Beneath the Dragoneye Moons by Selkie

Author:Selkie [Selkie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Royal Road
Published: 2021-01-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 80– Plague X

The rest of the week passed in a blur, a haze of pain, red flags, sadness, sickness, hide map, disease, death, blue flags, rot, blood, a random scattering of orange flags, vomit, pus, way too many hours spent staring at the map, thinking, trying to tease the pattern out, to see what was happening, punctuated by four rocks from Artemis through an offending limb. She was a hair more considerate, and tended to only take out a hand, instead of the entire arm – much cheaper for me to heal mana-wise. More people saved.

She did some grumbling about "precision shots" and "not good form", but I appreciated it anyways.

There was one outright murder from Artemis, as she "didn’t think she could stop him in time without killing him." I was too numb to care. You’d think people would learn by now that healers had bodyguards, and not to try and pull stunts.

Then again, maybe things weren’t as emotionally charged with the "Sick, but not at death’s door" patients. Another subtle benefit of skipping over the direly ill?

[*Ding!* Congratulations! [Constellation of the Healer] has leveled up to level 150! +10 Free Stats, +15 Mana, +15 Mana Regen, +15 Magic power, +15 Magic Control from your Class! +1 Free Stat for being Human! +1 Mana, +1 Mana Regen from your Element!]

[*Ding!* For reaching level 150, you’ve unlocked the Class Skill [Moonlight]!]

[Notice: All your class skill slots are full. Replace a skill for [Moonlight]?]

[Moonlight]: The phases of the moon are visible to all who look up at them and see them. Able to apply [Phases of the Moon] at range, whenever moonlight touches them. [Phases of the Moon] applies with a significant efficiency penalty. Penalty increases with distance. Increased range, decreased penalty per level. Current range: .1 meters. Current penalty: 1000% increased cost per meter.

I hesitated briefly over the skill, before indicating I needed a quick break by raising my hand. The three apprentices with me – Markus was rotating them spending time with me, partially because I was making them work hard, harder than they worked with him, and partially because he wanted them to have exposure to my "interesting" ideas – all relaxed, tension bleeding from their bodies as I snapped up a [Veil] around Artemis and I.

"What’s going on?" Artemis asked, a graceful mix of tense and relaxed, somehow looking perfect through the exhausting days.

"Hit 150. New skill offered." I said, sharing the details of [Moonlight] with her."

"Take it." Artemis said almost instantly. "[Eyes of the Milky Way] isn’t that powerful, and you gain the ability to heal at a short – soon to be longer – range. You’ll still be mostly hands-on, the skill is limited, but it gives you an advantage, a possibility of stabilizing a serious wound as you’re getting to whoever needs help. Arriving a few moments earlier might be the difference between life and death for them."

"Plus, that sounds similar to how battlefield power-healers work." She said.

I tilted my head, asking the question without saying anything.

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