NOVGO.NET Chapter 467 - Tamers War - Unorthodox Medical Progress
Chapter 467: Chapter 467 – Tamers War – Unorthodox Medical Progress
“Have you considered using beast materials to absorb those crystals from his ’processing system’?” Ren asked.
The experts looked at him with curiosity but much more skepticism. The question was unexpected, coming from a child who should have been overwhelmed by the technical jargon they had just delivered, yet spoke with confidence that suggested a weird genuine understanding.
“What type of materials can do something like that?” the first expert asked, his tone carrying the patient indulgence of a professional humoring a child’s question.
“Tentacles from beasts with absorption capacity,” Ren began, naming a material that made both experts raise their eyebrows. “To dissolve solidified crystallizations. Beasts with that capacity break down crystallized mana back to its ’semi-ethereal’ state.”
“Like the ones from those nocturnal pests?” the second expert asked, his voice high with immediate rejection. “Those are terrible things for a sick person… They would steal the little vitality energy he has left faster, not just mana. We would never use such harmful materials… Those things would be at the level of trepanation and bloodletting, things that have been left far in the past.”
The comparison was apt and disturbing… ancient medical practices that had killed more patients than they saved, abandoned for good reason by civilized medicine.
“It’s different,” Ren insisted, his voice carrying conviction that made the experts pause. “And that’s why we’ll need to powder a high vitality beast, liquid extract wouldn’t work because it doesn’t block the short vitality absorption fibers well, we only need the long fibers being free, those are the ones that absorb only mana.”
“Beast powder?” Julius asked.
Reducing living creatures to dust, harvesting their essence for therapeutic purposes that sounded more like alchemy than medicine.
“Beasts with very high vitality usually have much more of that than mana, so when preyed upon by absorption beasts and left without mana they dry up completely and the remaining powder from their bodies returns to the soil,” Ren explained with matter-of-fact clarity. “I left some at school and carry some materials in my backpack but they won’t be enough… if you can get me some…”
The experts looked at each other; that was clearly outside their area of expertise.
Years of conventional medical training hadn’t prepared them for therapeutic approaches that sounded more like battlefield scavenging than clinical practice.
“And assuming crystals could be extracted, what would we do for microscopic wounds and medicine pockets?” the first expert asked, skeptical of such a small child solving the complex problem but genuinely intrigued by where this conversation was going.
“Regenerative gel from any transparent amphibian, being of water element it has healing properties and is also the most biocompatible,” Ren responded without hesitation.
“…If we can get it from the tissues surrounding its core… It wouldn’t heal wounds directly, but would create a temporary matrix around his mana veins that would allow the mana system to repair itself gradually. It’s like giving scaffolding to the natural healing process.”
The metaphor was elegant for a child… constructing biological frameworks to support healing at scales too small for normal intervention, medicine that operated at the intersection of engineering and biology.
“I’ve never heard of that treatment, and water creatures’ parts mostly have healing properties but don’t surpass a normal healer skill… Although the idea of using specific tissue that sticks directly to the mana processing system sounds quite interesting if it really acts that way when entering the body,” the second expert admitted.
The grudging professional interest was evident.
“Finally we need to infect him with a blue fungus that grows on ’mana eater herbs’… those used to reduce mana sickness. That would help eliminate the high concentration functioning as toxins,” Ren explained.
“That blue plague that causes problems every 4-year cycle with our anti-mana medicine?”
“Yes, it will naturally absorb the ’anti-mana medicine’ or in other words the plant extract intoxicating him… Once crystals dissolve with the processed tentacles we can ask healers to help him endure and heal his kidneys a bit…”
The first expert approached with evident curiosity.
“How do you know so much about beasts and those rare functions being so young?” he asked.
The question carried weight beyond simple professional interest, this was knowledge that typically required specialized study.
Ren hesitated for a moment, considering how much it was convenient to reveal now that they were in a hurry.
“I receive information from my beast, something similar to what yours do,” he finally responded, surrounded by Julius and the girls who already knew more or less about his “little huge encyclopedia”. “But there are priorities before explaining more about that, we need to act soon.”
The first expert seemed genuinely intrigued.
“Do you really think that combination of ’treatments’ could work?”
“In theory they should, yes,” Ren nodded.
“In what order?” the second expert asked, clearly considering the possibility.
The shift in tone was significant, from skeptical dismissal to cautious professional interest, recognition that desperate circumstances might justify experimental approaches.
“First the tentacles and powder to eliminate the crystals. Then healer treatment along with secretions to prevent more damage and new crystalline formations. Finally fungus when healers have finished regenerating his kidneys enough to deal with intoxication…”
Ren continued explaining.
“…Each step must be completed before the next, because methods can interfere with each other if applied simultaneously. Especially the fungi, they can die against the tentacles and will grow very aggressively if they receive healing energy.”
Julius looked hopefully between Ren and the experts.
“Would it be possible to get those materials?”
The experts considered the question carefully.
“The materials he mentions are rare, not because those beasts can’t be obtained but because they aren’t normally used,” the first admitted. “But if they can really do what he describes… It should be possible to urgently order beasts from exotic food markets or from some collections of rare beasts for different rich collectors…”
“It would be worth trying,” the second completed. “Because the alternative is this soldier you care so much about dying in the coming days.”
Ren approached closer to the table where Zhao lay.
“I can begin stabilizing his system with the little I have to start treatment,” he added. “But I know firsthand it’s somewhat painful and can create additional stress on his body.”
The casual reference to firsthand knowledge was both reassuring and deeply disturbing, an experience that suggested personal exposure to dangerous experimental procedures.
“Do you suggest something for that too?” the first expert asked.
“Essence of any Water Turtle, doesn’t need to be like Ms. Selphira’s black one,” Ren responded. “Any Bronze level will work… Slows all biological processes without stopping them and would give him some extra vitality too. Would give time for each treatment to work appropriately without overwhelming his regenerative system.”
The experts exchanged another glance, this time with cautious hope.
“It’s the most innovative medical theory I’ve heard in decades,” the second expert murmured. “But also the most unfounded with data.”
“Do you want me to convert you into data?” Julius asked directly. “Let him die.”
“No,” both experts admitted. “Definitely not.”
Ren pulled out the first prepared tentacle, feeling the weight of responsibility.
While they watched Zhao breathe laboriously on the examination table, everyone in the room realized they had just embarked on a medical experiment that could revolutionize some treatments related to mana processing cores.
Or that could kill the patient faster than he was already dying.
But for the first time since they had seen Zhao’s condition, there was hope.