Chapter: Focused Heal

The old man took a deep breath in and out, a look of joy filled his face as he didn't find any difficulty in doing so.

He laughed out loud and made to stand up as Erik held him down gently but firmly.

"You had a nasty infection, your body is going to need food, also that annoying pain in your left hand should be fixed," Erik smiled.

The man wiggled his fingers and his shock only deepened.

The young man held out two coppers to Erik.

Erik held out his hand, the middle-aged man looked stunned as he dropped them into Erik's hand, as if expecting something else to happen.

"Good to do business with you, please let any of your friends know that if they need some healing to come over to my stall. I'll be there today and tomorrow," Erik said with a smile that was slightly forced, he didn't have the funds to keep on paying for the stall as well as a room in the inn.

Erik turned and left.

"Thank you master healer! The old man said gravely cupping his hands and bowing deeply from his seat.

"No problem," Erik said, returning the gesture and leaving easily.

He checked on his blinking '!' symbol finding two screens.

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10,520/23,000 EXP till you reach level 7

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Skill: Healer

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Level: 20 (Novice)

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No bonuses at this time. You must prove your skills first.

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He moved through the market again, he wandered through the market a bit to waste some time before he needed to sit at his stall again.

He got near his stall to find that a few dozen people were there with bandages, or other ailments.

before he made it back to his stall.

Erik moved past them and sat in the chair out front of his stall.

The different people there looked at him, he looked back at them before shrugging and started to open his book. He wouldn't go to each of them if they weren't willing to come forward.

Finally a woman with a bad complexion walked forwards.

Erik put his book away and smiled at her.

"Are you able to heal people?" She asked in a faint voice.

"One of my specialties," Erik smiled.

"I had a nasty cut, but now my entire body is in pain.

"Did you cut yourself on metal?" Erik asked.

"Yes," The woman said, sounding shocked.

Erik pulled out another chair from behind the stall and put it down in front of his chair."Please," He said, waving to the seat.

The woman sat down hesitantly.

I'm just going to check on your condition," Erik held her wrist in his hand and used simple organic scan.

Based on her symptoms it looked like she had tetanus.

Erik quickly used his healing spell, he pushed until he was at fifty percent mana and continued to let it flow as fast as his mana regenerated, that additional mana gate being opened really helped him.

The woman's appearance got better rapidly before she looked completely healthy.

"Two copper if you're happy with the healing," Erik said.

"Yes, thank you so much," The woman passed him two coppers, tears filling her eyes.

"Don't worry I think that you should now be immune to rusty tools," Erik said, everything he had seen showed that once someone had overcome a problem then they would never encounter it again, at least as far as infections went.

Two screens popped up.

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11,300/23,000 EXP till you reach level 7

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Skill: Healer

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Level: 24 (Novice)

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No bonuses at this time. You must prove your skills first.

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Based on what Erik had learned, one would go from a Novice to an Apprentice once they reached level twenty five which would gain them a bonus and experience.

The next person walked forward with a hobble, their leg in a splint.

"Could you help me mister?" The man asked.

"Please take a seat," Erik said, the man did so and Erik put his hands on the man's leg.

The bone hadn't set right and it would lead to the man not walking normally again in his life.

"Tell me if you feel anything," Erik said.

He wasn't sure what would happen as he put his hands on the man's leg and used a healing spell.

The man's face went pale as he screamed out.

Erik released his hands as the main was holding his leg, hissing through his teeth.

Erik only quickly glanced at the screen that appeared before dismissing it.

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11,320/23,000 EXP till you reach level 7

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"The bone hasn't healed right. There are two treatment methods, one I heal it as is, it will take longer and be painful as you've experienced, or the second, we re-break the bone and I set it, again going to hurt, but it will take just a few minutes. If you have anything that you can get to numb the pain I would suggest getting it if you wanted to continue," Erik said.

The man looked at Erik, seeing his clear expression and the steady way that he talked the man nodded.

"If we re-break it, I'll do it at four coppers, if the slow heal, ten coppers," Erik said. He really wanted to just break and set the bone, it would be simpler.

"Thank you," The man said and nodded. He got up and started walking away.

Erik thought on what had happened in the man's leg, the bonds on the bone had weakened as the muscles around it, moved the bones into their true position. The process was slow, Erik increased the power going in for a split second and it sped up, but it was clearly incredibly painful.

Also, when he didn't completely heal the man he had only gained a small experience gain.

Erik looked up and another person moved to the chair it was a mother and her son.

Erik looked at them both the little toddler was lethargic as his mother told Erik about the toddler's declining health.

A little healing spell and the little boy's viral infection was cleaned up.

Erik was even shocked himself, viral infections were not something that could be cleaned up with antibiotics, but healing spells with enough time had been able to defeat the virus.

The boy's body even became stronger as the virus had a tempering effect on his body. Unknowingly to others the little boy had stepped on the path of body cultivation, his eyes brighter as his muscles contained greater power and his circulatory system hummed with vitality.

The mother thanked Erik profusely, trying to give Erik more than his two coppers he didn't accept more than two, gaining the respect of others watching.

"Did you see that? Refusing her money, what can the healing houses do but take our money?" Someone said.

"Right! He's indeed a master healer that we have the luck of meeting!"

"Master healer? Really, you think this foreigner is a master healer. I've seen master healers heal people back from death's door with only a magical incantation that had a magical circle half a meter in diameter! He only uses healing spells that are a few centimeters wide!"

Erik's eyes hid a little joy, not at the words that were being spoken but at the screen that had appeared in front of his eyes.

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Skill: Healer

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Level: 26 (Apprentice)

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You have become familiar with the body and the arts of repairing it. Healing spells now cost 5% less Mana.

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Upon advancing into the apprentice level of healer, you will be rewarded with one randomly selected item related to this skill.

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You have received the spell book: Focused Heal

+10,000 EXP

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You have reached Level 7

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When you sleep next, you will be able to increase your attributes by: 5 points.

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2,600/34,000 EXP till you reach level 8

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The rush of experience was one of the largest Erik had gone through, he let out a cool breath as he felt himself breaking through that next bottleneck.

He quickly checked his storage ring finding the focused heal spellbook located inside. It was an unexpected reward as the guidebook hadn't said that he would earn an extra reward.

He cleared his throat and looked to the next person.

"Please take a seat," He said with a smile, this was just power leveling!

Erik's stall was no longer quiet as people watched him heal people in the street, having them take a seat, tell them his problem, telling them items they would need to bring back to be healed, or healing them directly with his magic.

Quickly word spread of the healer that was sitting at a simple stall in Chonglu's trading district. Vand returned back to the stall after some time, instead of sending him out to call in more people, he had him move through the line that had formed, keeping it orderly and out of people's ways. Having so many people visiting, the surrounding businesses were doing a quick business with some of the smarter ones bringing over food vendors who helped to feed the hungry people leaving Erik's stall.