himself.
Emma took deep breaths behind Brook; she wasn't used to all the sprinting. After hearing Fei's question, she didn't hold back at all; she said sarcastically: "Isn't this all your doing? If it wasn't for your majesty listening to that Gill's words and selling all the valuable items in the healing facilities to have some fun, expelling all the doctors and even taking off all the windows, the healing facility wouldn't be looking like this..."
Fei didn't know what to say.
"I really was a retard and a dumbass back then..." He thought to himself.
"Are there any other larger places that are more suitable for keeping all the wounded soldiers?" Fei asked Brook without saying anything back to Emma.
"The church at Chambord, as well as the head minister Barzel's mansion are suitable, but...but..." Brook hesitated as he continued speaking.
"But what?" Fei was curious.
Brook didn't how to respond to the question.
"The two places that Uncle Brook mentioned do have enough space for these soldiers, but Alexander, you can't move them there..." Angela, who was previously quiet explained patiently: "The priests left Chambord castle and the church was locked down. We don't have the authority use it, or we will be heavily punished by the Holy Church. There aren't any empires on this Azeroth Continent that dare go against the Holy Church's rules and orders. Head minister Barzel's mansion is not very convenient right now..."
The explanation was pretty vague. Fei still didn't fully understand everything.
Although he had inherited Alexander's previous memories, his understanding of this world was still minimal. He saw that Angela was very serious and wanted to tease her a bit, "Is the Holy Church that powerful? Even a king can't order them?"
Blonde-haired Emma began to object Fei again, "When the priests in the castle were leaving, even the enemies that surrounded our castle didn't dare stop them; they had to let them out respectfully. What do you think about the Holy Church's power now? Even the most powerful level nine empires don't dare to go against the Holy Church so blatantly."
Fei laughed nervously and didn't stress on that question anymore.
His knowledge regarding the continent was just too little. If he continued asking stupid questions, the others might've gotten suspicious of him. He quickly shifted the attention of the three people away from that subject, "Alright then, are there any other places aside from the Church and Head minister Barzel's mansion?"
Brook shook his head.
Angela and Emma did the same. They didn't have any good ideas either.
After seeing this, Fei rubbed his chin. He was considering Barzel's mansion, "Barzel's son Gill had tried to kill me. If he was like that, his father probably isn't someone bright as well." Forcing these kinds of people to share their property by using his authority as the king would not cause Fei to feel any guilt!
At this moment –
"I know another place!" Emma yelled suddenly.
"Which place?" Fei, Angela and Brook were all surprised.
As Emma stared at Fei, a mischievous smile covered her face, "The front half of your majesty's palace! There's enough space for all the soldiers. Hahaha, it depends on whether or not you are willing to do so!"
Fei's eyes brightened.
"Great idea! That's it! Brook, go ahead and organize the remaining soldier. Make sure that you're able to move all the wounded soldier to the front half of my palace. Also, notify all the doctors. It doesn't matter how severe the injuries are, tell them to try their best to maintain the lives of the wounded soldiers. I will handle the rest!"
Brook was shocked, "You majesty, you can't!"
"Why not?" Fei laughed, "They bled for me and the kingdom of Chambord, so why can't I provide them with a better place to stay and be treated?"
Emma was stunned.
She proposed this solution not to solve the problem, but to childishly confront Fei. She didn't expect Fei to listen to her... "Hey Alexander! Are you sure about this?" It was unheard of that a king would offer his palace as healing facility for the wounded soldiers.
Fei purposely rubbed Emma's head and made a mess of the hair. "Of course.... Hahaha, thanks for your suggestion, kiddo!"
"You are the kiddo here!"
"Hahaha..."
Angela didn't say a word. She simply smiled as she watched Fei and Emma play with each other. Her mood was unprecedentedly happy. How long had it been since she was this happy? Angela didn't know the answer to that question herself. The way she was looking at Fei was getting brighter and brighter.
...
The wounded soldiers were quickly moved to the front half of the king's palace.
Food, water, wool blankets and clothes were distributed to all of them under Angela's and Emma's lead. Fei had also generously given out a portion of his treasure and wealth to motivate the soldiers. At this dire moment, morale had to be high. Aside from spiritual encouragement and motivation, there had to be some material benefits too. As a student who had taken psychology courses before, Fei knew what he had to do.
Fei's action had definitely won over the soldiers' respect even more.
The cheering of "Hail King Alexander!" resounded throughout Chambord castle once more. Some wounded soldiers were touched and started crying and swore to devote their lives towards following King Alexander's commands. In this world where the lives of commoners were basically worthless, it was pretty easy to win over the support the people.
After organizing the wounded soldiers, Fei handed control over to the 'Military Guru' Brook to plan duties such as the guarding and securing the defensive wall and putting up more barriers.
He returned to the back of the palace and ordered that no one was to enter his room. He had to check on his injuries. Luckily, they weren't too severe.
His first battle wasn't bad. He wasn't injured at all when fighting the two one star warriors. Only when he was trying to take on the three star warrior Landes did he get injured. He went head to head with the [Exploding Sun Strike] and only puked some blood.
The most severe injury was when Fei's shoulder was pierced by Landes' sword. Landes' fire energy had entered Fei's body through the sword and shocked his internal organs, an injury similar to Pierce.
Fei took a gamble when he intentionally let Landes pierce him.
He brought the strength and abilities of the barbarian to this world, thinking that the defense and armour of the barbarian was also probably brought to this world. It would minimize the damage from Landes.
In fact, he won the gamble.
The energy of a three star warrior should've been able to shatter Fei's organs into pieces, but due to barbarian's sick armour and defense, the organs were only shocked. There weren't any deadly effects.
Of course, Fei had to do that. In that situation, Fei couldn't think of another way to temporarily defeat Landes except for tricking him. If Fei didn't force Landes off of the defensive wall, he would've become just another soul under Landes' sword by now.
It wasn't that Fei wasn't scared of death. It was just that he was too scared of death, so he had to risk everything he got.
...
After checking his injuries, Fei began doing something very important –
He sat on the bed and tried to enter the Diablo world. If he wanted to save the lives of his soldiers, he had to enter the Diablo world once again.
Fei's idea was simple –
If he could bring the abilities and attributes from the character in the Diablo world to real life, then he could probably bring the items and potions into the real world.
If he could bring the [Healing Potions] which could literally heal all the health of a dying character in the Diablo world into the real world, then Pierce and all other soldiers' lives could be saved.
After thinking about that, Fei couldn't wait to enter the Diablo world.
He meditated on the bed. He concentrated as he tried to remember how he enter the Diablo world for the first time. He tried to communicate with the strange voice inside his head.
The result surprised Fei. There was a quick response –
"Gamer Fei seeking approval to enter Diablo world... Soul scan valid ... Game Time verifying...Excess time left over ... Request Approved. Countdown ...3...2...1. Enter!" The cold yet mysterious voice spoke.
Fei had the pleasure to travel through the 'star gate' again as he felt dizzy and a strange wave went through his body.
...
...
The scene in front of Fei surprised him.
He remembered that he was still in the [Den of Evil] on [Blood Moor]. He was expecting to be sent back to the same place, but it definitely wasn't the case.
He was not at the [Den of Evil], nor [Rogue Encampment]
It wasn't even in the Diablo world. He was in front of a 3D projected screen.
On the screen, there were seven playable characters: Amazon, Assassin, Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Paladin and Sorceress. They were all standing in front of a bonfire. Every character was real. Fei could even hear them breathing. It felt like there were seven people standing in front of Fei.
"Is ... is this the selection screen in the game? Why am I here? Could it…"
As Fei was thinking, he saw a button under the screen – [Create a New Character]
Fei was stunned at first – he couldn't control his excitement.
"Create a new character? Does that mean I could play other classes and bring their abilities into the real world?"
An imaginary door opened in front of Fei. He could see his bright future. There were numerous opportunities. If he was a level 99 character in Hell (most difficult) game mode and was able to use those abilities in the real world, how powerful could he become?
All he could think about were the possibilities.
Hundreds of abilities from all seven classes would definitely create a big storm in the real world, and no one would be able to defeat him.
"This is insane!!!" Fei couldn't hold himself together.
He had to try it out to be sure. He thought about it and decided to become a fancy mage this time.
Instantly, a beautiful women representing the class Sorceress stepped forward. She waved her powerful wand and lightning came down from the sky; then she bowed to Fei.
The bottom on the screen changed to – [Confirm selection]
Fei pressed yes.
The screen began disappearing and his vision blurred. It was the sign of entering the Diablo world.
Suddenly, Fei thought of a serious question –
"The sorceress was a female character! When I become a sorceress, I won't become a female, right?! Would I?!?!?!?!?!?!"
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